Nikon created the biggest human camera to celebrate their centenary (previously reported here). The photo made it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the “largest human image of a camera”. The event was created in collaboration between Nital and Media Italia. Additional details can be found here.
Press release:
The Belgian photo store PCH sent me this story of a Nikon D500 camera being chewed by a German Shepherd named Rex. While some of the plastic is gone, the dog could not damage the magnesium alloy frame and the camera is still working as you can see in the video:
→ Adorama got several new Nikon listings in their new overstock section and existing refurbished section.
→ Ritz Camera is selling the old versions of the Nikon 500mm and 600mm lenses at a significant discount (note: Ritz is not an authorized Nikon dealer):
→ Sigma released a firmware update for their 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens for Nikon F-mount that will improve the AF performance.
→ New Meike Nikon F-Mount to Fujifilm X-Mount adapter announced.
→ This rare Nikon Fisheye-Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 lens with 220° field of view is listed for sale on eBay for $38,000.
The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28mm f/1.4E ED lens is now shipping. The lens should be in stock in the US on June 29th. Here is the first unboxing video:
A few days ago a reader alerted me that he was able to purchase a brand new Nikon Df camera + lens kit from B&H for $1,899. Initially, I thought this was a mistake, but the listings are still active at B&H:
There is no indication that this is a refurbished or used camera.
This review of the Yongnuo YN 50mm f/1.8 full frame lens for Nikon DSLR cameras (additional coverage of that lens can be found here) is by Arkadiy Shapoval from radojuva.com:
YONGNUO 50mm 1:1.8 (YN50mm F1.8N). The lens is captured on a film SLR Nikon EL2.
Important: Please note that the Yongnuo YN50mm F1.8 lens model, in versions for Nikon and Canon, looks very different from one another. Usually, third-party lenses such as Tokina, Tamron, Sigma, Carl Zeiss, etc., have a very similar barrel design for versions for different systems.
Yongnuo 50mm 1: 1.8 (YN50mm F1.8N) is a very inexpensive fast nifty fifty lens from the Chinese manufacturer Yongnuo Digital. The lens copied the original Nikon 50/1.8G barrel design and the optical performance of the Yongnuo Lens EF 50mm 1: 1.8. In general, it is not bad. First of all Yongnuo YN50mm F1.8N is interesting to owners of Nikon D40, D40x, D60, D3000, D3100, D3200, D3300, D3400, D5000, D5100, D5200, D5300, D5500, D5600. For those who have a Nikon camera with a built-in focus motor, there is a remarkable and inexpensive Nikon 50/. 1.8D (as well as a million of its old sub-versions).
The creative and practical potential of this 50 mm lens is difficult to overestimate. It is suitable for a wide range of photo tasks. Photographers often use it as a portrait lens. A lot of them just want a high-speed fix, in addition to their kit lens. The aperture F/1.8 is 3.5 stops wider than the aperture F/5.6, which is used in the ‘slow’ kit lenses at 50 mm. In a numerical equivalent, this means that the Yongnuo 50mm 1:1.8 (YN50mm F1.8N) is 10 times faster, for example than Nikon 18-55/3.5-5.6 kit lens (which uses a maximum relative aperture, equal to only 1:5.6, for 50 mm). Counting in the difference of the relative aperture is quite simple: (5.6*5.6)/(1.8*1.8) = 9.679, rounded to the value ’10’.
Tamron officially announced their all-in-one 18-400mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD super-zoom lens. The US pricing is $649 (pre-order links: Adorama, B&H).
The new Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 lens will be announced in the next few days. The US pricing will be $1,199.
Technical specifications of the Tamron 18-400mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD lens:
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