Nikon Rumors

Nikon Canada teaser for 02.22.18 (new Nikon TV?)

By [NR] admin | Published: February 16, 2018

Nikon Canada has a new teaser “2.22.18 Nikon Canada is launching…” for what appears to be a new Nikon TV:

Posted in Other Nikon stuff| Tagged Nikon TV, teaser| 116 Comments

Nikon MB-D18 battery grip for the D850 camera now in stock in the US

By [NR] admin | Published: February 15, 2018

A quick update: the Nikon MB-D18 battery grip for the D850 DSLR camera is currently in stock at Adorama and Pictureline (all are authorized Nikon US dealers).

Posted in Nikon D850| Tagged Nikon MB-D18 battery grip| 40 Comments

Lexar XQD memory cards discontinued (again)

By [NR] admin | Published: February 15, 2018

B&H sent out emails to existing pre-orders that the Lexar 64GB XQD memory card is now officially discontinued by the manufacturer and all orders will be canceled:

Posted in Nikon D5, Nikon D500, Nikon D850| Tagged Lexar XQD memory cards, to be discontinued..., XQD memory cards| 139 Comments

Nikon D850 is Map Camera’s top selling camera for 2017 and January 2018

By [NR] admin | Published: February 14, 2018

I will just post this here since some readers have been questioning my previous reports… yes, it is from only one store from only one market but it’s just confirms what I have been reporting here on the blog for months – the major Japanese store Map Camera just published their top selling cameras for January 2018:

Nikon D850
Sony α7R III
Panasonic LUMIX G9 PRO
Fujifilm X100F
Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Olympus Tough TG-5
Olympus PEN E-PL 8
Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm X-T20

If I understand the translation correctly, the Nikon D850 was also their top selling camera for 2017 followed by the Sony a7r3:

Nikon D850 called “popularity immovable from last year’s release” became the top. Sony, which introduced the high spec machines continuously with α9 in 2017, ranked second in α7 R III.

Update #1: The price comparison site kakaku.com, which includes a large number of camera retailers, including Map Camera, also has the D850 at the top of their rankings in the camera category:

Update #2: Here’s an overlay of Amazon sales ranking from camelcamelcamel, which I believe tracks rankings daily based on the “Camera & Photo” category on Amazon (blue=D850, red=A7Riii):

Posted in Nikon D850| Tagged Kakaku camera ranking, Map Camera top selling camera| 235 Comments

A reader bought a refurbished Nikon 13mm f/5.6 NIKKOR AI-S lens with a 90 day warranty!

By [NR] admin | Published: February 14, 2018

A reader found a refurbished Nikon 13mm f/5.6 NIKKOR AI-S lens in a great, “like new” shape, at B&H last week and purchased it for $8,499 (the lens came with a 90 day US warranty). This was a pretty good deal considering previous listings of this lens. Here are the unboxing pictures: