Weekly Nikon news flash #394

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New book on Nikon’s 100 years anniversary is coming soon (already listed at amazon.de).

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Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals *UPDATED*

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Official Nikon deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday:

Third party lenses deals for Black Friday:

Black Friday deals by stores:

More deals after the brake:

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Nikon two-layers sensor patent

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2-layers sensor

Nikon has a new patent filed in Japan for a two-layers sensor with phase detection AF in one layer and contrast based AF in the other layer:

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Nikon released seven software updates

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Nikon released new versions of Capture NX-D, ViewNX-i, Picture Control Utility 2, Camera Control Pro 2, NEF Codec and Snapbridge:

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New low gray market prices – Nikon D810: $1,999, Nikon D500: $1,449

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With the latest Nikon D810 and D500 price drops, the gray market prices are also going down:

These are the lowest prices I’ve seen online so far for the D810 (was also $1.999 before) and the D500 (was $1,499 before).

You can now repair gray market D810 cameras in the US (in authorized third party repair centers).

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Update: gray market Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR lens now sells for $1,649 (regular: $2,196.95)

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Small batch of Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR lenses sold in Japan are being recalled

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Nikon Japan issued a statement that some Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR lenses sold in Japan from September to October 29, 2016 are having “a problem with the appearance” and will be replaced with new ones. From the Google translation I am not really sure what exactly is the issue – does anyone have a better translation?

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Nikon Black Friday deals now live: free battery grip with the Nikon D810 and D500

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The Black Friday deals I mentioned a few weeks ago are now live: free battery grip with the purchase Nikon D500 and Nikon D810 cameras. Note that the free battery grip comes on top of the latest DSLR price drops.

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The Nikon lens only-rebates are also still going on and a new $40 off on the Nikon 50mm f/1.8G lens has been added.

The same deals are also available at Adorama (D750 linkD810 link) and Amazon (D750 link | D810 link).

New Sigma rebates were also introduced today:

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