Irix has a new special offer in Europe and the US on their wide angle lenses – 15% off the Irix 11mm & 15mm Blackstone lenses for Nikon F-mount:
Update: in Europe only some stores are offering the 15% discount (with free shipping):
Some readers also got 70% off offer from Amazon US (see the screenshots below, update – the 70% off discount was a mistake):
Today Nikon issued a press release claiming the #1 spot in the full frame camera market during the 2017 holiday shopping season, which pretty much confirms what I reported last October.
The Nikon D850 is still out of stock in the US. The latest shipping dates for existing pre-orders are:
Here is the full press release from Nikon USA:
Nikon Silent Wave Motor (SWM)
Nikon compact Silent Wave Motor (SWM) for smaller lenses
The next Nikon mirrorless camera/lenses are rumored to have TWO electric AF motors – each driving a separate group of lens elements for faster and more precise autofocusing. I am still not sure about the details, but I was told that this is a new “internal focusing” technology, where TWO groups of lens elements will be moved independently from each other.
Update – Nikon recently filed a patent for dual AF motors (thanks Broxibear):
Additional information on the different Nikon AF types can be found here:
→ Nikon D500 with 16-80mm lens is now $2,496.95 (instant savings of $570).
→ The Nikon MB-D18 battery grip for Nikon D850 is now in stock in the US (Pictureline is an authorized Nikon US dealer).
→ The Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art lens for Nikon F-mount is still $301.89 off (currently out of stock, but you can still order it, make sure you pick the listing that is sold and shipped by Amazon.com).
→ Rare Nikon AIS Nikkor 360-1200mm f/11 ED manual focus lens listed for sale on eBay for $16,498.90 (more info on this lens available here).
→ NiSi released their new S5 150mm filter holder system (now in stock at B&H).
→ The latest Nikon related YouTube videos:
This guest post on the Nikkor 8-15mm lens ($1,246.95) is by Jeremiah Gilbert. You can check his work on his website and on Instagram. See also his previous [NR] guest posts here, here and here.
I have been shooting with a circular lens for the past two years, so I was very interested when Nikon announced their AF-S Fisheye Nikkor 8-15mm f/3.5-4.5E ED lens last year. It is a full-frame lens that produces circular images at 8mm and frame-filling fisheye images at 15mm when used on an FX camera. Used on a DX camera, it fills part of the frame with black corners at 8mm, while at 11mm it fills the entire frame with a 180-degree diagonal view.
Recently I was able to test one of these lenses and thought I’d share my impressions and some of my test images. All images with this lens were shot using a Nikon Df camera. One of the first things I learned was that at any focal length less than 15mm, the included lens hood starts to come into the frame. The lower the focal length, the more the frame is affected. Below is an image straight out of camera shot at 11mm that shows the effect of keeping the lens hood on at that focal length.
Introduction
Hello dear NikonRumors readers!
My name is Christophe Anagnostopoulos and I’ve been reading Nikon Rumors everyday for a long time now!
I’m very happy to present you my first personal night sky time-lapse project named “Keep Looking Up” which I filmed for over a year using mainly Nikon cameras and lenses.
I began filming on May 2016 until September 2017 with a lot of effort, as my main job at that period was demanding in terms of time and I only had one or two days per month to film. So I had to plan everything in detail before even leaving home, so as to make the best use of the time I had in my disposal:
THE FROZEN HELL – Nikon D750 with Nikkor 20mm f/1.8 lens in -75°F temperatures
On Saturday, January 6th, 2018, my friend Nathan and I climbed New York’s seconds highest mountain, Algonquin Peak (5,115 ft) in the Adirondack Mountains to experience some of the coldest temperatures on earth. On this day, most of America was frozen over by the coldest weather of the season yet. The ambient temperature on the top of the mountain was -36°F with a 45 mile per hour wind, making it -75°F on the summit. It was by far the coldest experience I have ever had in my life. When something is hot enough, if you touch it, you can be burned easily. That was the same thing with this weather except the opposite. It was so cold that not only did I get wind burns on my face (I had goggles), but I burned my hand from touching a metal shovel that was connected to my backpack.
