Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED VR lens to be announced in the next 24-48 hours

By [NR] admin | Published: July 10, 2017


A quick update – the new Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED VR lens will be announced today or tomorrow. Stay tuned for detailed coverage.

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New Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED VR lens confirmed

By [NR] admin | Published: July 10, 2017

The Japanese site Nokishita confirmed today what I already reported back in April: Nikon will soon announce a new Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED VR full frame lens that will be a replacement for the current AF-S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR version (Nikon also has a DX version of this lens that was already updated).

The new lens will have lens hood HB-82. The Japanese price will be 91,800 yen with tax (around $800). The current version is priced at $500.

Update – here are the fist pictures of the new lens:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #426

By [NR] admin | Published: July 9, 2017


→ Dpreview posted sample photos from the Nikon AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR lens (in stock at Adorama | Amazon DE | Amazon UK).


→ Sigma 12-24mm f/4 DG HSM Art lens ($1,599) + Nikon D800E report on Sigma’s blog.


→ CameraLabs reviewed the Nikon 8-15mm f/3.5-4.5E lens (pre-order: B&H | Adorama).

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The new Nikon “lens-only” rebates are now live

By [NR] admin | Published: July 9, 2017


The new Nikon “lens only” rebates are now live and include up to $200 off on nine different Nikkor lenses (direct links: B&H | Adorama – check all listings, some stores offer free accessories):

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR:
$200 off, new price: $2,596.95 @ B&H | Adorama | Amazon

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED:
$200 off, new price: $1,696.95 @ B&H | Adorama | Amazon

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-NIKKOR 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED:
$200 off, new price: $946.95 @ B&H | Adorama | Amazon

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED:
$100 off, new price: $1,696.95 @ B&H | Adorama | Amazon

Nikon AF DX Fisheye-NIKKOR 10.5mm f/2.8G ED:
$175 off, new price: $596.95 @ B&H | Adorama | Amazon

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 28mm f/1.8G:
$100 off, new price: $596.95 @ B&H | Adorama | Amazon

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.8G ED:
$100 off, new price: $696.95 @ B&H | Adorama | Amazon

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G:
$50 off, new price: $396.95 @ B&H | Adorama | Amazon

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G:
$30 off, new price: $166.95 @ B&H | Adorama | Amazon

The new rebates will expire on July 29th.

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Thom Hogan explains why Nikon’s late entry to the mirrorless market could actually be a good thing

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2017



 

Continuation to my post from earlier today: there could be multiple reasons why Nikon is still not releasing their mirrorless solution. All previously announced mirrorless cameras from other companies were not perfect and they all had some serious disadvantages. Just in the past year, we started seeing mirrorless cameras with improved EVF (Leica SL), dual memory cards (Fuji X-T2), better battery life (Sony a9) and other improvements. Maybe Nikon is simply waiting for the tech to mature and to see what works on the expense of other company’s R&D budget and then jump in with the perfect mirrorless solution? A few days ago Thom Hogan made a very good commentary on this topic here on [NR] – it’s worth the read:

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Nikon’s president confirms new mirrorless camera in an interview

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2017


Last week the Japanese newspaper Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun published an interview with Nikon’s President Mr. Kazuo Ushida. In the interview Mr. Ushida hinted again (see also this post) that Nikon will be releasing a new mirrorless camera – see the Google translation of the article (fourth paragraph):

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The Nikon “lens-only” rebates are coming back this weekend

By [NR] admin | Published: July 7, 2017


As I already reported, this weekend Nikon will bring back the popular “lens only” rebates for a new set of Nikkor lenses (rebates will go live tomorrow, Saturday, at midnight):

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