Nikon Rumors

Nikon D850 now in stock at BestBuy

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

The Nikon D850 camera (body only) is currently in stock at BestBuy online.

The new Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2 SL II S lens for Nikon F-mount is now available for pre-order

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

A quick update on the new Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2 SL II S Aspherical manual focusing lens for Nikon F-mount that was announced last month – the US pricing was just revealed ($515) and pre-orders are now open:

The Voigtlander LH-40 IIS lens hood is sold separately.

Check also the pre-order listings at Adorama.

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New Nikon patents: Nikkor 52mm f/0.9 and 36mm f/1.2 full frame mirrorless lenses

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

Nikon 52mm f/0.9 full frame mirrorless lens

Nikon 36mm f/1.2 full frame mirrorless lens

Nikon has new patents filed in Japan for a 52mm f/0.9 and 36mm f/1.2 full frame mirrorless lenses:

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Adobe ACR plug-in and DNG converter updated to support the Nikon D850 camera

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2017

Today Adobe released an update to the ACR plug-in and DNG Converter to support the new Nikon D850 and several Nikon lenses. The equivalent Lightroom update is coming soon (Adobe keeps making it more difficult to download the standalone version, see this download info and also this page for more info). In the meantime, you can use the free DNG Converter on Nikon D850 RAW images prior to Lightroom import:

Download links for the Adobe DNG Converter: Mac OS | Windows OS.

New camera and lens support added in Camera Raw 9.12.1 (direct download link):

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Nikon D850 user’s manual now available for download

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2017

The Nikon D850 user’s manual, menu guide and SnapBridge connection guide are now available for download here:

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Nikon released multiple software updates with D850 support

By [NR] admin | Published: September 5, 2017

Nikon just updated all of their software packages with support for the D850 camera:

Posted in Nikon D850, Nikon Software| Tagged Nikon Capture NX-D, Nikon Picture Control Utility, Nikon Wireless Transmitter Utility, Nikon WT-7, ViewNX-i| 31 Comments

Nikon D850: sample photos, best memory cards, how to open NEF files and more

By [NR] admin | Published: September 5, 2017

Several readers have already received their Nikon D850 cameras. Adobe has not yet updated their software with D850 support. You can use a free binary editor like HHDsoftware and change one byte of the string “D850” to “D810”. This will allow both Lightroom and Photoshop to open the D850 RAW files.