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Two weeks safari with the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens (field review)

By [NR] admin | Published: December 5, 2015

Two weeks safari with the Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens – Nilanjan Ray goes tiger shooting to Tadoba National Park and Ranthambore National Park in India:

I am an amateur wildlife photographer with a day job in technology marketing. I like roadtrips, love mountains and forests, and need my tiger fix at least once a year. When the Nikon 200-500mm was announced, I was excited because of the price tag and the extra 100mm reach over the Nikon 80-400mm AF-S. I bought a firmware-corrected version about a month back. Tiger season had started in India after the monsoon break. October and early November are not the ideal months for encountering tigers – the best sightings happen in spring and summer – but the urge to hit the road with the new lens was too strong. So I ended up going on a 4100 km roadtrip to Tadoba and Ranthambore, two Indian national parks renowned for tigers. I spent two weeks in the field, shooting with the lens for more than 7 hours every day.

Posted in Nikon Lenses, [NR] Reviews | Tagged Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens, [NR] Guest Posts | 91 Comments

The new Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR lens tested at DxOMark: “disappointing scores”

By [NR] admin | Published: December 4, 2015

DxOMark published their test results for the new Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR lens and they are not good:

Posted in Nikon Lenses | Tagged DxoMark test results, Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR lens | 207 Comments

Deal of the day: refurbished Nikon D7000 camera for $349

By [NR] admin | Published: December 4, 2015

Refurbished Nikon D7000 camera body is now on sale for $349 as an eBay daily deal (available today only). This is a new low price. The camera is sold by Roberts, an authorized Nikon dealer and comes with a 90 days Nikon warranty.

Posted in Deals, Nikon D7000 | Tagged Refurbished | 21 Comments

Samsung officially denied all rumors about Nikon buying their NX mirrorless technology

By [NR] admin | Published: December 3, 2015

Just a quick update on my Samsung post from yesterday: Samsung officially denied all rumors about Nikon buying their NX mirrorless technology to AmateurPhotographer. If you have ever worked with a PR person/agency you know that this doesn’t mean much, but I am still surprised because the standard response to such inquiries is usually “no comments” or “we do not discuss rumors“.

Posted in Weird | Tagged fake news, Nikon acquiring Samsung's camera business rumors, SAR clickbait, SAR fake news | 66 Comments

10 reasons why Nikon acquiring Samsung’s camera business doesn’t make any sense

By [NR] admin | Published: December 2, 2015

Rumors about Nikon acquiring all or a portion of Samsung imaging business are nothing new – they started on Russian forums and dpreview and I even speculated about it a month ago:

Update: Samsung officially denied all rumors about Nikon buying its NX technology

I have also received email tips on this topic but never found them reliable enough to publish them online. Several readers have asked me about my opinion on all this, so here it is – I have no reason to believe any of this is true. Here are my reasons:

Posted in Other Nikon stuff | Tagged fake news, Nikon acquiring Samsung's camera business rumors, SAR clickbait, SAR fake news | 217 Comments

Deal of the day: Nikon Coolpix P900 camera for $549

By [NR] admin | Published: December 1, 2015

The hard to find Nikon Coolpix P900 camera is now available on eBay for $549 or $50 off the regular MSRP. Note that this is a grey market item that comes with seller’s (not manufacturer’s) warranty. You can see the 83x zoom capabilities (2000mm) of the P900 camera in this post.