A wedding photographers take on aviation photography with the Nikon D5

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A Wedding Photographers take on Aviation Photography with the Nikon D5

My name is Eric Williams and I am a wedding and portrait photographer based in Southern California. My work can be seen at www.WattPakStudio.com or on my Instagram account @ericwilphotog. Please click on photos for larger view.

I am a frequent reader/stalker of Nikon Rumors and just recently had the chance to put my new Nikon D5 through its paces at a regional air show. I, like many believe, was fraught over whether to upgrade or not to the new Nikon D5. My decision was not formulated like many others; I was not deeply entrenched in Nikon at the very moment I decided to make the purchase. I was just freshly off the heels of dumping my Samsung NX1’s and in the middle of testing a Nikon D750. I started out an avid believer in mirrorless camera systems having worked with Olympus EM1, Panasonics GH3 then 4, and then the Panasonic NX1. I struggled with software glitches, poor low light AF performance, lack of a third party accessory market, along with rapid equipment depreciation. So I decided it was time to make the jump to full frame and put my clients first. What to buy, though, was the question I pondered.

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Nikon D500 camera tested at DxOMark

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DxOMark published their test results for the Nikon D500 camera:

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Grey market Nikon D500 lens kit now $470 (15%) off

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Grey market Nikon D500 camera + 16-80mm lens kit is currently listed on eBay for $2,599. This is a $470.95 (15%) savings from the original MSRP of $3,066.95.

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Nikon can get in trouble for D500 Wi-Fi false advertising in Germany

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The German website heise.de reports that Nikon has received a “cease and desist order” (?) from a German D500 camera owner for falsely advertising the camera as Wi-Fi enabled. The WLAN only works with Bluetooth but not as a standalone Wi-Fi device as the advertisements suggest (Bluetooth connection to SnapBridge needed). Here is the translation:

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Nikon DL cameras still scheduled to start shipping on June 30th

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Nikon DL shipping date
After the initial delay, the three new Nikon DL cameras with 1″ sensor are still listed to start shipping on June 3oth. For now I have not heard any rumors of another potential delay.

Update – BestBuy has the shipping date for the DL cameras listed as November 28th:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #371

Vello Nikon F Lens to Sony E-Mount Camera Auto Lens Adapter
→ The Vello Nikon F lens to Sony E-Mount camera AF lens adapter is now in stock (more info available here).

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→ Adobe released Lightroom CC 2015.6 and Camera Raw 9.6 with added support for the Nikon Coolpix B700 camera and two Tamron lenses for Nikon F mount.

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→ The new DZoptics Kerlee 35mm f/1.2 full frame DSLR lens will be available also for Nikon F mount.

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Kumbh Mela

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My name is Thorge Berger (reisefotografie.de) and I am a travel photographer from Germany who also organizes photo expeditions.

For me it all started in 2010 when I had my first India experience on a photo trip with Steve McCurry. Part of it was that we visited a place called Haridwar north of Delhi for a festival called ‚Kumbh Mela‘. Honestly I had no idea what to expect. When we arrived there it turned out to be the biggest event on planet earth with millions of pilgrims! We are talking about a Hindu festival which is happing every 12 years in the same place but altogether in four different places at different times. Only 3 years later I had the chance to travel to another of these four places: Allahabad. The festival there was a so called‚ Maha Kumbh Mela‘ which is happening only every 144 years! So it is literally a ‚once-in-a-lifetime chance‘ to see it. A Kumbh Mela usually lasts approx. one month and over the time there were 120 million people (!!!) coming to Allahabad! What makes a ‚Kumbh Mela‘ so appealing is that the Hindu believe during this particular time the water of the according holy rivers turns into ‚Amrit‘ again, the nectar of immortality. If you take a holy dip there during this time you can wash away all sins of your current life and of the lives you lived before (as the Hindu believe in the cycle of rebirthing). So it is almost a ‚short-cut to Nirvana’. This is why so many people are attracted. But not only this. During a ‚Kumbh Mela‘ also the spiritual leaders (Gurus, Swamis etc.) are approachable, hold their lectures, you can get blessed and there is free medical service and food for the pilgrims. There is so much going on during a Kumbh Mela that you could shoot for weeks. But there is one particular thing which is very unique – even for India: only during a ‚Kumbh Mela‘ you will have the chance to see (thousands of) the so called ‚Naga Babas‘ (naked teachers). These holy warriors live a life of asceticism, many of them secluded in the mountains of the Himalayas. They live a solitary life, practice meditation and yoga and live naked and cover their body with holy ashes. And they only show up in public for a ‚Kumbh Mela’! And most certainly they are the ‚rockstars‘ of any Kumbh Mela!

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