DIY solution for the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4D IF-ED lens tripod collar wiggle problem

By [NR] admin | Published: November 5, 2016

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A reader sent me this DIY solution for the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4D IF-ED lens tripod collar wiggle problem (this is for the old 300mm f/4 version that is still available for sale):

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Using Nikon Wireless Utility with the Nikon D500 on iOS to download NEFs to iOS

By [NR] admin | Published: November 5, 2016

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This article “Using Nikon Wireless Utility with the Nikon D500 on iOS to download NEFs to iOS” is by Spencer Harbar:

As most Nikon D500 users are aware, one of the “features” of the camera is “SnapBridge”, Nikon’s attempt to do something useful with wireless and smartphone connectivity. The iOS app is pretty awful. The connection dance for bluetooth and then the silly switch to wireless for remote photography and image download. Admittedly part of that connection dance is the fault of iOS which restricts apps from interfacing with core device settings directly. The whole thing is just painful, slow and a battery killer. I attempted to use it to download and share one image at an air show recently. Not only could I not get it to function, trying battered my battery even with only 10 minutes use so towards the end of the day I was getting dangerously close to no power which is not where you want to be when a Typhoon jet is flying acrobatics in front of you at 600mph!

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About that Sony buying Nikon “rumor”

By [NR] admin | Published: November 4, 2016

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Initially I was not going to cover this nonsense here on the blog (remember the Nikon buying Samsung camera division “rumor”?), but Thom Hogan wrote a very nice and long article that covers pretty much everything I have to say on this topic – you can read it at dslrbodies.com. Here are just a few quotes:

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Some sample photos from the new Nikon PC 19mm f/4E ED lens

By [NR] admin | Published: November 3, 2016

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Here are a few full resolution sample photos from the new Nikkor PC 19mm f/4E ED lens (show with Nikon D810):

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 105mm f/1.4E ED lens MTF bench tests

By [NR] admin | Published: November 2, 2016

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Lensrentals published their MTF bench tests for the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 105mm f/1.4E ED lens. Their conclusion:

“The optical bench confirms very nicely what the early reviews have said: this is an exceptionally sharp lens edge-to-edge. Optically, it’s probably the best thing Nikon has put out in several years; it’s a genuinely world-class optic. It’s not inexpensive, but it is less expensive than a lot of other lenses that have optical quality like this.”

Here are the charts from the 105mm f/1.4 compared with several different lenses:

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Top 10 NikonRumors posts for October 2016

By [NR] admin | Published: November 2, 2016

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These are the top 10 most visited NikonRumors posts for October, 2016:

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Yongnuo to release also a new 85mm lens (most likely f/1.8)

By [NR] admin | Published: November 1, 2016

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The picture above shows a new, not yet announced Yongnuo 85mm lens next to the already existing YN 50mm f/1.8, YN 35mm f/2 and the new YN 100mm f/2 I reported yesterday.

Here is a close up of the lens – I cannot tell the aperture, but I think it will be f/1.8 – the front element is too small for a f/1.4 lens, plus the design looks very similar to the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM lens:

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