Nikon rumored to announce a new 200-500mm lens

By [NR] admin | Published: July 26, 2015

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Nikon is rumored to announce a new 200-500mm full frame zoom lens. I am not sure about the aperture – there is a small chance that this could be a fixed aperture lens, but I cannot confirm this right now. In the past few years Nikon has filed several patents for a 200-500mm lens with different variable aperture ranges: f/3.5-5.6, f/4-5.6 and even a joint patent with Tamron for a 200-500mm f/4.5-5.6 lens.

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Weekly Nikon news flash #325

By [NR] admin | Published: July 24, 2015

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→ Metabones announced a new Speed Booster ULTRA 0.71x (Nikon lens to MFT camera) adapter. The price is $479 (pre-order here).
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→ Nikon Europe posted few more sample images taken with the new Nikkor AF-S 600mm f/4E FL ED VR lens.
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→ New reviews of the Nikon 16-80mm f/2.8-4E VR DX lens ($1,067) by mobile01.com (Google translation), and foto-info.si (Google translation).
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→ Here are the latest Nikon deals for this week:

Refurbished (US warranty) Grey market (no US warranty)
D3300 lens kit: $379.95
D3300 two lens kit: $499
D5200: $389.95
D5300 lens kit: $489
D7000: $469.95
D610: $1,099.95
Df: $1,919.95
Df lens kit: $2.129.95
D800: $1,699
D810: $2,399
17-35mm f/2.8D: $949
24-120mm f/4G: $589.99
More refurbs: Adorama, B&H & Cameta		 D7200: $878
D7200 lens kit: $899
D750: $1,499
D810: $2350
35mm f/1.4: $1,022
24-120mm f/4G: $549.99
Full US warranty
V3 kit is now $100 off
D3300 two lens kit is now $350 off
J5 kits are now $150 off
WP-N1 waterproof housing for J1: 69.95
AW1 is now $100 off
D750 with free 12 months CC subscription
Df with free GP-1A GPS & WU-1a wireless adapters
D810 with 24-120mm f/4 lens is now $900 off
The July Nikon rebates are now online

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Shooting handheld with the Nikkor AF-S 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR lens

By [NR] admin | Published: July 24, 2015

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Shooting handheld with the Nikkor AF-S 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR lens by Arturo Cocchi:

I’m an Italian journalist and in the same time a photo-enthusiast who has the opportunity to use the best photo equipments available to ”help” my work. My name is Arturo Cocchi. I’m the editor of the travel and art sites in La Repubblica, which is currently the n# 1 news Internet site and the n#1/2 newspaper in my country.

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The latest Nikon lens patents

By [NR] admin | Published: July 21, 2015

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→ Nikon also has a patent application filed in February 2015 for what appears to be a new 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon 1 lens (probably a replacement for the current model).

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Weekly Nikon news flash #324

By [NR] admin | Published: July 19, 2015

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→ Topaz Adjust plugin is now 40% off with coupon code is JULYADJUST.

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→ The Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM Art lens for Nikon F mount is finally in stock.

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→ Nikon cannot guarantee that they software packages will work with Windows 10. Testing is already scheduled and the results will be published when available.

CIPA camera shipments for May 2015
→ CIPA announced camera shipment numbers for May 2015.

Nikon-deals
→ Here are the latest Nikon deals for this week:

Refurbished (US warranty) Grey market (no US warranty)
Nikon D3200 kit: $269
Nikon D3300 lens kit: $379.95
Nikon D3300 two lens kit: $499
Nikon D5200: $389.95
Nikon D5300 lens kit: $519.95
Nikon D7000: $499.95
Nikon Df: $1,919.95
Nikon Df lens kit: $2.129.95
Nikon D800: $1,649
Nikon D810: $2,399		 Nikon D7200: $882
Nikon D750: $1,529
Nikon D810: $2350
Nikon 24-120mm f/4G lens: $575
Full US warranty
Nikon 1 V3 kit is now $100 off
Selected Nikon 1 J5 kits are now $150 off
Nikon WP-N1 waterproof housing for J1: 69.95
Nikon 1 AW1 is now $100 off
Nikon D750 with free 12 months CC subscription
Nikon Df with free GP-1A GPS & WU-1a wireless adapters
Nikon D810 with 24-120mm f/4 lens is now $900 off
The July Nikon rebates are now online
Ebay has new Nikon promotion till July 23

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Nikon D800E camera and photographer survive a bad car accident

By [NR] admin | Published: July 19, 2015

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Nikon D800E camera survives a bad car accident
Check out Scott Murray’s story on nikonites.com – the photographer and the camera are doing fine:

Hey everyone I am alive. Here’s what happened, I was driving back after getting my car serviced, I stopped as some friends places and decided to hang back for some Milky Way shots as there is no moon. At around 0130 I was driving to another spot I was doing 110km/hr and a large buffalo walked on to the road, I served to miss him and I think I clipped him but over corrected and ended up rolling approximately 6 times, I remember the first two rolls and that’s it I was out. I woke up to find myself hanging from my seat belt I manage to get myself out of the car, I blank out again, when I wake I test to see if I was working spinal wise. All good for now, then I manage to find a sheet from a recent camping trip within arms length and a camp mattress I get myself covered and warm. Then I wait for around 4 hrs until someone does past and stops. I am still in hospital. And on lots of med. Will update when I can, thanks for the support. I am keeping this off fb as I don’t want my mum to worry.

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Still in a lot of pain and typing on my phone. Thanks again for all the messages. I will be back with you guys soon. Not sure on my D800E as that got flung or if the car.

Few more pictures of the Nikon D800E camera:

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Nikon 16-80mm f/2.8-4E, 500mm f/4E and 600mm f/4E FL ED VR lenses now shipping

By [NR] admin | Published: July 18, 2015

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The first batch of Nikkor AF-S DX 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR lenses was already received by Foto Hans Keuzekamp in the Netherlands. In the US Adorama lists the lens as being currently in stock, Amazon will have them on Monday (July 20th).

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The new 500mm f/4E FL ED VR and 600mm f/4E FL ED VR lenses are currently in stock at Adorama. B&H will start shipping them on July 20th, Amazon will have them in stock on July 25th. In the UK, the 600m lens is currently in stock at WEX Photographic. A reader already got a delivery date from Amazon for the Nikon AF-S 600mm f/4E FL ED VR lens – July 21st (pre-ordered on July 2nd):

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Pre-order options for the latest Nikon lenses can be found here.

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