Weekly Nikon news flash #357

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→ New content added to nikkor.com and imagechaser.com.

→ Check out those old Nikonos RS film cameras.

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→ The Nikon 1 J5 camera received the “iF Design Award 2016.

Nikon Prostaff 3S 8x42 and 10x42 binoculars
Nikon announced new Prostaff 3S 8×42 ($116.95) and 10×42 ($126,95) binoculars.

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→ Nikon Europe published a new video chat with Steve McCurry where he talks about his camera bag, best camera, favorite Nikon kit and more:

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US price of Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 Di VC USD lens announced: $749

Tamron SP 85mm F:1.8 Di VC USD Model F016 lens
The price of new Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 Di VC USD lens just got announced today: $749. Pre-orders are now open at Adorama and B&H. Shipping is expected to start on March 31st.

Additional information on the new Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 Di VC USD lens can be found here.

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Confirmed: Nikon D5 to come with free XQD card and reader also in the US

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An update to my previous postsimilar to the UK and Germany I can now confirm that the first Nikon D5 pre-orders in the US and Canada will also come with a free Sony 32GB G-Series XQD memory card ($109.95) and a XQD reader ($37.95).

Nikon D5 pre-order links: B&H | Adorama | Amazon.

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Top 10 NikonRumors posts for February 2016

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Nikon-DL-compact-premium-cameras Nikon-D5-camera Sigma 50-100mm f:1.8 DC HSM Art lens
Nikon D5 camera review Nikkor 200-500mm f:5.6E ED VR Tamron SP 90mm f:2.8 Di MACRO 1x1 VC USD (model F017) lens water
These are the top 10 most visited NikonRumors posts for February, 2016:

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Lexar XQD, CF and SD memory cards performance test on the new Nikon D5/D500 cameras

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Lexar Japan published a new video where you can see the difference in performance between XQD, CF and SD cards in the new D5/D500 cameras:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEUeRqA41E8

The video is over 8 minutes, so here are the actual test results (number of shots taken displayed on the graph):

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Updated technical service advisory for the Nikon D750 released

Nikon D750 camera service advisory reacall for reflection flaring issue
This just in – Nikon released a third service advisory on the D750 shading issue. Now cameras produced between December 2014 and June 2015 are also being recalled (the previous timeframe for impacted models was October – November, 2014):

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Weekly Nikon news flash #356

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→ The new 5daydeals.com deal on the Complete Photography Business bundle is priced at $87 ($1,900 value).

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→ Now in stock:

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→ Sigma announced new EF-630 flash for Nikon (pricing not yet available).

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→ TopazLabs DeNoise 6 released (more info available here).

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Henry’s confirms the Nikon price increase I reported a week ago (the Nikon D500 is now listed at Amazon Canada).

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