Nikon announces two new AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G lenses

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

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Nikon announced two new DX lenses (I reported on that rumor last month). The new AF-P stands for “fast and quiet AF with adoption of a stepping motor for AF drive operation“:

“The AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR accelerates phase-detection AF speeds by approximately 10 times and contrast-detection AF speeds by approximately 3.5 times. With a 25% reduction in noise within the AF drive, this lens is great for shooting stills and even better for videos.” (source: Nikon Asia)

Nikon AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f:3.5-5.6G VR lens improvements

Few sample pictures can be found here.

Additional information:

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Nikon New Zealand prematurely announced the D5 on their Facebook page

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

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Nikon New Zealand prematurely announced the Nikon D5 camera on their Facebook page. The post is of course now removed, but I have a screenshot thanks to a reader:

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I am now pretty confident that the D5 announcement will be tonight. Here are some of the Nikon D5 promo pictures:

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Nikon rebates and deals for January, price of D810 up by $200

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

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The Nikon combo rebates for January are now live.

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The Nikon lens price drop is still active.

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You can still get 10% back in rewards on selected Nikon products.

The Nikon 1 rebates are unchanged. More Nikon rebates can be found here.

The price of the Nikon D810 went up by $200 (was $2,796.95 before). The D750 and D600 rebates remain unchanged:

The price of the Nikon D7100 also went up by $100.

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You can get a Nikon D5500 for $499 at BestBuy this week (in store only, regular price: $850, see pictures above) because of a mistake in the weekly ad. Rainchecks are also going to be honored.

More Nikon deals are regularly added here.

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If the Nikon D5 will be announced at CES, it will be tonight

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

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Update: the D5 announcement will be tonight, Nikon New Zealand already posted the info on Facebook.

If Nikon will announce the D5 camera during the CES show, the press release should come out tonight around midnight (EST). I have been receiving conflicting information on the actual release date and on the memory cards configuration inside the D5: the two XQD option is guaranteed, a version with two CF cards was tested but I am not sure if it will be officially announced. The latest updates on the D5 specs are:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #348

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

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→ The latest Nikon D5 rumors: the camera will have two XQD cards (I guess the previously rumored CF models were only for testing). The D5 will also have less than 15 fps rate. Another possible announcement date is the second week of February (previous rumors were pointing to a January announcement).

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→ First gen Nikon D4 cameras could have compatibility issue with the new Nikkor E lenses – see this Pixelists forum post (Google translation). It seems that Nikon confirmed the issue.

→ Venus Optics Laowa 15mm macro lens review (wide angle macro, available also for Nikon F mount).

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The West Highland Way with the Nikon D750

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

My name is Ingo Scholtes and I am a researcher based in Zurich, Switzerland. When I’m not in my office doing research, I enjoy spending my free time outdoors doing landscape and nature photography. Since about 10 years, this has become a growing passion and you can find some of my photographic works on my personal website, my profiles at 500px or you can follow @ingo_s on Twitter. You may also already know some of my works from the Windows Themepacks Scenic Europe, Scenic Europe 2 or Yosemite Scenes which were recently published by Microsoft.

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Reminder: up to 30% price increase on Nikon lenses in Europe

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

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For all European readers – I have been reporting for months now that a big Nikon price increase is coming to Europe in early 2016 (up to 30% in Germany, 5-20% in the UK). Have you seen any price increases in your country? Please report in the comments section below.

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