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Chernobyl 30 years later, photographed with Nikon

By [NR] admin | Published: April 23, 2016

Chernobyl, 30 years later photographed by André Joosse

Nikon photographer André Joosse visited the Chernobyl forbidden zone to document 30 years of exclusion (Chernobyl website, Website, Instagram, Facebook):

Pripyat skyline with the power plant on the horizon

I am a photographer from the Netherlands. I travel and shoot abandoned buildings and structures. You can see my work at urbex.nl . After exploring most European countries I made the photographers’ ultimate trip to the Exclusion Zone of the Chernobyl power plant.
The Chernobyl disaster took place on April 1986, which will be exactly 30 years ago this month. Failures during a system test of the nuclear power plant lead to explosions in its core. Large quantities of radioactive particles were released into the atmosphere which then spread over much of the western U.S.S.R. and Europe. The Chernobyl disaster was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history in terms of costs and casualties.

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Trinidad Carnival: Shooting with the Nikon D7100 (could be NSFW)

By [NR] admin | Published: April 23, 2016

My name is Donovan Jordan (Facebook, Flickr) and I am a Barbadian photographer based in Trinidad & Tobago. I’ve been shooting Carnival in Trinidad for the past few years and every year presents itself as an opportunity to capture the color and beauty that is Carnival.The Trinidad & Tobago Carnival is an annual event held on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. I shot these all images using just a Nikon D7100 with a 35mm f/1.8G DX at f/2 (could be NSFW):

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Venice in winter with the Nikon D810

By [NR] admin | Published: April 23, 2016

Venice in winter with a D810 by Dominique Robert:

Roughly 60,000 permanent residents versus 28 million tourists yearly, the Venetians are clearly overpowered. Traditional local trades, such as sausage-maker or puppeteer, are long gone, and even daily supply stores such as butchers’ shops or bakeries, are now being replaced by tourist traps full to the brim with Chinese “Venetian-looking” cheap merchandise. Even most of what is sold as so-called Murano glass comes from the industrial sweat shops and factories of the Far East.

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Nikon D500 updates (part 2)

By [NR] admin | Published: April 22, 2016

More Nikon D500 updates (continuation from my previous post):

The Nikon MB-D17 battery grip for the D500 will start shipping next week
Nikon D500 vs. Canon EOS 7D Mark II specifications comparison
Nikon D500 vs. D7200 vs. D300s specifications comparison
D500 vs. D750 high ISO comparison NEF files
Nikon D500 vs. D7200 high ISO comparison (the NEF files can be downloaded here)
More comparisons available for download here, see also this dpreview post
More sample/test photos: here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here
Snapbridge in action wit the Nikon D500
Watch out – Amazon now also sells grey market Nikon D500 cameras
Apple released Digital Camera RAW Compatibility update 6.19 with support for the Nikon D5 and D500 cameras (restricted to Nikon RAW L format only)
Dpreview explains how the new D5/D500 automated AF fine tune feature works:

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Nikon D500 camera now shipping in the US

By [NR] admin | Published: April 21, 2016

Nikon D500 cameras spotted in Farrs (Ogden, Utah), all sold out of course.

Nikon D500 shipping notification from B&H

The latest Nikon D500 updates:

B&H just sent shipping notifications to existing Nikon D500 pre-orders.
Amazon has changed the D500 status to “Temporarily out of stock” which is also an indication that the camera is already shipping
First sample photos started to appear on dpreview.
First D500 deliveries to UK shops will be on Tuesday, April 26th (WEX, Jessops, Amazon UK). I got the same date for the rest of Europe (Amazon Germany, Amazon France). In India the first shipment is expected in the next two weeks.
The first overpriced D500 cameras already started to appear on eBay.

Check back later today for more updates. If you already have your D500 in hands, feel free to share you first impressions, photos, sample pictures, etc. in the comments section of this post.

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Many of the Sony and Lexar XQD memory cards are now back in stock

By [NR] admin | Published: April 20, 2016

Many of the XQD memory cards are now back in stock (the 128 GB version is still not available in all stores). Check the pricing and availability at B&H, Adorama and Amazon (B&H will be closing tomorrow for Passover and if you are expecting to get your D5/D500 in the next few days, it’s a good idea to order now).