Weekly Nikon news flash #341

By [NR] admin | Published: November 15, 2015

Nikon-deals
→ Check out the latest Nikon deals at the new nikonrumors.com/deals dedicated page (you can always access this page from the top navigation menu – I will be updating it few times per week).

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko with Nikon gear on the ISS
→ Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko with Nikon gear on the ISS (more on flickr).

latest CIPA data for Europe
→ The latest CIPA data for Europe: DSLR sales down, mirrorless flat since 2012, DSLR still dominates mirrorless 3:1.

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→ Nikon names 2015’s top state for photographing fall foliage – New York tops the list with most number of photographs submitted.

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Shooting an airshow with the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens

By [NR] admin | Published: November 14, 2015

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This Shooting an airshow with the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens post is by Jason Chu:

Greetings NR readers!  My name is Jason and I have been a Hawaii based photographer for the past 6 years.  A month ago I decided to see an airshow as I haven’t been to one in many years.  Since the local photo gear rental shop I frequent just got their delivery of the Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E lens I was very keen on testing out this lens on fast but predictable moving targets.  I was also interested in testing out the lens since I was seriously considering it as a future lens purchase.

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A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion cargo helicopter transporting an artillery piece.

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The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens review for birding

By [NR] admin | Published: November 14, 2015

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This Nikon AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens review for birding is by Willy Alfaro Cervantes:

In mid October I lead a bird watching trip, 10 days around Costa Rica, photographing birds. I used a Nikon D7200 with the Nikkor 300mm E PF ED VR and a Nikkor TC-14E III.  All pictures were taken handheld

The camera

The Nikon D7200 has 24.2 megapixels in DX crop and native ISO 100-25600, very convenient for the challenging light in the Tropical forests. It also has a 1.3x crop that allows you to shoot 7 fps, which turns your lens 2 times “longer”, so roughly the lens with the TC that are 420mm end up being equivalent to 840mm at 15.4 megapixels (the D810 in DX is 15.4 megapixels).

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Barred Antshrike – Nikon D7200 with Nikkor 300mm f/4 PF + TC-14E III, 1/500s, f/5.6, ISO 3200

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Nikon 300mm f/4E PF ED VR and 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lenses now in stock

By [NR] admin | Published: November 12, 2015

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The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens is currently in stock at B&H, Amazon and BestBuy.

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The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens is also currently in stock at Amazon and Adorama.

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Firmware update version 1.3 for the Nikon Coolpix P900 camera now available

By [NR] admin | Published: November 12, 2015

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Nikon released firmware version 1.3 for the Coolpix P900 camera that fixes the issue with some Points of Interest (POI) in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan not being displaying correctly.

A reader informed me yesterday that Amazon received a new P900 shipment that was user to fulfill existing pre-orders. Third party resellers (with US warranty) currently have arriving time between November 18-23 for the P900:

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Nikon, Sony and Canon sales comparison for last financial quarter

By [NR] admin | Published: November 11, 2015

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Interesting comparison from Amateurphotographer on the demand/sales between Nikon, Sony and Canon products for the last quarter:

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Nikon 1 Nikkor 9-30mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens patented in Japan

By [NR] admin | Published: November 11, 2015

Nikon 1 Nikkor 9-30mm f:3.5-5.6 VR lens patent
Nikon continues to actively file lens patents for their Nikon 1 mirrorless system (1″ sensor). The latest patent application is for a Nikkor 9-30mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens. Here are few more Nikon 1 lens patents filed in the past few months:

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