Development of Nikon D5, Wireless Transmitter WT-6 and Speedlight SB-5000 officially announced

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

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Nikon D5 Wireless Transmitter WT-6 and Speedlight SB-5000 development announced
Nikon just officially announced the development of the following new products:

With the exception of the WT-6, all this should not be a surprise to regular [NR] readers. With this “development announcement” Nikon is telling us that they are still alive and relevant. I just hope they have planned more than that for 2016. This announcement also kills any hopes for a D400 camera, at least for the first few months of 2016 (otherwise they would have mentioned it today).

Full text of the press release:

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Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.3 / 6.3 now available for download

By [NR] admin | Published: November 17, 2015

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Update: Adobe Camera Raw 9.3 is now also available for download: Windows | Mac.

Adobe released Lightroom CC 2015.3 / 6.3 with support for the new Zeiss Milvus line for Nikon F-mount and few other lenses:

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Nikon announces test results of Mac OS X version 10.11 (El Capitan) compatibility

By [NR] admin | Published: November 17, 2015

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Nikon announced the test results/compatibility of their software packages with the latest Mac OS X version 10.11 (El Capitan):

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Weekly Nikon news flash #341

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

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→ 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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