Three new Nikon cameras registered in Indonesia

Three new Nikon cameras registered in Indonesia
Three new Nikon cameras were registered in the past few days at the Indonesian communications agency (all three cameras will be produced in Indonesia):

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Nikon’s “lens only” rebates are back

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Update: in addition to the Nikon lens rebates, Adorama also offers a free accessory for each lens.

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As previously reported, the Nikon “lens only” rebates are back in the US for the month of March – they are coming on top of the lens price drop we already got few months ago. All new prices should now be updated at:

The new lens rebates are valid till April 2nd and most likely will not be extended.

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The regular Nikon “combo” rebates for March can be found here.

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There is also a new $200 price drop on the Nikon D610 camera and kits – see the details at B&H, Adorama and Amazon.

New price drops on Nikon gear were spotted also in Canada, for example: $50 off the Nikon 50mm f/1.8G lens (check amazon.ca for more info).

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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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