Nikon announced their financial results for the 3rd quarter of the year ending March 31, 2015 and also published a revision of the consolidated financial forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015:
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The Nikon D5500 is now shipping worldwide and is currently in stock in many retailers:
Here are the first Nikon D5 camera rumors:
With the D5 Nikon is also rumored to announce a new 24-70mm f/2.8 (PF?) VR lens (this lens has been rumored for a while, see also this patent application).
I received several confirmation on the special Nikon D810 version designed for astrophotography. The official announcement will be early next week, right before the start of the CP+ show in Japan. One of the differences from the regular D810 model will be a 5 stops longer max shutter speed. I am still not sure about the exact naming, but it will probably be D810 following by a letter (maybe D810a for astrophotography?).
Nikon USA announced a new contest where you can win a Nikon D750 camera plus lenses and be featured as the Next Voice of Generation Image. Here is the full press release:
Rokinon/Samyang/Walimex 12mm f/2.8 fish-eye lens for Nikon F mount ($499) review by Julian Eichhoff (Website | Facebook | Twitter):
In September 2014, Samyang announced a 12 mm f2.8 fish-eye lens for full format cameras. At Photokina Cologne, I had the chance to take a peek, but since it was showcased behind glass, I did not learn anything I did not know from the announcement already.
Since then I have been looking forward to buying that lens. I used to own an 8 mm f/3.5 fish-eye from Samyang for crop cameras, and the lens proved to be a lot of fun. But since there was no adequate full-frame model of such a lens, I stuck to the 8 mm version—until now.
I bought my lens for 550 Euros, which matches the price they told me at the Samyang booth at Photokina. The 12 mm f2.8 fish-eye is branded “WalimexPro”, which is the house-brand of the photo retailer Foto Walser. The lenses all come from the Samyang factory but are sold under different brand names like Walimex, Rokinon, Vivitar, and some others.
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