Shooting zombies with the Nikon D750

By [NR] admin | Published: October 31, 2015

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Photographer captured zombies… with the D750: By Ronen Tivony

As a freelance press photographer I try to carry a camera with me at all times, you just never know what might come up. That was the case on a recent Sunday afternoon when I had a friend visiting LA from out of town. We drove to Hollywood Blvd. as there is always something happening there – street performers, shows, premiers, celebrity sighting etc… As we drove down the Blvd, all of sudden we saw… zombies!… What?!? I immediately pulled over and grabbed my D750 with 35mm f/1.8 and started snapping pictures. Later I found out that it was the 7th Annual Hollywood Zombie Walk. Who knew? My out of town friend got the memory of a lifetime.

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Nikon’s rebates for November going live this weekend

By [NR] admin | Published: October 30, 2015

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The current Nikon combo rebates for October are set to expire tomorrow (10/31/2015). Here are some of the new Nikon rebates for November that will go live this weekend (click for larger view):

Update: the new rebates are now live.

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Here is the full list of lenses that will get a discount in November (the last lens has a price increase):

DescriptionOld priceNew price
Nikon 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED1,224.951,149.95
Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED1,539.951,499.95
Nikon TC-17E II549.95399.95
Nikon 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED984.95899.95
Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED589.95499.95
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED1,999.951,899.95
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED1,889.951,799.95
Nikon 50mm f/1.4G484.95449.95
Nikon 16-35mm f/4G ED VR1,259.951,099.95
Nikon 24mm f/1.4G2,199.951,999.95
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR2,399.952,099.95
Nikon 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II5,899.955,499.95
Nikon 200mm f/2G ED VR II5,999.955,699.95
Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR1,049.95949.95
Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED VR1,299.951,099.95
Nikon 85mm f/1.4G1,699.951,599.95
Nikon 35mm f/1.4G1,799.951,699.95
Nikon 85mm f/1.8G499.95479.95
Nikon 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR599.95499.95
Nikon 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR17,899.9516,299.95
Nikon 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR2,699.952,299.95
Nikon 58mm f/1.4G1,699.951,599.95
Nikon 35mm f/1.8G ED599.95529.95
Nikon 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3G ED VR899.95699.95
Nikon 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR11,999.9511,199.95
Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED599.95649.95

New November price drops on DSLR combos:

DescriptionOld priceNew price
Nikon D610 with 24-85mm VR lens2,599.952,499.95
Nikon D610 with 28-300 VR lens3,049.952,949.95
Nikon D610 with 24-85 & 70-300mm VR lenses3,249.953,059.95
Nikon D810 with 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens4,599.954,399.95
Nikon D810 with 35mm, 50mm & 85mm f/1.8G lenses4,999.954,909.95
Nikon D750 with 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens3,599.953,399.95
Nikon D750 with 35mm, 50mm & 85mm f/1.8G lenses3,999.953,909.95

Adorama currently has a “flash sale” on some Nikon cameras:

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Here are few more Nikon deals:

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The latest Nikon patents

By [NR] admin | Published: October 30, 2015

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After the smart bottle, Nikon has another weird patent for some kind of a device (a camera?) for cars. Maybe Nikon is thinking to get into the self-driving/autopilot car revolution that has been making headlines lately? The patent descriptions is for a “crime preventing” device – in case of an emergency, the car will send images to the police, display a warning message, lock the doors and seatbelt and self-drive itself to the nearest police station.

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Nikon D810 firmware update version C 1.10 released

By [NR] admin | Published: October 29, 2015

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Nikon released firmware update C 1.10 for the D810 DSLR camera. The changes from the previous 1.02 version are:

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Nikon D4s XQD memory card speed performance test

By [NR] admin | Published: October 26, 2015

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Nikon Asia published a video of a Nikon D4s XQD memory card speed performance test during shooting and transferring files to a computer:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #338

By [NR] admin | Published: October 25, 2015

Pocketwizard Plus IV transceiver for Nikon cameras
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→ Pocketwizard announced a new Plus IV transceiver for Nikon cameras.

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→ New Lensbaby Composer Pro II with Edge 50 Optic for Nikon F mount announced.

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→ Some new additions to the deals I posted last week:

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→ New article on nikkor.com about the design of the 58mm f/1.4 lens: “Nikkor Future Vision Lens Design Concepts“.

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Shooting in the wild Tanzania with the Nikon D800

By [NR] admin | Published: October 24, 2015

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Onn Henner (Facebook | YouTube) on shooting in he wild Tanzania with the Nikon D800:

Last March I spent 11 days shooting in Tanzania, using two Nikon D800 bodies with Atomos Ninja 2 as an external recorder.

My goal was getting the maximum quality from the D800. Whilst most of the cameras today have internal 4K the Nikon has 1080P with a bad H.264 codec and it suffers from antialiasing and moire. The solution was combining the Tassin flat picture profile together with the Atomos Ninja 2. That way I was able to get flat and clean video with Avid codec which was great later for postproduction.

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