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Nikon announces 3 new lenses: Nikkor 24mm f/1.8G ED, 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR and 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR

Nikon officially announced three new full frame lenses (full US press release). Pre-order options can be found here. The technical details, MTF charts, pricing, shipping dates and sample images are next:

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Nikon announces three new full frame lenses (press release)

This is the full US press release for the three new Nikon lenses (see also the pre-order options):

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Nikon announcement this week (most likely tonight): 24mm f/1.8G ED, 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR and 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lenses

New Nikon announcement this week (most likely tonight around midnight EST) that will include the three new, previously rumored lenses: Nikon 24mm f/1.8G ED Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR – slightly heavier than the current version, bigger filter size, US price will be over $2,200 Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR – Update: the new 200-500mm lens will be priced […]

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First pictures of Nikon 24mm f/1.8G, 24-70mm f/2.8E VR and 200-500mm f/5.6E lenses leaked online

The first pictures of the 3 new lenses that will soon be announced by Nikon already leaked online – all of them have been reported here in previous posts:

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Nikon rumored to announce a new 200-500mm lens

Nikon is rumored to announce a new 200-500mm full frame zoom lens. I am not sure about the aperture – there is a small chance that this could be a fixed aperture lens, but I cannot confirm this right now. In the past few years Nikon has filed several patents for a 200-500mm lens with different variable aperture ranges: […]

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Nikon and Tamron filed a joint patent application for a 200-500mm f/4.5-5.6 lens plus Nikon’s patent for honeycomb sensor with subpixels in between

Nikon and Tamron filed a joint patent application in Japan for a 200-500mm f/4.5-5.6 lens. Nikon has already filed for 200-500mm f/3.5-5.6 and 200-500mm f/4-5.6 patents in the past. Tamron recently released a new SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens, while Nikon has their 200-400mm f/4G ED VR II model. Nikon also recently filed a patent for a […]

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Nikon patents 200-500mm f/3.5-5.6 full frame lens

Nikon filed a patent in Japan for a 200-500mm f/3.5-5.6 and  200-500mm f/4-5.6 full frame zoom lenses:

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