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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens now in stock for the first time (US & UK)

The Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens is now in stock at Focus Camera (an authorized US dealer): Update: the lens is now sold out. The lens was announced back in August 2018 and this is the first time I am seeing it in stock. In the UK the lens is in stock at […]

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Only 1000 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lenses are produced every month

The Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens has been out of stock since it was announced in August 2018 (I am lucky to have one). Nikon Japan already issued several apologizes on the lens shortage. A few months ago Amazon removed the order option for the Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E and the lens no longer […]

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Ibex photography in the Swiss Alps with the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens

Ibex photography in the Swiss Alps with the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens by Peter Lütkes: In this article I would like to talk about two things: firstly, the attraction of photographing ibexes, ptarmigans and black grouses with nice colleagues in the Swiss Alps, and secondly, what extended possibilities there are with the […]

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Yellowstone in Winter (part 2)

This is part 2 of the Yellowstone in Winter post written by Randy Dykstra – you can check his website, Instagram and Facebook page (part 1 can be found here): Later in the afternoon, the predators first appeared. Coyotes are the first to show, off in the distance, just one, but then there are two, maybe […]

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Yellowstone in Winter (part 1)

This is part 1 of the Yellowstone in Winter post written by Randy Dykstra – you can check his website, Instagram and Facebook page (if this article doesn’t make you go there in the winter, I don’t know what will): Everyone knows of Yellowstone National Park and its geysers. Millions of people visit in the summer months. […]

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Amazon cancels Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR pre-orders, removes lens listing from website

Amazon removed the order option for the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens (the lens no longer appears in the search results) and canceled existing pre-orders:

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Adobe Camera Raw 11.2, Lightroom 8.2 released with new “Enhance Details” feature and support for Coolpix A1000 and Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E

Today Adobe released Camera Raw version 11.2 and Lightroom Classic CC 8.2 with a new Enhance Details feature that will give you a higher quality and more accurate rendition of fine color details in your raw images: Introduced in the February 2019 release of Lightroom Classic (version 8.2) and powered by Adobe Sensei, Enhance Detailsproduces crisp detail, […]

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