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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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Nikon apologizes again for the shortage of the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens

Nikon Japan issued another apology for the shortage of the latest Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens (see why – this is the second apology from Nikon for that lens):

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Where is the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens?

I have not seen any reports of the new Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens being shipped to existing pre-orders for a while (I  think the last batch was shipped back in October last year). At one point Amazon even removed the lens listing from their website (now it is back on). Here are […]

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