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Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G rumor (part 3)

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2009

The Japanese kakaku board (here is a bad English translation by Google) is chatting about the new Nikon AF-S 70-200/2.8G II lens. The basic specs are expected to be: VR II Nano coating New Auto focus priority and manual focus priority Weight 1540g (+70g than Gen. I) Length 209mm, slightly shorter than Gen. I Closest […]

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Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G discontinued (part 2)

By [NR] admin | Published: July 3, 2009

The Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 light gray version is listed as discontinued on the Japanese site mapcamera.com with the word “生産終了” which means “end of production”:

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Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G discontinued?

By [NR] admin | Published: July 1, 2009

From dpreview: “My dealer says they cannot buy the 70-200mm 2.8 VR from Nikon anymore.” The Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G lens is probably the most speculated lens in the whole Nikon product line. Can someone confirm this report?

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Nikon AF-S DX 18-135mm to be discontinued

By [NR] admin | Published: June 26, 2009

Just another lens in the “to be discontinued section” – this time is the Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-135mm F3.5-5.6G (IF): This lens was introduced back in August, 2006. Source

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More Nikon AIS lenses discontinued at B&H

By [NR] admin | Published: June 15, 2009

Nikon Wide Angle 24mm f/2.8 Nikkor AIS Manual Focus Lens Wide Angle 28mm f/2.8 AIS Manual Focus Lens Nikon Wide Angle 35mm f/1.4 AIS Manual Focus Lens (USA version already mentioned previously) Nikon Normal Macro 55mm f/2.8 Micro Nikkor AIS Manual Focus Lens The above lenses are all gray market (one lens is a demo?).

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Nikon D300 sold out @ Nikon Service Point Munchen

By [NR] admin | Published: June 11, 2009

Nikon Service Point Munchen is sold out of Nikon D300 (Ausverkauft = sold out): They used to sell them on eBay as “final sale”, but now everything is gone. Update: Nikon D40 and D60 are also labeled as “final sale”.

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Nikon AF DC Nikkor 135mm f/2.0D lens discontinued

By [NR] admin | Published: June 9, 2009

As reported last week, Nikon Canada has several pages (lenses) that are down for maintenance. One of them was the Nikkor 135mm f/2.0D lens: Today the same lens is labeled as “Discontinued” @ B&H: Adorama has this lens as “out of stock due to a back order situation”. Amazon has only 1 left in stock. The […]

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