Category: Nikon accessories & lenses
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New Nikon lenses
Nikon did not stop at announcing the Nikon D3100 as a new beautiful entry-level digital SLR. Here are four new lenses: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G (estimated selling price of $1699.95) AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR (estimated selling price of $1049.95) AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR (estimated selling price of $1299.95) AF-S DX NIKKOR…
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Glass at the Photokina
As we all know, the upcoming Photokina in September is already the center of rumours coming from all parts. I have been trying to give an idea of what could be coming for the major brands in the DSLR market, concentrating mostly on the new bodies to be seen. But there is no end to…
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Big lenses for the iPhone
After some years of people trying to hook big lenses onto an iPhone (like above), there is now somebody trying to make this a serious affair: Here is the prototype of something that could become a real product from Vid-Atlantic, a way to solidly attach a Nikon DSLR lens to your iPhone. Little cameras like…
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Photography, so many failures!
photo credit: davidgsteadman When buying a photo camera, we often research in order to decide if this is the best camera, if its features will be goo enough, but will it be robust enough? Will it be useful or necessary to purchase a warranty contract extension? Will it fail very soon? When somebody asks me…
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Remote control with LiveView display
The best of all worlds, the miracle combination. But, most of all, a great little trick of engineering: a radio remote control for your photo camera which communicates with a small gadget fixed in the flash shoe of your SLR camera and transmitting the image right from the SLR direct AV connector. Really smart thingy.…
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No Nikon at the PMA?
According to NR, the announcements of new Nikon for the PMA will be very limited: “several large aperture prime lenses and light compact zoom lens this year”. The official PMA press conferences will happen in the coming hours, but this probably means “no SLR“. Updated on 9-Feb: As a matter of fact, the Nikon press…
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Nikon Lens Simulator
It is sometimes difficult for the budding photographer (or for more seasoned ones, also) to clearly grab the differences between focal lengths. Nikon comes to our help with their Lens Simulator. Nothing absolutely new, but a nice one (even taking into account the differences between DX and FX formats – APS-C and Full Frame).
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A fish-eye lens at rock-bottom price
When you use an expensive SLR camera you are often tempted to purchase a specialty lens like a ultra-wide angle (fish eye) lens. But, apart from the rare occasions when you really need it, it’s too expensive for you and me. Why not build it yourself? Instructables does the demonstration with a Nikon D90, but…
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Nikon also launches 2 lenses
Today is clearly a big day for Nikon marketing department, since they not only launch two major SLR cameras, but this also comes with a couple of nice lenses: The AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm F3.5-5.6G ED VR II improved to correct the unpleasant ‘zoom creep‘ of previous versions, at a list price of €887.00 /…