by [NR] admin | Jun 14, 2018 | Nikon Rumors
Nikon officially announced the development of the previously rumored AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens (see patent). The new lens will be compact and lightweight like the latest 300mm f/4 thanks to the use of Phase Fresnel (PF) lens element (the current 500mm f/4...
by [NR] admin | Jun 13, 2018 | Nikon Rumors
Time seems to stand still at Nikon. When the Nikkor 180-400mm f/4E TC 1.4 FL ED VR lens was announced, Nikon promised (in the press release) to release a firmware update for the D5, D850 and D500 that will make the outer row of AF points activated as cross-type...
by [NR] admin | Jun 13, 2018 | Nikon Rumors
Last year Nikon sued ASML and Carl Zeiss over patented semiconductor lithography technology. The court in The Hague dealing with intellectual property has ruled that ASML and Zeiss have not violated any Nikon patents: “The judge bent on a patent from Nikon that...
by [NR] admin | Jun 12, 2018 | Nikon Rumors
Nikon released the second batch of firmware update fixes for the timezone issue (see the first batch here): The SETUP MENU > Time zone and date > Time zone display now shows only the names of major cities in the currently selected zone. (DSLR) The display when...
by [NR] admin | Jun 11, 2018 | Nikon Rumors
After the last price increase in the UK, Nikon will also increase their prices in the rest of Europe. I received multiple reports about it, but I am not sure if the price increase already happened or if it’s about to happen. Check the latest Nikon EU prices at...
by [NR] admin | Jun 10, 2018 | Nikon Rumors
Some readers are probably not aware that photographer David Douglas Duncan (1916-2018) made the Nikon and Nikkor brand names known all over the world when he was covering the Korean war in 1950: “Mr. Duncan shot in black and white, with lightweight Leica cameras...
