Rob Kivit Natuurfotografie

Nikon USA dropped the price of the D850 camera by another $200 to $2,796: Adorama | B&H Photo | Amazon.

There are also new offers on the Nikon Z7 camera (combination of rebates and trade-in):

All offers come with free accessories - see the different listings for additional information.

Check also the other Nikon US rebates and offers:

→ Nikon Z6 hands-on video review with Chris Hau.

→ Deal: Refurbished Nikon 1 J5 mirrorless camera with 10-30mm lens for $299.

→ Zeiss Milvus lenses for Nikon F-mount are now on sale.

The Profoto B2 250 Air TTL location kit is now $1,100 off (53% off) at Adorama, B&H Photo and Amazon.

Additional information on the Profoto B2 250 AirTTL off-camera flash can be found here and here.

The post Deal of the day: Profoto B2 250 Air TTL location kit is now $1,100 off appeared first on Nikon Rumors.

"Working with Nikon cameras as a scientific photographer for 40 years" is by Steve Morton:

I was 16 years old when my parents bought me my first Nikon F, a used black FTn. After high/secondary school I studied photography at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology for three years. I have spent the past 40 years working with Nikons as a scientific photographer at Monash University here in Melbourne, Australia.

In addition to the new bellows for Nikon Z, Novoflex also announced a new NIKZ-RETRO automatic reverse adapter for Nikon Z cameras:

Products for close-up and macro photography are a specialty of NOVOFLEX and enjoy an excellent reputation in the photographic world. The Memmingen based company is now adding four new automatic reverse adapters for the camera systems Canon EOS-R, Fujifilm X, L-Mount (Leica, Panasonic, Sigma) and Nikon Z to complement its extensive assortment.

Already with the kit lenses in retro position the new reverse adap- ters enable an easy access to the fascinating world of macro pho- tography. In fact, the achievable reproduction scale is larger than in case of most of the significantly more expensive macro lenses. The reverse adapters are compatible for all prime lenses and nearly every zoom lens. Recommended are zoom lenses in the lower focal length segment. The huge number of compatible lenses as well as the use of a bellow, offer a manifold combination potential.

A few days ago Angelbird announced their first CFexpress memory cards that offer read speeds of up to 1700MB/sec and write speeds of up to 1400MB/sec:

"The AV PRO CFX is best suited for production work that requires a minimum guaranteed write speed of 550 MB/s, a recording speed still well above the current XQD-400 standard of 400 MB/sec, with capacities of up to 1 TB. Creative professionals working at the leading edge of digital production will find that the CFexpress memory card is the ideal media for content production that demands 4k and 6K+ resolution.

The AV PRO CFX XT is the best rock-solid option for optimal sustained write performance. With its 1 GB/s sustained write speeds the 4-6-8K resolutions will be able to be captured uncompressed RAW. The AV PRO CFX XT is ideal for high-capacity frame rate capture needs with data capacities up to 640 GB."

Angelbird memory cards are sold at Adorama, B&H and Amazon.

LockCircle announced a new ZX Pro cage for Nikon Z series (LockCircle products are sold at B&H):

The new ZX PRO CAGE is another innovative professional LockCircle cage designed to fit like a glove around the latest Nikon Z6/Z7 mirrorles cameras, featuring the exclusive Asymmetrical Design Approach for right hand camera grabbing and controlling with the original camera ergonomic feeling.

Designed for comfortable grip and action, leaving on the left side of the camera all the production tools and accessories mounting: a still and film camera without the limitations of other cages.

There is a new Leica book in German language: "Ernst Leitz III - The Leica always in view".

The booik is already listed for sale at:

More Leica books can be found here.

Book description (Google translated):

Some self-proclaimed experts have been talking about the death of the DSLR camera for a while. Maybe this video can put things in perspective:

The post Is the DSLR camera dead? appeared first on Nikon Rumors.

On the Nikon D6 official page there are placeholders for five additional teaser videos. Hopefully, they will reveal some of the D6 new features, because the first video was about the D5. The biggest mystery so far is the larger Nikon D6 pentaprism (Wi-Fi? GPS? Flash? Hybrid viewfinder? EVF? Nothing?):

If you have any Nikon D6 information, you can contact me anonymously here.

The post Five additional Nikon D6 teaser videos expected appeared first on Nikon Rumors.

With the exception of three Coolpix point and shoot camera, Nikon has not announced a "real" camera in the past 12 months (the D6 was not a real announcement, we all knew that camera is coming, we have no specs or release date). The last officially announced Nikon cameras were the D3500 on August 30th, 2018 and the Z6/Z7 on August 23rd 2018.

In the past 12 months Canon announced 3 mirrorless and 2 DSLR cameras plus a bunch of serious compacts. For the same time, Sony has announced 4 mirrorless cameras (one full-frame and three APS-C).

Graphics: broxibear

The post The new normal: Nikon has not announced a “real” camera in more than 12 months appeared first on Nikon Rumors.

Nikon has registered a new camera with the Chinese MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) under the code name N1722. The Nikon N1722 and N1912 models have the same 5.8GHz Wi-Fi unit as the Nikon Z6/Z7.

There are now a total of 7 registered but not yet announced cameras:

Vi Vante recently introduced two new camera straps - the first one is the Vi Vante Matador Noir camera strap for Leica SL and other cameras with slotted strap mounts (Vi Vante | Amazon):

"Strong enough to pull a truck, refined enough for your camera; the Vi Vante Matador is now expertly handcrafted for cameras with slotted strap mounts. The Camera Strap is built for strength, stability, and comfort. There is no plastic hardware on this strap, we use a custom made electroplated buckle that looks like a piece of jewelry. Vi Vante knows only one way to do things, and that’s exceptionally."

 
The second new camera strap is the Vi Vante CliffHanger (Vi Vante | Amazon):

"The Cliffhanger is a rugged, luxury camera strap, designed from the ground up by Vi Vante. The process was a unique one, we completely deconstructed multiple climbing ropes for the task. Then we combined the best elements of each to create a beautifully rugged, rope camera strap."