Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Tamron has announced a new 18-270mm travel zoom lens for DSLRs. The 15x zoom lens features a Piezo ultrasonic motor for fast and silent AF. It also features Tamron’s vibration compensation to reduce camera shake image blur.
The new lens should be available in December for Canon and Nikon mount versions, while a Sony version of the lens is planned for a later date.
Nikon has refreshed and extended its DSLR and lens rebates through the remainder of the holidays. Cameras included in the rebates are now the Nikon D3000, the new D3100, D90, D300s and the D700.
Up to $400 in rebates are available when purchased with qualifying lenses. B&H Photo has the complete rundown on qualifying DSLR and lens combos here.
Just got a tip that the new Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.4G is slowly starting to ship in the US.
As of the time of this post, however, it is not listed in stock at B&H Photo, Amazon or Adorama. You can check back at those links for future stock availability though.
The future of camera memory cards may be a new CF card that offers transfer rates of 500 MB/sec and capacity in excess of 2 TB. The development of these proposed specifications were announced today as part of a joint effort among Sony, Nikon and SanDisk.
Nikon, SanDisk and Sony have submitted these high-powered specs to the CompactFlash Association in hopes of a future standardization of the format. The new card specifications are based on a PCI Express interface (in order to achieve a 500 MB/sec transfer rate) instead of the Parallel ATA interface used in current generation cards.
According to the statement issued by SanDisk, Sony and Nikon, the new cards will be similar in size to existing CF cards. Hopefully, that also serves as a hint that the new cards will do away with the pins inside camera, which are so susceptible to being bent.
Complete details of the announcement are below. [Read more…]
For those unwilling to brave the crowded chaos on Black Friday, plenty of deals are to be had on Cyber Monday (the first Monday after Thanksgiving for anyone who doesn’t know). There are several deals already sneaking out, with more to come through Cyber Monday (So, stay tuned).
Below, you’ll find a rolling rundown of camera and photo gear deals from trustworthy (i.e., places I shop) online retailers. [Read more…]
Speaking of the Nikon D7000 . . . . B&H Photo now has the D7000 “available for pre-order,” which (as many of you may know) means B&H will have real stock of this camera very soon.
B&H doesn’t do long lists of pre-orders that take months to fill. Instead, they only open up the pre-order list when stock is confirmed and then shut it down when stock runs out.
Here’s the link while it lasts: Nikon D7000 w/ 18-105mm lens at B&H
The newly announced Nauticam NA-D7000 is an underwater housing for the Nikon D7000, which allows you to take the 16MP DSLR down to a depth of 100M. It will set you back a bit on top of the D7000 sticker price though. The Nauticam NA-D7000 carries a retail price tag of $3100 and should be available at the end of this month (just in time to make it on your wish list).
[via Nikon Rumors]
Below you will find this week’s firmware updates. Hit the manufacturer website links for more details and download instructions for the firmware.
Nikon P100 version 1.1 – Numerous bug fixes [Nikon Website]
Nikon S8100 version 1.1 – “When Sequence display options was selected from the playback menu and Individual pictures then selected, pictures previously shot continuously were displayed one at a time, but only the key picture for a series shot after the setting was displayed. This issue has been resolved.” [Nikon Website]
Apple’s Mac OS X 10.6.5 update has added system-wide support (including Aperture and iPhoto) for a number of new RAW formats captured by the following cameras:
The update is available via systems updates in Mac OS X 10.6.
Nikon has launched an NPS Global website with product news, event support schedule and it looks like it will be adding more technical guides for pro gear. Currently, technical guides for the D3S and D3X are the only ones available. Check it out at nps.nikonimaging.com.