Some new Nikon lens rumors have crept up this past week. Over on a DSLR Google Group, one user has claimed to have a solid Nikon insider source that he’s known for 10 years. Word is that Nikon is dropping 4 telephoto lenses, which will likely come at PMA 2009 if at all.
The rumored lenses are as follows:
Nikkor AF-S VR-II 200mm f1.8D
Nikkor AF-S VR-II 300mm f2D
Nikkor AF-S VR-II 400mm f2.5D
Nikkor AF-S VR-II 70-200mm f2.5D
I halfway expect an updated 70-200mm f/2.8 VR lens at PMA because there were strong hints of a replacement last year prior to Photokina. However, the f/2.5 maximum aperture in the specs above gives me a little pause on the legitimacy of this poster’s source. Regardless of this spec, I’m still optimistic that Nikon will produce a replacement to the current 70-200mm VR lens.
Any thoughts?
Stay tuned to Photography Bay as we get closer to PMA 2009 for the latest news and rumors.
Want to be a photojournalist? Having a hard time hooking up with Getty Images? Consider Demotix.
Demotix has entered the photojournalism realm with a new take on the traditional newswire. Demotix calls it street journalism. I had a giddy feeling when I watched the above video that demonstrates a bit of the potential that Demotix can bring to photographers around the globe. I’m not saying Demotix has arrived as the next big thing, but it has some potential.
Check out the details in the press release below and let me know your thoughts as photographers. [click to continue…]
I think Pretec just dared Canon, Nikon or anyone else to produce some higher resolution video and faster frame rates. The new Pretec CFast series of compact flash cards quadruples the write speed of the SanDisk Extreme IV.
And, if the performance lives up to the specs, the CFast series will eat as much HD video as your Canon 5D Mark II can throw at it. Maybe we can stop referring to CF card specs as 133x, 266x and so on, since the CFast will be something like 1064x speed card.
iLovePhotos is free software for your Mac that helps you organize, share, and enjoy your photos based on the people who are in them.
Photography Bay covered iLovePhotos a while back when it was still in private beta. Now, iLove Photos is open to the public with several new features, including the following:
Progress bar while exporting a slideshow movie.
Performance gains while syncing with iPhoto.
Performance gains while auto-saving
Fixes for library saving and dequeuing face detection.
Getting started overlay the first time you launch ILP.
New log-in screen in the iLovePhotos.com preferences.
Fade transitions for entering and existing fullscreen and slideshow views.
You can now import photos by dragging them from a finder window to iLovePhotos
After importing new photos into iPhoto, iLovePhotos will automatically import them.
Export all of your tags to iPhoto.
Check out the introductory video above, download a free copy of iLovePhotos and share your thoughts in the comments below.
Two lucky readers that take the time to comment on their experience with iLovePhotos will get an iLovePhotos t-shirt.
You can choose from:
Pink: M, L, XL
Gray: M, L, XL, XXL
You’ve got until midnight on Saturday, January 17, 2009, then I’ll pick two thoughtful posts and genuine posts regarding your honest impressions or thoughts (good or bad) on this software.
You can get the iLovePhotos software for free – here.
Image quality was, generally, a very pleasant surprise. The G1 uses a Four Thirds sensor and although it’s a new sensor that’s not been used previously in another Four Thirds camera, we would have expected at least a comparable image quality to the current Olympus DSLRs.
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