Archive for January, 2008

Nikon 24mm Tilt/Shift Lens

It’s almost official. Nikon will be announcing a new Tilt/Shift lens in PMA 2008. Tilt/shift lenses are more of a niche product, essential though, for studio, architecture and landscape photography. The Nikon PC-E 24mm f/3.5D ED Tilt/Shift lens will be available in Spring 2008.
Highlights:

Maximum aperture: f/3.5
Minimum aperture: f/32
Closest focusing distance: 21cm
Aperture ring is back. (PC-E: [...]

Nikon to announce 1 dSLR and 3 lenses in PMA 2008

Almost all the key people have played their cards - Sony, Pentax, Canon, Samsung. Nikon is still sitting it out. The silence is deafening! We know 2 out the 4 in Nikon’s bag! The dSLR is of course the Nikon D60 to replace the Nikon D40 (or Nikon D40x). See our earlier post, Nikon D60.
Of [...]

Canon has one more for the PMA

More and more sources say that Canon is not done playing all it’s cards in PMA 2008. There is one more surprise announcement. It seems like the new camera is slotted above the Canon 40D, but, is not a replacement for the Canon 5D! Could this be the rumored Canon 3D? Or is it really [...]