Nikon News Report News & Deals

CanvasPeople has their canvas prints on sale at 60% off with free shipping.
 
Sale Prices:

Size	Standard Gallery Wrap Sale Price	Thick Gallery Wrap Sale Price
8x10	$20.00	-
11x11	$26.80	-
11x14	$27.20	$35.20
16x16	$32.80	-
9x27	$34.00	-
16x20	$36.80	$44.80
18x24	$41.20	$49.20
24x36	-	$54.00
20x48	-	$56.00

B&H and Adorama are offering discounts an select Sandisk SD/MicroSD memory cards with free shipping.

Item	B&H Sale Price	Adorama Sale Price
SanDisk 16GB Extreme Class 10 SDHC Memory Card	$21.95	$19.95
SanDisk 32GB Extreme Class 10 SDHC Memory Card	$34.49	$34.79
SanDisk 64GB Extreme Class 10 SDHC Memory Card	$63.95	$64.95
SanDisk 16GB Ultra Class 10 SDHC Memory Card		$14.95
SanDisk 32GB Ultra Class 10 SDHC Memory Card	$24.95	$24.95
SanDisk 64GB Ultra Class 10 SDHC Memory Card	$49.95	$49.95
SanDisk 16GB Ultra Class 10 microSDHC Memory Card	$15.95	$14.95
SanDisk 32GB Ultra Class 10 microSDHC Memory Card	$26.95	$24.95
SanDisk 64GB Ultra Class 10 microSDHC Memory Card	$49.95	$49.95

 
From Gizmodo:
 
"In an attempt to illustrate the harmful effects of using crack cocaine, Talent, a Brazilian ad agency, created a series of posters featuring images of addicts that are slowly eaten away and destroyed by Flour beetle larvae—or mealworms.
 
The posters were actually made of thin sheets of dough instead of paper, to encourage the larvae to thoroughly consume them..."
 
Read the entire article here.

From Adorama:
 
Leading photo and electronics retailer converts Manhattan’s 18th Street into a family festival of food, fun and technology.
 
New York, NY - May 23, 2013 – Adorama, one of the world’s largest photography, video and electronics retailers, is again holding one of New York City’s most popular, free summer family events, its Third Annual Street Fair, on Sunday, June 23, 2013.
 
Last year's festival attracted more than 20,000 attendees. With more rides, games, food and technology vendors confirmed, this year's festival is expected to be even bigger. Major camera and electronics brands who will be at this year’s event include Apple, Nikon, Canon, Dell, Samsung, Verizon, Bogen, Pentax, Adobe, Sony, Panasonic, LG, Intel, Sandisk, Lexar and Western Digital. Adorama has lots to offer, too – Adorama PIX, Rentals, Used and the Learning Center will all have booths to visit at the fair.
 
The Street Fair is a great way for families to enjoy a fun-filled day together, kick off the summer season and participate in a variety of interactive games and activities, including free photography clinics in Adorama's outdoor Learning Center tent. Festival highlights include:

• Carnival Games and Petting Zoo – A host of carnival games and a live petting zoo will be great fun for kids, and kids-at-heart, throughout the day.
• Food! – An amazing variety of food choices – it just wouldn't be a Street Fair without it.
• Prizes and Raffles – Dozens of raffle items and prizes will be given away all day long.
• Vendor Exhibits – Test drive the latest digital imaging technology from some of the biggest brands in photography.
• Celebrity Appearances
• Adorama Technology Learning Center – Learn how to make better photos and videos from some of the best photographers in the world at Adorama's outdoor Technology Learning Center. Learn to shoot like a pro!
• Get a Technology Makeover with special product pricing from Adorama – Bring your old camera gear and upgrade to the latest digital technology. Adorama is offering special pricing and trade-ins for one day only.

Adorama’s Third Annual Street Fair will be held on Sunday, June 23, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., on West 18th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Adorama’s retail superstore is located at 42 West 18th Street, making the street an ideal place for families to take advantage of the technology-related activities happening during the fair.

From Sigma:
 
The Sigma 120-300mm F2.8 DG OS HSM for Nikon is scheduled to start the shipment towards the end of this month.
 
B&H has the Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Lens for Nikon available for preorder.

Use promotion code KATA10 during checkout at Samy's Camera to get 10% off your purchase of any KATA Camera Bag.

B&H has the SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive (480GB) available for $329.95 with free shipping. Compare at $369.99.

Amazon has Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 available for $86.67. (thanks John)

DigitalRev has the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Lens available for $819.00. Compare at $899.00.

DigitalRev has the Nikon D600 DSLR Camera Body available for $1,829.00. Compare at $1,996.95.

For limited time, DigitalRev has the Nikon D5100 DSLR Camera Body available for $459.00. Compare at $496.95.

Adorama has the Refurbished Nikon 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED AF-S DX VR II Lens available for $209.00 with free shipping. Compare at $396.95 new.
 
Don't want to buy refurbished? DigitalRev has a great deal on the same lens new for $219.00.

B&H and Adorama have Timbuk2 Camera Bags at 25% off. Also, Adorama has special pricing on the Lowepro Event Messengers – up to $15.00 off.

B&H has Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 available for $93.95 with free shipping.

Adorama has a Nikon D600 DSLR Camera with 24-85mm & 70-300mm Lens Bundle available for $2,846.95 with free shipping and 2% Rewards.
 
Bundle Includes:

• Nikon D600 DSLR Camera
• AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR Lens
• AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4-5.6G IF ED Lens
• Nikon WU-1b Wireless Mobile Adapter
• D-SLR Pro Messenger Bag
• 32GB Class 10 SD Card
• Nikon Guide to SLR Photography

B&H has the same package deal, except they are not offering 2% Rewards like Adorama.

B&H has the Sony 64GB UHS1 Class 10 High Speed SDHC/SDXC Memory Card available for $37.74 with free shipping. Compare at $49.99.
 
Adorama had the same card on sale for slightly less yesterday, but they're now out of stock.

Adorama has the Flashpoint 32" 5-in-1 Collapsible Disc Reflector available for $19.95 with free shipping. Regularly $25.95.
 
Surfaces:

• Translucent
• White
• Black
• Silver
• Soft Gold

05/22/2013
 
123 new lens / camera combinations have been added to the DxO Optics Modules library, providing support for Carl Zeiss, Pentax, Sony, Sigma and Tamron lenses for Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Pentax, Samsung and Sony cameras.
 
To see supported and planned combinations, click on the link below then select the second tab.
 
Supported or planned combinations
 
New DxO Optics Modules:
 
Canon | Fujifilm | Nikon | Pentax | Samsung | Sony
 
B&H carries DxO Optics Pro.

B&H has the Tascam DR-07 Mark II Digital Audio Recorder available for $116.37 with free shipping. Compare at $149.99.
 
Amazon also has the Tascam DR-07 Mark II Digital Audio Recorder available for the same price.

Adorama has the Sony 32GB Class 10 94MB/s SDHC UHS-1 Memory Card available for $29.95 with free shipping. Regularly $49.95.

B&H now has the following Jobu Design L-Brackets in stock:

• Canon 6D without Battery Grip
• Canon 1Ds Mark III / Mark IV
• Canon 1D X
• Nikon D600 without Battery Grip

Check out all of the Jobu Design L-Brackets here.

Thoughts from a long-time Flickr user:
 
I [Sean] have been a Flickr user since December 2007. For most of that time I have had a Pro membership. I believed the Pro membership was a valuable tool for backing up my best images. If I wanted to keep an image safe, as well as show it off to the world, I uploaded it to Flickr. It's been great for that purpose.
 
I was on Flickr a couple of times yesterday. I uploaded several images from recent photography sessions in the morning. At that time, Flickr was normal. When I went back to the site to check for recent activity later that day, the "new and improved" Flickr hit me over the head like an iron skillet. The changes were anything but subtle.
 
Instead of the clean-looking interface of the past, my Flickr photostream page had a larger profile picture, a banner, and a new photostream layout. At first glance, it's actually kind of eye-pleasing. But now a lot of the information I wanted to be presented to people visiting my page has been buried.
 
Things I'm not fond of:

• Titles and captions of your images do not show up on your photostream; the title only presents itself if you hover over an image in the new layout. One you click on an image, the title is placed at the far left underneath the image, and only a line or two of the captions visible. I spent a significant amount of time on the captions of many of my images - I want the caption (and title) to have a more prominent position on the image page.
• Sets are no longer visible on your photostream page unless the viewer clicks "Sets." In order for a viewer to see a subset of my photostream (Portraits, Bridal, Senior, etc.), they have to know to click on "Sets." Before, the sets were displayed on the right-hand side allowing the categories to be much more obvious to the user.
• You have to change your profile picture because the previous version was saved at a lower resolution. As the image I used for my profile picture is still in my photostream, why didn't Flickr simply use the same area of the image I had already chosen to automate the process of updating the profile picture? Instead, I had to wade through my images and create the profile picture all over again.
• The process for creating a banner is less than ideal.

1. First, you either have to use an existing image from your photostream or you have to upload an image to your stream if you want to use it for the banner (or be stuck with whatever default banner Flickr gives you). But what if I don't want my custom-made banner to be on my photostream? To do that, I'd have to upload an image and change its property to "Private." At that point, I can still make it my banner, but it won't show up to other people viewing my profile. That said, the image is still viewable to me and it clutters up my own personal view of the photostream.
2. Second, if I did want to create an image specifically for my banner, where is the information on sizing requirements?
3. Third, apparently, you can only select one of your "Recent" photos to serve as your banner. I originally tried to create a banner using an image I had uploaded in 2009 – no can do. In order for me to use that image, I would have to upload the image to Flickr again (placing it in my photostream), set it as the banner, and then delete the duplicate image. Why can I not navigate to an image in my stream and set it as the profile or banner picture from within the image's page?

• If you were logged into Flickr, the home page used to display recent activity. Now, the homepage shows you huge images uploaded by your contacts. To get to the recent activities page, you have to go to different link (http://www.flickr.com/activity). Can Flickr give me the option to bring up the "Recent Activities" page when I go to flickr.com?
• Flickr has changed its pricing structure and the benefits of each level. I liked the older, simpler structure better - Free or Pro.

Things I like:

• Flickr released an updated Android app at the same time it rolled out major changes to the website. The app as long been neglected by Flickr, so I'm glad to see resources devoted to its development. In my opinion, the app has improved greatly. It's significantly faster, and the viewing experience is certainly better. However, it's still not perfect. Navigation isn't as intuitive as I think it needs to be.
• Giving 1 terabyte of storage to free users is a step in the right direction.

Those are my thoughts having spent a couple of hours with the new Flickr. It seems that Flickr decided to copy the look and feel of Google+; so far, I can't say that I'm a fan of the changes. After I get more familiar with the interface, I may enjoy it more. But for now, a lot of the changes are hard to swallow. I didn't cover the details of the new membership plans, but you can read about them here.
 
Let us know what you think on our Facebook Page.

For a limited time, DigitalRev has the Nikon D7000 DSLR Camera available for $779.00. Compare at $896.95.

Adorama has the Sony 64GB UHS1 Class 10 High Speed SDHC/SDXC Memory Card available for $36.95 with free shipping. Compare at $49.99.

Nikon has published firmware updates for the D700, D300 & D300s DSLR cameras. The updates add support for the AF-S NIKKOR 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR lens.
 
From Nikon:
 
Modifications enabled with this upgrade of firmware, release date May 21, 2013

• Support for the AF-S NIKKOR 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR has been added.

Installation Instructions
 
Nikon D700 - Windows | Macintosh
Nikon D300* - Windows | Macintosh
Nikon D300s - Windows | Macintosh
 
* NOTE: Installation instructions for the D300 are identical to the instructions for the D300s.
 
Firmware Downloads
 
Nikon D700 Firmware A:1.04 / B:1.03 - Windows | Macintosh
Nikon D300 Firmware: A/B 1.11* - Windows | Macintosh
Nikon D300s Firmware: A/B 1.02** - Windows | Macintosh
 
* NOTE: This update is for the D300 model only, and not the D300s. Do not attempt to upgrade the D300 with this firmware.
** NOTE: This update is for the D300S model only, and not the D300. Do not attempt to upgrade the D300 with this firmware.
 
B&H carries the Nikon D300s DSLR camera.