Thom Hogan predicts D3X and new 1.4 primes

Thom Hogan received a ‘message’ and talks about what he seems is next at Nikon: D3X high resolution body, a few new 1.4 primes and more…

Leak on Nikon site: new perspective control lenses

Download the lenses catalog pdf and you will find new perspective control (PC) lenses…

New Nikon site about their lenses

Watch out for www.nikkor.com, a new site from Nikon about their lenses…

16:9 and an euphoric review of the Nikkor 14-24/2.8

16:9 has posted an euphoric review of the Nikon AF-S 14-24/2.8 lens:

“At 14mm, the Nikon 14-24mm gives us a whole new level of performance: it’s not so much that it rewrites the rules, it doesn’t seem to be aware of what the rules are . . . sharp, vignette-free corners at 14mm / f2.8? No problem! With performance this good at f5.6, I think we’ve just found a lens that may challenge the Leica 15mm f2.8 for the title of ultimate ultrawide. Without question, this lens is at least as good as the Zeiss 15mm f3.5.”

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Is it perhaps the most impressive wide angle lens ever by a huge margin? Yes, and yes again.

Three new lenses: 24mm T/S, 60mm micro and 16-85mm VR

After some reasonable sounding rumors before the PMA at Dpreview there is an official announcement: