Nikon issues pre-emptive recalls for both D5 and D500. Please return yours for service, in advance

Tokyo, Japan. March 4, 2016  For Immediate release: “Steve” Mikimoto of Nikon’s professional imaging division announced this week that Nikon will be preemptively recalling both the D500 and D5 cameras nearly a month before their actual scheduled release. While neither camera has evinced any technical problems to date the company wishes to prevent another episode such as […]

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Nikon’s D5 will ship with free 32GB Sony XQD card and reader

Some time ago, it was rumored that the first shipments of Nikon’s flagship D5 camera would come with a free XQD card and reader. Now, the rumor has been confirmed. As reported by Nikon Rumors, Nikon D5 (with dual XQD card slots) pre-orders in the US, Canada and UK will ship with a free 32GB […]

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Renowned photojournalist Steve McCurry sits down for an insightful interview with Nikon

American photographer Steve McCurry, most known for his 1984 portrait entitled ‘Afghan Girl’ has captured some of the most iconic images of the 20th and 21st century. A longtime photographer for National Geographic, Magnum Photos and many others, his career spans the globe and his legacy has only just begun. It’s not often we get […]

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Modifying Speedlights & Magmod Mini Review

Making great light is essential to making great portraits. And I mean that: you’ve got to make great light. You can find a good source of available light, but I’ve rarely seen any available light that couldn’t be made better, either with reflectors and flags or by adding light somewhere with a flash. When you […]

Nikon Recalls Even More D750 Cameras for Shutter Shading Problem

Last summer, Nikon issued a service advisory for the D750 as a result of a shutter malfunction that it said only some units manufactured between October and November 2014. Now, Nikon is updating that service advisory for cameras manufactured through June 2015, which was just before it issued the original service advisory. In the updated service advisory, Nikon […]

Nikon expands their D750 recall to cover a much longer manufacturing period

Nikon USA have announced that they are expanding their recall of Nikon D750 bodies to cover those manufacturered over a significantly longer period of time. Since the silent recall of the D750 in January of last year, Nikon announced an official recall in June covering cameras produced in October and November of 2014, warning that they “may […]

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Capturing motion in-camera using flash, with Manuel Cafini

I recently came across the work of Italian photographer Manuel Cafini over on Facebook, and I was instantly blown away.  His Chronophotography project particularly intrigued me, as it’s a look I’ve attempted and failed to create myself a number of times. Chronophotography is defined as “an antique photographic technique from the Victorian era (beginning about 1867-68), which captures movement […]

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