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Appealing to wildlife, bird, and sports photographers, along with creative landscape shooters and really anyone looking for a very narrow and focused field of view, super-telephoto lenses are some of the most fun and distinct-looking lenses around. Differing from lenses on the wide and normal end of the focal length spectrum, these longest of long lenses bring distant subjects closer and force you to work with more selective framing and a unique sense of visual compression.
Typically attributed to the higher end of the price range, Nikon's
Travel photography is a broad, catch-all genre that can encompass anything and everything from portraiture to landscapes to interiors to even wildlife and sports. One unifying aspect of the travel genre, though, is efficiency and a desire to have a kit that provides you with the most versatility and capability in the smallest package possible.
Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-180mm f/2.8 Lens
When building a kit, you’ll need to assess
A perfect companion for full-frame shooters, the Nikon Z5 II mirrorless camera is a well-rounded and reliable option for professional photo and video content creators. While it's been nearly five years since the launch of its predecessor, this refreshed model introduces several valuable improvements that we'll dig into further.
While best known around B&H as one of the leading camera and photography brands, Nikon is, first and foremost, an optics manufacturer. Looking beyond camera lenses, though, Nikon's other optical pursuits lie in the sport optics realm, including binoculars, spotting scopes, and laser rangefinders. A subsection of the laser rangefinder category is golf laser rangefinders—palm-sized monoculars that incorporate a laser to measure the distance to an object. In the context of golf, you'll be using these to determine the distance between yourself
Less than a year after their acquisition of RED Camera, Nikon is making good on their renewed dedication to video with the release of their latest lens, the NIKKOR Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ Lens. It's the first Power Zoom lens the company has made for their FX format, and one they've designed to pair with their full-frame mirrorless cameras like the flagship Z9, along with the Z8 and Z6 III. An all-in-one lens aimed at the professional
Opening the year with a bit of fan service, Nikon announced a pair of anticipated products: a new super-zoom, the COOLPIX P1100 digital camera, and the company’s first-ever 35mm f/1.2 S lens for its Z series mirrorless cameras. The P1100 replaces the popular—and in used markets, pricey—P1000, a
On many levels, Nikon is focused on the cutting edge. Their cameras and lenses are some of the most forward-thinking around, sporting unique features, speedy recording, top-tier autofocus, and the most up-to-date feature sets that appeal to modern image-makers. In other ways, though, Nikon hasn’t lost sight of their heritage. With select models, both on the camera and lens front, they pay homage to their past with distinct, retro-inspired
Whether you call yourself a vlogger, a content creator, or a secret third thing, Nikon has a camera for you. In this article, we’ll be looking at some of the key components of the Nikon Z camera and lens system, which offer a wide a range of features that are especially appealing to vloggers and other content creators.
Nikon Cameras for Content Creators
Nikon Z6 III
One of the most well-rounded models in the Z-system lineup, the
The aesthetics of street photography has evolved greatly over the years. On one side of the spectrum, you have the more “natural” look championed by icons like Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, and Vivian Maier: no added light, no post-processing, no cropping, etc. Elsewhere, you have the innovators, the iconoclasts—artists like Bruce Gilden and Dina Litovsky—who regularly eschew the natural aesthetic by utilizing a
2023 was a blockbuster year for Nikon, so it's not surprising that their 2024 was more mellow. And by mellower, I mean they only released two cameras, three lenses, announced the development of a cine-focused zoom, and acquired a major cinema camera manufacturer. For a (relatively) quiet year, Nikon is certainly building anticipation for the future while still stoking the Z-system flames with several important announcements in 2024.
The
Since Nikon announced the acquisition of RED Digital Cinema back in March, we’ve been eager to see how these two esteemed brands would work together to create the next generation of filmmaking technology. Today, we get to see some of the fruits of that union, with Nikon bringing four of the most popular creative LUTs and one technical LUT from the RED ecosystem into their mirrorless and DSLR camera lineup. Shooters will now be able
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At long last, Nikon announces its newest Z-mount lens, the NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4, finally bringing photography’s most timeless lens configuration into its mirrorless fold. The 50mm f/1.4 has been the standard bearer for speed, excellence, and affordability in prime lenses for generations, and Nikon aims to bring the same high-quality, low-cost versatility to its Z-series mirrorless system.
When it comes to portraiture lenses, Nikon’s versatile Z series includes several options that are ideal for portraiture. Now, what constitutes a “good” lens for portraiture can be a bit subjective, but there are some generally agreed-upon traits: normal or longer-than-normal focal length, bright maximum aperture, and characteristic rendering. With these bedrock traits in mind, here are the best Nikon Z lenses for portrait photographers.
NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S
The epitome of portrait lenses, the
Nikon is rounding out the wide-angle end of its Z lens lineup with their second 35mm prime lens, the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4. Balancing speed and size, the 35mm f/1.4 hits a sweet spot that makes it an ideal walkaround lens for everyday photography and video.
Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 Lens
The 35mm focal length
After our short holiday break we are back with tons of news from the world of photography. Out of all the launches, nothing is bigger news than seeing the first film camera to come out of Pentax’s Film Project—the 17. This 35mm half-frame camera is designed for everyday shooters and is looking like an exciting entry into film photography. Nikon also dropped some big news with the release of the