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10/02/2014 / / C-Mount 25mm f/1.4

C-Mount 25mm f1.4 & Nikon V1

After a long break due to holidays, bad weather and poor health (sinusitis) I’ve finally managed to take some photos with my cheapo C-Mount 25mm f/1.4 lens. It will take a while until I’ve taken enough images and until I’m confident enough to write a review, but many things I have written about its “big brother”, the C-Mount 50mm f/1.4 (link to my Review), also apply to the 25mm f/1.4. Click on the photos to view them in Full HD resolution on Flickr. The image quality is not very good, so don’t be shocked if there are CAs and if the resolution/sharpness is vastly inferior to the 1 Nikkors. 🙂

Nikon V1 & C-Mount 25mm f/1.4

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08/02/2014 / / Nikon 1

Nikon’s CP+ Booth map – No mention of Nikon 1, only AW1

05/02/2014 / / Nikon J4

Is this the J4 or the V3?

Yesterday the Dutch website Digitfoto posted sketches of a camera design Nikon has patented a while back. By the looks of it, it seems to be either a beefed up J-series camera or a cut down V-series camera.

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04/02/2014 / / Nikon Capture NX

Nikon Capture NX 2.4.6 and Nikon View NX 2.9.0 for Win and 2.9.1 for Mac released

17/01/2014 / / Nikon 1

Tamron patents a 10-100mm f3.5-5.6 for 1″ sensor

This is not necessarily a design intended for Nikon 1 cameras and it may very well never materialize, nevertheless it is interesting to know that Tamron is active in regards to developing optics for the 1” format. According to the Egami Blog Tamron has filed the patent for a 10-100mm f/3.5-5.6 lens on June 22, 2012, which is much later than the filing date of the Nikon 1 Nikkor 10-100 f/4.5-5.6 PD (link to the patent). This is what the lens design looks like:

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16/01/2014 / / Nikon 1

Nikon celebrates 85 millionth Nikkor lens

27/12/2013 / / Nikon 1

Hefty Nikon V2 price reduction: is Nikon clearing inventory in preparation for the V3?

25/12/2013 / / Nikon 1

Awesome 18.5mm f1.8 deal on AmazonDE

23/12/2013 / / C-Mount 50mm f/1.4

Review: 50mm f1.4 C-Mount Lens

More than a month ago I have posted some of my images taken with the 50mm f/1.4 C-Mount and my initial thoughts regarding the no-name lens. In the meantime I have taken some additional photos with the “Plastilux” (which is what I like to call it) and my Nikon V1, but not nearly as many as I would have liked to. Nevertheless I feel confident that I have learned all there is to know about the 50/1.4 C-Mount since I’ve bought it in August 2013.

(UPDATE 02.06.2016: I’ve been using the 50/1.4 CCTV C-mount lens on my Olympus OM-D E-M10 and have written a micro 4/3 centric review. If you are a M4/3 shooter and would like to see how this lens performs on the larger sensor, you can read the review here.)

Nikon V1 & C-Mount 50mm f/1.4

So why call it “Plastilux”? Well, at $47/£32/€38 this lens is cheap but capable of some great results, if you put in the time. Read on to find out what I think about the build quality, image quality, depth of field control, usability and price vs. performance of this lens.

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28/11/2013 / / Nikon 1

Rumor: Nikon 1 V3 to be announced in January 2014

According to Nikon-Rumors.com Nikon is expected to announce the Nikon 1 V3 during the CES show in early January 2014. The V3 will supposedly have a similar design to the Nikon P7800 compact camera, including a standard flash hot-shoe. V3’s pop-up flash will supposedly be able to act as wireless commander. I may be mistaken, but I believe that the V2 already has this capability. Last but not least, a Firmware Update for the FT-1, making the adapter compatible with V3’s new features (which?), is said to be in the works.

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