Archives for January 2008

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.

New 24 MP CMOS sensor from Sony: D3X / D4 coming?

Sony has announced a new 24 MP CMOS sensor capable of delivering 6.3 frames per second – maybe this is an indication that a D3X / D4 from Nikon is on the way…

The new Nikon D60

After a leakage about the awaited new Nikon D60 at Dpreview there is the official anouncement at Dpreview:

10 MP, sensor cleaning function, active D-Lighting, compact body (probably D40 like) but no in-camera autofocus motor (exactly like the D40) – IMHO not a good move until they don’t announce new primes with AF-S….

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:

Photozone reviews the Nikon AF-S 14-24/2.8: a phenomenal lens

Klaus Schroiff has posted a review of the new Nikon AF-S 14-24/2.8 lens on his respected Photozone site – and it looks good.

“The Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED N is a phenomenal lens. It is the sharpest ultra-wide angle lens tested to date. The resolution figures are simply stunning and unprecedented specifically at 14mm and that’s straight from the maximum aperture setting.”