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Total Production of NIKKOR Lenses for Interchangeable Lens Cameras Reaches 80 Million

Nikon today announced that total production of NIKKOR lenses[1] for Nikon interchangeable lens cameras reached eighty million in mid June 2013.

In 1959, Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku K.K.) released the Nikon F as well as its first NIKKOR lens for Nikon SLR cameras, the NIKKOR-S Auto 5cm f/2. The NIKKOR tradition has continued over the many years since that first lens was released. What's more, Nikon continues to expand its lineup of interchangeable lenses for Nikon 1 cameras, the first of which was released in October 2011, bringing total lens production to eighty million.

 

Sigma announces 18-35mm 1.8 launch

SIGMA 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM

What makes a standard lens ideal for you?
Certain important qualities are required, such as a fast maximum aperture, versatility for snap shots, portraiture and indoor photography plus a good combination of a wide range of focal lengths in a compact design.
The Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM is the first zoom lens ever to achieve a maximum aperture of f1.8 throughout the zoom range. It is a wide aperture, standard zoom-lens for digital single lens reflex cameras with APS-C size sensors. *1

 

Adobe move to subscription model

Adobe have announced in a letter posted on their website that they are going to stop producing standalone software and instead users will 'rent' the software on a monthly basis.

Read more here www.adobe.com/cc/letter.html

 

Photoshop Lightroom 5

Adobe today announced the launch of a free public beta of Photoshop Lightroom 5 for both Mac and Windows.

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom5/

 

A revolution has happened...

Stuart Wood FBIPP FSWPP gives food for thought in his article below. For more information on Stuart and his training courses then visit www.stuart-wood.com or www.stuartwoodweddings.com

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