Specialiasing in the Exceptional 105mm f/4.5 UV-Nikkor Lens The 105mm f/4.5 UV-Nikkor is one of the rarest and most specialised lenses ever made by Nikon. It was introduced in 1985 and available to special order only. Specifically designed for UV (ultraviolet) photography and, with virtually no variation in the focus position between visible rays and [...]
Grays of Westminster presents Mastering Adobe Photoshop A Photographic Seminar by Michael Eleftheriades 2:00 p.m. Sunday, 28th April Fitzroy House, 37 Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 6DX In 1989 Michael Eleftheriades attended a demonstration of a graphics package called Barneyscan XP which he says “completely blew his mind”. It was a software package designed for retouching [...]
The Nikkor brand was introduced in 1932, a westernised rendering of an earlier version Nikko, an abbreviation of the company’s original full name (Nikko coincidentally means “sunlight”). I am grateful to Robert Rotoloni of the Nikon Historical Society for the following shot – a rare and tantalising glimpse of lens assembly at the Nippon Kogaku [...]
The Nikon Corporation has today announced officially the Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/4G ED VR III lens, a lighter, smaller and more affordable sibling to the highly regarded and award winning Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II.