The Nikon Report - Episode #4

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Developing: After 41 years Nikon ends domestic camera production, planning move to Thailand (written by Akihito Yonekura, Asahi Camera): http://bit.ly/3mE2xhP

Z6 II Firmware Version 1.02 http://bit.ly/3ptVYjN

Z7 II Firmware Version 1.01 http://bit.ly/37IWBzI

Later in the week we saw Firmware updates version 3.20 for Nikon Z6 and Z7 cameras http://bit.ly/2KwPaTx

The latest Nikon Z6/Z7 firmware update version 3.20 unlocked Blackmagic RAW support.  Your camera still has to go to Nikon for RAW update. £199 / $199

If you have done the update already then you just need to update the firmware.

With the Z 7, RAW video output is possible only with full-HD videos recorded in the FX-based video format and 4K UHD videos recorded in the DX-based video format. With the Z 6, 4K UHD and full-HD RAW video output is possible with both FX- and DX-based movie formats. 

http://bit.ly/3phv0vv

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Z 6 Firmware Version 3.20 http://bit.ly/3ha0H70

Z 7 Firmware Version 3.20 http://bit.ly/3nKAvCn

Nikon Webcam Utility update for MAC. Nikon updated their article on macOS Big Sur Compatibility List. Where they published the list of Nikon software and their versions which support Big Sur MAC OS.

https://bit.ly/2LSaqDo

Nikon Z6 II & Z7II sensor measurements published at PhotonsToPhotos

Z6 II http://bit.ly/3nIq02L

Z7 II http://bit.ly/37HClP3

More DX-format lenses for Z-mount are on the way.

Nikon expects the production of some DSLR cameras and F-mount lenses to be impacted by the fire at AKM Semiconductor in Japan.

http://bit.ly/3aCp4Jo

The French startup Curve One announced the first commercial curved CMOS sensor http://bit.ly/37JxOvA  &   http://bit.ly/3nMBKB9

Ilford to Release the Sprite 35-II, A Reusable 35mm Point-and-Shoot in January 2021 http://bit.ly/37FtT2A

Cumulative Mirrorless shipped value is now 235% of DSLR shipped value.

Which means that the DSLR market is shrinking and Mirrorless is growing. This shows the trend of shifting towards mirrorless equipment. http://www.cipa.jp/stats/dc_e.html  &   http://bit.ly/3mFuh5v

Sunday read or reading list for Xmas.

Shutterstock published their 2020 Year Review in photographs. http://shutr.bz/38sxPD1

National Geographic’s ‘The Year in Pictures’,  also available online via National Geographic Digital HUB http://on.natgeo.com/3rp8SRB

http://on.natgeo.com/37IZiRQ

http://bit.ly/3azPs6B

New York Times published their Year in Pictures: A Year Like No Other

http://nyti.ms/34DqpvM

The Guardian published the Agency Photographer of the Year 2020 – shortlist http://bit.ly/34EwbNL

How Astronauts Captured Iconic Space Photos - A History Of Cameras In Space by @Scott Manley YouTube Channel

https://bit.ly/3riRbmO

My Visits with Ansel Adams by Alan Adler at PetaPixel. Where he writes about his experience meeting the Legendary photographer.

http://bit.ly/3mHLiMo

Iconic Ansel Adams image sells for nearly $1M at Sotheby's auction, total sales of $6.4M http://bit.ly/3mG0CsP

What is lens breathing? http://bit.ly/34ClafO

How to Optimize Lightroom Classic for the Best Performance http://bit.ly/3h9WJLI