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Nikon Announces New 18-140mm Lens, SB-300 Flash, and Some Point and Shoot

Chris Gampat
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08/06/2013
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Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Nikon announcement (3 of 4)

Enthusiast Nikon photographers have a new lens to look forward to. Today, the company is announcing their brand new 18-140mm f3.5-5.6 lens G ED AF-S DX (VR)–which means that it will have the same aperture range as your 18-55mm kit lens. The lens ia DX lens optic, meaning that it is meant for only APS-C DSLRs and has up to four stops of VR. Plus it has ED glass and Aspherical lens elements.

It will be available for $596.95. But that’s not all that Nikon has announced. More details are after the jump. Also, this may possibly mean that a higher end APS-C DSLR may be coming since we’re getting a new superzoom lens.


Coolpix L620

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Nikon announcement (2 of 4)

 

– 18.1MP BSI CMOS sensor

– 14x optical zoom

– 3 inch LCD screen

– 1080p HD video

– VR built into the lens

– 18 scene modes

Will come in black or red for $246.95

Nikon Sb-300 Speedlight

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Nikon announcement (4 of 4)

 

– 120 degree tilt capability to bounce the light output off of a ceiling

– Claims of much better white balancing performance than before

– $146.95 when it launches

 

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.