We are delighted to announce that Nikon has been successful across four categories at this year’s TIPA World Awards. Nikon’s latest mirrorless camera, the sleek and stylish Z f was crowned the ‘Best Full-Frame Expert Camera’, while the Z 8 was awarded the prestigious title of “Best Full-Frame Professional Camera”. When it came to the lens categories, Nikon scored two awards with the NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena being voted the ‘Best Professional Portrait Lens’, while the NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR took home gold for the ‘Best Super Telephoto Zoom Lens’ award. The four awards showcase Niko ..read more

Enrich Me With Your Difference Long-term Nikon Owner subscriber Jonathan Banks is a British photographer with over twenty-five years’ experience in humanitarian, editorial and commercial photography. This exhibition celebrates his career of working with charitable organisations around the world and encourages everyone to look for opportunities in their lives of making a difference. The exhibition runs from Tuesday, 9th of April to Friday, 3rd of May at St Albans Cathedral North Transept, Sumpter Yard, St Albans, AL1 1BY, as part of their Artists in Residence prog ..read more

Jason Moore, ‘Air Guitar Roo’, winner of The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023 Nikon, in partnership with The Comedy Wildlife Awards, is pleased to announce that the world-famous competition is now open for 2024 entries. The Comedy Wildlife Awards is celebrating a decade of sharing charming images from around the world, and this year, Nikon is delighted to be able to support this strong legacy as partner of the competition. To commemorate this exciting new partnership, the competition has officially been renamed ‘The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards’, but the aim to help encourage the world ..read more

FRONT COVER BY JOHN ARCHER-THOMSON CONTENTS: NIKON OWNER RECOMMENDS: David Cruz EDITOR’S LETTER By Gray Levett WOMEN IN PHOTOGRAPHY – Andrea Jones: The Secret Garden By Gillian GreenwoodGillian Greenwood continues her benchmark series on women photographers of today with a feature on award-winning photographer Andrea Jones, who has had an extraordinarily diverse career. MODERN NOSTALGIA – THE NIKON Zf REVIEWBy Becky DaneseThe Queen of Grays of Westminster’s Live Streams field-tests the Zf, Nikon’s latest full-frame FX format mirrorless camera, which combines heritage design wit ..read more

Nikon is pleased to announce the release of Ver. 2.11.0 for SnapBridge – a smartphone application which enables a better workflow thanks to an easy connection between cameras and smartphones or tablets. The latest firmware introduces1 an array of innovative new functions, including Easy Shooting Setup, allowing users to configure shooting settings suited to a particular scene or subject, directly from their smart device2. Easy Shooting Setup3 enhances useability with a number of options able to determine the final output of content – such as soft, out-of-focus background or motion blur option ..read more

Nikon is pleased to announce the release of firmware version 5.00 for its flagship, full frame mirrorless camera, the Nikon Z 9. The latest update introduces an array of new functions that responds to users’ needs – from increasing flexibility for sports photographers, to improving portrait photography. The latter can be achieved thanks to the introduction of new Skin Softening and Portrait Impression Balance functions, as well as the Rich Tone Portrait Picture Control. As part of the upgrade, a reserve function has been added to Auto Capture, allowing photographers and videographers alike to ..read more

Visit Nikon at The Photography and Video Show on stand B600. Nikon will be returning to The Photography and Video Show to showcase its award-winning product line-up and host a series of inspirational photography and videography talks. The event takes place from 16th – 19th March 2024 at the NEC in Birmingham. This year, visitors will be able to test and try all of Nikon’s latest products, including the full Z Series range – from the 2023 ‘camera of the year’, the Z 8, to Nikon’s newest retro-inspired camera, the Z f, there will be something for everyone. The stand will act as a base for inspi ..read more

Yesterday Nikon announced the release of its latest firmware: version 2.00 for the full-frame, FX-format mirrorless camera, the Nikon Z 8. The new firmware is the Z 8’s first major update since its launch, offering users a significant improvement to their shooting – whether that be of images or video – thanks to the inclusion of cutting-edge functions also found in the Nikon Z 9 and the Nikon Z f. Designed with bird photographers in mind, a dedicated [Birds] feature has been added to the Z 8’s AF subject detection options, increasing bird-detection performance in a variety of high-contrast bac ..read more

Yesterday Nikon announced the release of Nikon Tether Ver. 2.0.0 – a free of charge, easy-to-use computer software that enhances usability for tethered shooting*1 with a Nikon camera. Functions that were previously only included with Camera Control Pro 2*2; such as the configuration of a wide variety of camera settings, live view display during remote tethered shooting, and support for video recording, have excitingly now been made available with Ver. 2.0.0. This new software helps to create a more efficient workflow for photographers shooting in a studio setting, enabling them to showcas ..read more

FRONT COVER BY ROSS HODDINOTT CONTENTS: EDITOR RECOMMENDS: Elena Dudar EDITOR’S LETTER By Gray Levett WOMEN IN PHOTOGRAPHY – MICHELLE CHAPLOW: A Room with a View By Gillian GreenwoodGillian Greenwood continues her benchmark series on women photographers of today with a feature on award-winning travel and hotel photographer Michelle Chaplow, who has photographed a number of UNESCO-recognised buildings and hotels in more than sixty countries during her career. WESTERN CANADA AT THE THIRD TIME OF ASKING: Part 2By John Archer-ThomsonEcologist, photographer and wr ..read more