The new Laowa TS lenses are now available for preorder:

• 55mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift 1X Macro at VenusOptics store, Bhphoto, Amazon.
• 100mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift 1X Macro at VenusOptics store, Bhphoto, Amazon.

Nikon’s latest camera can now be preordered at BHphoto. A presentation can be read at Explora.

You can get this lens now for $329 or 300 Euro at Meike store. It should be available any time also on their Amazon page.

The French website Phototrend had a chat with Nicolas Gillet, Marketing and Communications Director at Nikon France. Here are a couple of notes about what he said:

• More generally, the market fell a little on the full frame at the beginning of the year. It has stabilized in recent months, but the market is such that today, the launch of a new product can change the size of the market punctually.
• Over 12 cumulative rolling months, the Nikon Z8 is the first in our portfolio. The Nikon Zf comes behind, because these are products that have lived for 12 months so it obviously counts. The Nikon Z6 III is also doing very well: it has only 2-3 months of sales and we are very confident.
• We are on a sort of compromise between price and performance, which allows us to put a much more modern sensor in this Z6 range. This makes us say that the Z6 III is rather the little brother of the Z8 than a direct successor to the Z6 II.

You can get it now on Amazon US&EU, BHphoto, Pergear, TTartisan.

Key specs:

• Full Frame
• F2 Large Aperture
• Stepper Motor Fast Autofocus
• Lightweight Design
• Clicked Aperture Ring
• Comes with a Lens Hood
• Supports AF Detection
• Metal Body
• Interface for Firmware Upgrade

A reader (Thanks!) sent me this image from the IBC show in Amsterdam. It’s a posted displaying all six 7Artisans autofocus Z-mount lenses. The new lenses on top of the existing 50 and 85mm primes are:

AF 35mm F2.8
AF 40mm F2.8
AF 24mm F1.8
AF 35mm F1.8

The new Nikon lens is now available for preorder at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, WexUK.