discontinued gear

    Fuji Velvia 100 labelled toxic and banned in the USA by Environmental Protection Agency
    Jul 7, 2021 Dunja Đuđić

    If you shoot film and Fujichrome Velvia 100 is your film of choice, I have some bad news for you. The film has been labeled…

    Nikon kills off more of its APS-C and full-frame F mount lenses
    May 13, 2021 John Aldred

    I’ve been saying for years that the “Death of DSLRs” will come when the manufacturers give up on them and not before – no matter…

    It looks like Sony’s finally killed off the A-mount camera system
    May 5, 2021 John Aldred

    Sony’s A-mount – or, to be more accurate, what was originally Minolta’s A mount – finally seems to have been killed off. As spotted by…

    Canon just killed off a lot more EF & EF-S mount DSLR lenses with more going soon
    Apr 9, 2021 John Aldred

    Canon’s cull of DSLR lenses continues. According to a report from Canon Rumors, no fewer than nine more Canon EF and EF-S lenses have been…

    Canon 85mm f/1.2L II and 70-200mm f/4L IS II the latest victims in EF mount DSLR lens purge
    Apr 1, 2021 John Aldred

    Pentax might be clinging onto DSLRs for dear life, but if it wasn’t already clear the Canon had pretty much abandoned its DSLRs – what…

    Nikon’s top-selling D5600 DSLR goes on the discontinued list
    Jan 12, 2021 Dunja Đuđić

    Nikon D5600 was the best-selling DSLR camera in 2020, according to a recent report. However, Nikon Japan has listed it as an “old product” on…

    Godox has killed off its A1 Bluetooth smartphone flash trigger
    Oct 24, 2020 John Aldred

    The Godox smartphone flash and Bluetooth remote control unit, the Godox A1, has been discontinued. The Godox A1 was released in 2017 to quite some…

    Nikon finally gives up on film – discontinues the F6 SLR and other products
    Oct 6, 2020 John Aldred

    It seems that Nikon dealers in Europe (or at least Germany) have received notification that the Nikon F6 has now officially been laid to rest,…

    Flat Earthers’ favorite camera, Nikon Coolpix P900, is now discontinued
    Aug 13, 2020 Dunja Đuđić

    Nikon Coolpix P900 is a pretty powerful little camera in terms of optical zoom. You can use it to zoom in the Moon, or “prove”…

    Nikon Japan shifts the legendary 200mm f/2G ED VR II lens to the discontinued list
    Apr 27, 2020 John Aldred

    This is either great news or terrible news depending on how you look at it, but Nikon Japan has moved Nikon’s legendary AF-S Nikkor 200mm…