Dieter Schaefer Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Plena is a new trademark Nikon filed earlier this year: https://www.trademarkia.com/plena-97814887; it encompasses "camera lenses; digital camera lenses; cameras; digital cameras" Teaser on NIkon US: https://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/plena.page?utm_source=WWA&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023-09-22_countdown_cs-z-9-22-2023&utm_content=btn&utm_term=WatchNow&ET_CID=4911193&ET_RID=904664720 Lens appears to be a NOCT-lookalike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 The teaser is on YouTube, only 30 seconds. The emphasis seems to be the out-of-focus bokeh of this new lens, or lens line?? We'll find out next Wednesday, 27 September 2023. I assume that will be at midnight US Eastern. Nikon usually makes these announcements at 1pm in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted September 22, 2023 Author Share Posted September 22, 2023 47 minutes ago, ShunCheung said: I assume that will be at midnight US Eastern Correct, says so right at the end of the teaser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 35 minutes ago, Dieter Schaefer said: Correct, says so right at the end of the teaser. I initially missed that, but then I saw an European version of the video and it has 5am British Summer Time and 6am for continental Europe. There is also a Canadian version of the video that says midnight Eastern. Those other videos otherwise have the exact same content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 I read a speculation that Plena is some kind of de-focus control, special bokeh lens. That guess is probably as good as any at this point, until the official announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raczoliver Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Most likely the 135mm lens that has been on the roadmap for quite a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_hutcherson Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 On 9/22/2023 at 10:49 AM, ShunCheung said: I read a speculation that Plena is some kind of de-focus control, special bokeh lens. That guess is probably as good as any at this point, until the official announcement. Perhaps an updated take on the now ~30 year old 105/135 DC lenses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raczoliver Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Towards the middle of the teaser video for a few seconds we see a close-up of the man's eyes. Could this be a hint that the lens will also have close focusing capabilities? A large aperture near-macro bokeh machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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