Just about any kind of photographer has great use for telephoto lenses, especially those who frequently take action shots. It’s when taking these hard-to-capture moments that you need crisp details and superb imaging quality most. And that’s exactly what the Fieldscope Digital SLR Camera Attachment FSA-L2 was made for.

Nikon Corporation’s subsidiary, Nikon Vision Co., Ltd., unveiled the Fieldscope Digital SLR Camera Attachment FSA-L2 this week, which can only be used with Nikon EDG Fieldscopes and Nikon D-SLR cameras.

Some highlights of this new attachment are:

• 3.5x zoom with internal vari-magnification system
• 500-1,750mm (f/5.9-21) focal length
• Compatible with Metered Manual Mode and Aperture-Priority Auto Mode
• Brighter optics through multilayer lens coating
• Exterior design and color synchronized to match digital SLR camera and EDG fieldscope
• Compatible with D3 series, D2 series, D700, D300 series, D200, D100, D90, D80, D70 series, D5000, D60, D50, D3000, D40 series, EDG Fieldscope 85/85-A, and EDG Fieldscope 65/65-A

Check out more details on Nikon’s website.

As digital cameras become more and more advanced, the competition between camera manufacturers steadily becomes stiffer and stiffer. The bar is set high and each company puts a lot of effort in staying on top.

And that’s probably one of the biggest reasons why an unlikely partnership formed between the biggest names in the industry: photography giant Nikon Corporation with its subsidiary, Nikon Systems, Inc., (which have been developing all the firmware installed in Nikon digital cameras to date) and electronics manufacturer Fujitsu Broad Solution & Consulting, Inc. The two companies established a new joint company, which is now known as Nikon Imaging Systems. The company is expected to hire a hundred employees. And beginning in August 1 of this year, all firmware development and production of interchangeable lenses for Nikon cameras will be under this new company.

Nikon Imaging Systems was formed for the sole purpose of developing firmware for Nikon cameras. The goal is to make use of both…