Nikon reported better than expected financial results for 2012

Nikon financial results imaging company Nikon reported better than expected financial results for 2012

Nikon announced their financial results and new cash dividends for the year ending on March 31, 2012. The company again reported better than expected financial numbers even after the series of disasters in Asia last year. As a result, the stock price went up over 8%. Nikon remains a profitable company in times where almost every other major camera manufacturer announced losses:

In 1st half, all product groups sold well. In 2nd half, although SLR cameras were affected by Thai floods, new “Nikon 1” launch was successful. Compact camera continued to expand the market share throughout the year. These helped minimize the amount of sales/income reduction from the previous year.

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Nikon D600 release probability now at 80%

Nikon D600 80 Nikon D600 release probability now at 80%

Today was all about the new Leica products but I still  have a quick update on the Nikon D600 - I can now raise the probability of the D600 release before Photokina to 80%. Note that some of the specs may still be inaccurate or incomplete.

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More Nikon D600 specs

Nikon D600 More Nikon D600 specs

Some new Nikon D600 specs in addition to what I reported two week ago (new specs are on top, marked in bold):

  • 39 AF points (with an option of 11 AF points)
  • 5 fps (same as the D700, the D800 has 4fps)
  • 2 SD card slots with Eye-fi support
  • Build-in retouching images functionality
  • Built-in flash with sync speed of 1/250s
  • Two user settings: U1 and U2
  • Fn button

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Sea&Sea MDX-D800: another underwater housing for Nikon D800 coming soon

SeaSea MDX D800 underwater housing Nikon D800 Sea&Sea MDX D800: another underwater housing for Nikon D800 coming soon

This is how the soon to be released Sea&Sea MDX-D800 underwater housing for Nikon D800 will look like. It should be announced this summer with a price tag slightly over $3,000. I have no other details at that point.

Check also those D800 underwater housings from IkeliteHugyfotNauticam and Ikelite.

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Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens mounted on a Nikon D800 (video)

Nikkor 6mm f2.8 fisheye lens Nikon D800 video Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens mounted on a Nikon D800 (video)

This exotic Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 lens can actually see behind itself. Watch this video for more information:

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Nikon 1 J1 and V1 firmware update v1.12

Nikon 1 V1 camera white Nikon 1 J1 and V1 firmware update v1.12

Today Nikon announced new firmware update for the mirrorless J1 and V1 cameras. The only fix in this update is for an issue that caused some frames to be duplicated in slow-motion movies recorded at a frame rate setting of 1200 fps.

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