Monthly Archives: September 2011

Weird news update from Nikon Corp

This, rather unusual news update, was just published by Nikon Corporation: “Comments on Media Reports about Nikon’s imaging product Nikon understands that some article appeared in the media regarding Nikon’s imaging product. Please note that Nikon has made no announcement in this regards.” Are they referring to the Reuters report from earlier today or to the red […]

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One reason why Nikon announced the red D3100…

… is because Canon has one: But seriously, Nikon and Canon always have announcements scheduled just few days apart and it seems that this will also be the case this month: Canon will present new products on September 15th and 27th. In August Canon announced new compact cameras a day before Nikon. This is not a coincidence.

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Reuters Investment Views on the future announcements from Nikon

Reuters published a video about the potential Nikon announcements ahead of the London 2012 Olympics: The analyst also mentioned the upcoming Nikon mirrorless announcement in September (good to see Reuters reporting Nikon rumors).

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More on the red Nikon D3100 camera

It seems that the new red Nikon D3100 will be available for sale only in Europe (Germany, Sweden, Romania, etc.) and Japan. According to the official German press release, the red D3100 kit will cost 599 EUR and will be available exclusively on amazon.de. The release date is September 22nd (few days earlier for Japan). Next Nikon announcement is on […]

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Announcement: Nikon D3100 in red

This is the announcement for tonight: Nikon D3100 in red… Well, not really an announcement, there is no official press release for obvious reasons. The red D3100 may only be for the US market since I did not see any updated on the other international Nikon websites. As I mentioned on several occasions, we should all have lowered our expectations […]

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More Nikon media events on September 21st, 2011

After Nikon Austria and Nital (Nikon Italy), there will be also a Nikon press event in Switzerland (available also here. Google translation):

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Nikon losing market share in Japan

Bloomberg published an article on the current mirrorless camera market based on latest BCN ranking results. In 2011 mirrorless camera sales surged in Japan compared to previous years. With the lack of mirrorless solutions, Canon and Nikon’s combined share in Japan has fallen by 35%, while Sony’s share has doubled. This is what a Tokyo-based analyst said on this topic: “Mirrorless cameras are a threat, if […]

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