→ White Knight Press has released its newest camera guide book: Photographer’s Guide to the Nikon Coolpix P610: Getting the Most from Nikon’s Superzoom Digital Camera.
→ Topaz Simplify plugin is 30% off till the end of May.
→ New Gariz Alcantara AT-DFCG half case for Nikon Df camera announced.
→ New Meyer Optik Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens for Nikon mount is coming soon. The company also announced the opening of a new subsidiary in the US – Meyer Optik USA Inc.
→ The Nikon Coolpix P900 is expected to be in stock on… August 3rd.
→ Nikon UK summer cashback offers are now live.
→ The latest Nikon deals (updated weekly):
| Refurbished (US warranty) | Grey market (no US warranty) |
| Nikon D3100: $199.95 Nikon D3100 two lens kit: $269.99 Nikon D3200: $279 Nikon D3300 lens kit: $369.95 Nikon D3300 two lens kit: $519 Nikon D5200: $419.95 Nikon D5300 lens kit: $509.95 Nikon D7000: $499.95 Nikon D2x: $999.95 Nikon D610: $1,149.95 Nikon D750: $1,449 Nikon Df: $2.249.95 Nikon D800: $1,899 Nikon D800E: $1998.88 Nikon D4s: $5,549.95 Nikon 70-200mm f/4G: $1,199.95 Nikon 50mm f/1.8G: $179.96 |
Nikon D7200: $899 Nikon Df: $2,2249.95 Nikon 24-120mm f/4G lens: $579 |
| Full US warranty |
| Nikon WP-N1 waterproof housing for J1: 96.95 ($650 off) Nikon D3300 two lens kit + free wireless adapter: $596.95 Nikon D610 with free MB-D14 grip at Adorama & B&H Nikon D750 with free 12 months CC subscription Nikon D750/D610 with free Shure VP83 microphone Nikon Df with free GP-1A GPS & WU-1a wireless adapters Nikon D810 with 24-120mm f/4 lens is now $900 off Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art lens: $799.99 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art lens: $769.99 |
→ Executive shakeup: Nikon Japan appointed new executives, changed some of their directors and introduced new performance-based stock remuneration system for executives of the company.
→ New Nikon Image Chaser post: “Long Exposure Time-Lapse with the Nikon D810“.
→ Nikon UK announced new ambassadors
→ Nikon adds Indian language support to its camera.
→ Nikon’s Q&A of financial results for the year ended March 31, 2015 (Imaging Business):
Q: Please tell us about the outlook of the market and the sales for this fiscal year in the imaging products business?
A: We expect the digital cameras–interchangeable lens type market to decline 9% year-on-year to 12,400 thousands units, while we are expecting the market of the interchangeable lenses to also decline 9% year-on-year 20,600 thousands units. We are hoping that the extent of the decline narrows towards the second half of this fiscal year, but the market environment is likely to remain severe, including the uncertainty regarding the European economy and China’s economic slowdown, which will inevitably have an impact on the results of our imaging products business.
Assuming this market outlook, we expect our sales of the digital cameras–interchangeable lens type to decline 8% from the previous year to 4,250 thousands units, and for sales of interchangeable lenses to decline 9% to 6,100 thousands units.
We will continue our activities targeting an increase in sales of middle/high class models, as well as our activities to improve costs and otherwise increase efficiency. However, we will also continue investments in the costs of development for new products at the same level as the previous fiscal year targeting future growth, and as a result we are expecting operating income to decline 33% on a year-on-year basis to 38.0 billion yen.
→ Exploring Bali with various Nikkor lenses:
