I guess this week will be dominated by patents and guests posts… First, few patents (USD682338, USD684203 and USD683779) that show different Nikon 1 camera designs. Could those be the new set of Nikon 1 cameras that will be announced in the next few months? All three patents were filed on March 6th, 2012. Maybe the […]
Here is a recap of the rumored/expected Nikon products in the next few months: Nikon D5300 I still expect Nikon to announce three major cameras by the end of the year. Some of the announcements (most likely the D5300) could be in the first week of January right before the CES show in Las Vegas. Nikon […]
Another interesting rumor: Nikon is planning to release a new waterproof/diving camera that could be part of the Nikon 1 product line. I am not sure how this will work exactly – maybe there will be a new line of waterproof lenses or maybe the new camera will have a fixed lens. The information I received is not […]
I do not know if you have noticed, but Nikon announced only two Coolpix cameras last month. This is a significant step down compared to previous years when we usually get dozens of different models. There is also no word on any new Nikon 1 products. We know that Nikon is concerned about the shrinking compact digital camera […]
Nauticam announced NA-V2 underwater housing for the Nikon 1 V2 mirrorless camera. Nikon currently only offers the WP-N1 underwater housing for the Nikon 1 J1 and J2 cameras (another head scratcher: no Nikon underwater housing for J3, V1 and V2).
Nikon published their latest financial results and cut their future full-year forecast due to disappointing mirrorless cameras (Nikon 1) sales. The Nikon Imaging division now expects to sell 6.55 million units instead of the previously planned 7.1 million. The operating profit forecast was also cut to 65 billion yen from the previously projected 85 billion yen. Nikon blamed US and […]
Dpreview published an interview with Sandor Barna (Vice President and General Manager at Aptina) where he discussed the future of compact cameras and big sensors. He mentioned that Aptina is working with “their current customers” (Nikon?) and new compact cameras with 1″ sensor are expected to be announced at the beginning of next year:
DxOMark published their test results for several Nikon 1 lenses. Their conclusion: “From our findings on 1 Nikkor lenses, the 18.5mm f/1.8 and 6.7-13mm are the best performing lenses of their type in the range, thus far. However, we’ve yet to assess the new large aperture Nikon 1 Nikkor 32mm f/1.2 which is promising, though perhaps […]
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