Several Nikon products received the 2025 Good Design Award: Nikon Z50II camera Nikkor Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ lens Nikon Stabilized 10×25 S / 12×25 S binoculars Coolshot PROIII Stabilized / 50i GII rangefinders NSP-150-1 / NSP-250-1 / NSP-500-1 (vision system attached to a robot arm) NEXIV VMF-K Series (confocal video measuring system)
Nikon Instruments announced the winners of the 51st annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, celebrating over five decades of excellence in microscopy and digital imaging:
CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2025, black: 2024, blue: 2023):
Nikon’s stock price went up after Essilor Luxottica raised its ownership in Nikon to more than 10%. The French eyewear group (parent company of Ray-Ban) now owns a 10.75% stake in Nikon, up from a 9.6% before (it used to be 5.1% last year), and they could buy as much as 20% under Japan’s Foreign […]
DxO FilmPack version 8 film emulation software is now officially released (buy here) with a new Time Warp mode and full Photoshop integration for analog style and historical immersion. Here is what’s new in DxO FilmPack 8:
The Art of Color…Science? by RC Jenkins (see previous guest posts) Intro Color science is an art. And we’ve been getting a lot of crayons lately. And not the stupid ones in the 4-pack from some kid’s party that are basically just plastic and break. The good ones that just smear colors onto the page. […]
Here is an updated list of Nikon cameras and their sensor manufacturers (the list for DSLR cameras can be found here) – it appears that in 2024, Nikon started predominantly using Tower Semiconductor sensors: Model Year Sensor Sensor Manufacturer Nikon Z5 2020 Full-frame CMOS 24.3MP Sony Nikon Z6II 2020 Full-frame BSI CMOS 24.5MP Sony Nikon […]
