“Nikon DX camera vs. cropping or putting a teleconverter on a full frame body” is a new article by Steve Perry (website | YouTube | Facebook). You can check also his previous [NR] posts here: Have you ever attempted to bag a prize wildlife photo only to discover that you needed a little more “reach” than what the lens hanging […]
Nikon released their financial results for the first half of the year ending on September 30, 2016: Profits are up 54% Operating income is up 23.8% Sales are down Nikon also “decided to conduct a fundamental company-wide restructuring in order to enhance its ability to generate profit and create value“ Quote: “Nikon Corp. reported that […]
An update on the Nikon layoffs fiasco: as part of their financial statements, Nikon released a “Notice of Restructuring” which describes “re-assigning 1000 employees to reduce fixed cost” in the Lithography division. For the Imaging Business Unit, an additional 350 domestic employees that will be “rationalized” and “re-assigned”. Update: Nikon will actually “re-assign” a total 1,550 […]
Update: Nikon to “re-assign” 1,550 employees in Japan, total headcount will be reduced by 1,000 In unprecedented move, Nikon issued a statement that they have not made any decisions on cutting 1,000 jobs in Japan – a story reported by Nikkei just few hours ago. Here is the full text:
Update #1: Nikon issued a statement denying any layoffs. Update #2: Nikon to “re-assign” 1,550 employees in Japan, total headcount will be reduced by 1,000 This just in from Nikkei – “Nikon to cut 1,000 jobs in Japan“: Nikon plans to eliminate about 1,000 jobs in Japan, or 10% of its domestic workforce, as the company […]
Initially I was not going to cover this nonsense here on the blog (remember the Nikon buying Samsung camera division “rumor”?), but Thom Hogan wrote a very nice and long article that covers pretty much everything I have to say on this topic – you can read it at dslrbodies.com. Here are just a few quotes:
In an article about Nikon marketing strategy, Birgitta Olson (global marketing manager at Nikon) mentioned that “new possibilities are opening up for Nikon in the fields of action, wearable and drones“.
