Nikon released their third quarter financial results for the year ending March 2018: Nine-month profit up 56.7% to￥22.31 billion from￥14.24 billion last year Earnings per share up ￥56.13 from￥35.84 for last year Operating profit up more than 100% to￥41.5 billion from last year’s￥18.6 billion Revenue down by 7.2% to￥525.26 billion from last year’s￥566.12 billion (source: NASDAQ) […]
→ Nikon D5 price drop in the UK at Jessops and Park Camera (£390 cheaper, some offer free XQD/CF cards). → Good deal on the Nikon D7500 in the UK: £899, sold by Amazon. → Do you remember the ridiculous “rumor” about Sony buying Nikon? It’s real – check out the new Nikon a900 mirrorless camera 🙂 […]
Dan and Sally Watson published an interesting video comparing the Sony a7rIII ($3,198), Nikon D850 ($3,296.95) and Canon 5D Mark IV ($3,299) cameras. Here is a quick recap from SonyAddict:
A quick update: the Nikon MB-D18 battery grip for the D850 DSLR camera is currently in stock at Adorama, Pictureline and Huppin’s (all are authorized Nikon US dealers). Update: the $940 battery kit that gives you 9fps for the D850 is also now in stock at Adorama. Here is some additional info on the new Nikon EN-EL18b battery and […]
BCN published their camera rankings for 2018 and Nikon actually increased their market share in the DSLR and compact camera categories while losing lens market share for a fifth consecutive year (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores):
BuyDig has a Nikon Refurb Week event with some good offers on refurbished Nikon gear: Nikon 1 AW1 underwater camera + 11-27mm lens for $409 ($391 off) Nikon 1 J5 + 10-30mm lens for $339 ($161 off) Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 for $1,497 ($500 off) Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G for $1,599 ($400 off) Nikon KeyMission 170 for […]
Nikon filed paperwork with the FCC to delay the release of the previously rumored Bluetooth remote control N16F1 (Bluetooth 4.1 + LE):
