Nikon published their first quarter financial results of the year ending on March 2018: Operating profit of Q1 was ¥12.4 billion exceeding our forecast. Revenue decreased ¥5.6 billion YoY due to FPD lithography sales volume decline and a change in product mix of new DSLRs. Nikon also revised their financial forecast for the fiscal year […]
Based on the information we have so far, the recently announced Nikon D850 DSLR appears to be the new “baby Nikon D5 camera” I have been reporting for a while. I did receive some tips that the D850 is based on the D5 and not on the D810. There are several D850 discussions online that confirm […]
Optyczne posted the best so far photo report from the Nikon Museum in Tokyo (check out also Google street view):
In many parts of the world it’s already July 25th – the day Nikon turns 100 years old. Nikon issued a press release with a message from the President of the company Kazuo Ushida: For the past 100 years, consumer demand has called for convenient products that enhance daily life, and Nikon answered with its manufacturing skill and […]
1. The first NIKKOR lens: Aero NIKKOR 18cm f/4.5 (first appearance of NIKKOR trademark, an abbreviation of NIPPON Kogaku, as it appeared in 1932). 2. The Original Nikon – the first “Nikon” camera released in Japan, in March 1948.
Here is an interesting video from Duncan Dimanche who compared the price and weight of a basic full frame camera + lens set from the top four manufacturers (Sony, Nikon, Canon, and Pentax). The results may surprise you – the Nikon D750 body with five lenses was lighter and cheaper compared to a similar Sony a7 […]
Here is an updated list of upcoming Nikon cameras that have already been registered with various government agencies but are not yet officially announced:
