Today Nikon released their third quarter financial results and financial estimation for the year ending March 31, 2013. Here is the recap from Bloomberg: Camera price declines prompted a cut in Nikon’s annual profit forecast. Junichi Itoh, Nikon’s CFO said this: “Tough competition for entry-level single-lens-reflex models has led to a large price decline since […]
The 2013 CP+ show Camera & Photo Imaging show is currently ongoing in Yokohama, Japan. Attached are few pictures from the Nikon booth (click for larger view): The new Nikkor AF-S 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR lens: Ai Zoom-Nikkor 1200-1700mm lens: The current Nikkor lens lineup: Underwater camera case WP-N2 for Nikon 1:
Since Nikon seems to have given up on the digital retro camera look (think digital Nikon F with APS-C sensor, EVF and F mount), Brendan Taylor took up on the task and is currently working on fitting the digital guts of a Sony NEX-5N camera inside an old Nikon Nikkormat. You can find many pictures of […]
Todays’s guest post “My year in Antarctica” is by Stefan Christmann (http://www.nature-in-focus.de) who is working at the Neumayer III station in Antarctica as a physicist and was able to capture some amazing images with his Nikon D700/D800 cameras (click on images for larger view): It’s 3am when my alarm clock rings. I am only half awake […]
Today’s guest post is by Emily Fagan who has been traveling for the past five and a half year with her husband by RV in the summer and by sailboat in the winter and has been documenting their journey with Nikon cameras. You can find more images and stories from Emily and Mark Fagan’s travels at roadslesstraveled.us (click on images for larger […]
The BRNO dri+Cap dehumidifying system will protect your lenses from fungus and is available for Nikon mount: the kit costs $44.99, single lens or body cap sell for $23.99. The cap holds replaceable silica gel for absorbing the moisture that can lead to fungus or mold. The caps also minimize condensation build-up. Each silica gel changes color from orange to green when it needs to […]
Last year in January, Nikon stopped selling camera parts to independent repair shops. Many Nikon shooters and small store owners complained, several petitions were started, but nothing changed. The good news is that now Nikon started selling selected DSLR and lens parts online at their new Nikon Parts Store. Some Nikon parts are also available […]
