
A rather strange press release came out from Nikon Germany – it basically says that Nikon Germany will focus/concentrate on FX products. They even created a new dedicated website (not yet online). Here is the full press release (Google translation):

Those rendering are from the rumored Vivo smart phone that will feature rotating Nikon-branded camera and EXPEED processor (via Phonearena). The next Nexus 5 phone is also rumored to have a Nikon camera module inside. With the shrinking compact camera market, Nikon is obviously trying to position themselves as a camera technology supplier to the fast growing smart phone industry.

Update: the posts referring the AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G lens were removed from Pixelistes website shortly after my post. The admin of the French forum Pixelistes mentioned few days ago that he held in his hands a new full frame Nikon lens that will be announced in the next few days. In another post later last week he […]
I will be catching up on the latest Nikon stories in the next few days.
Due to unexpected family emergency I will be offline in the next two week. I will try to post updates and reply to emails when possible.