Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

Happy Halloween, Nikon style!

By [NR] admin | Published: October 31, 2011

Check out this fully functional Nikon Halloween costume created by Tyler Card:

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Nikon at the PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2011 in New York

By [NR] admin | Published: October 27, 2011

Throughout the day I will be uploading pictures from the PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2011 in New York to this flickr set:

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Water levels at Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand are currently between 2.6 and 2.87 meters

By [NR] admin | Published: October 21, 2011

You can check the water levels at Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand on this website (updated daily). The current level is between 2.6 and 2.87 meters (between 8.5-9.5 feet): Nikon latest report mentioned the level to be “around 2 meters”

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Nikon issued second notice on the damage from the flood in Thailand

By [NR] admin | Published: October 21, 2011

Nikon just published a second notice on the damage from the flood in Thailand (see first statement here) – they cannot provide any estimation on the potential damages because they still don’t have access to the factory. There are no reported casualties from Nikon’s employees. As expected, there will be products shortage. No word on […]

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The situation in Thailand doesn’t look good for Nikon

By [NR] admin | Published: October 19, 2011

Nationmultimedia published the above table about the effect of the Thailand flooding on Japanese companies. Quote from the same article: “Electronic manufacturers also are heavily dependent on production in Thailand. Nikon Corp.’s Thailand plant produces low- to mid-range single-lens reflex cameras, which account for 90 percent of the company’s SLR camera production.”

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Japanese Nikon commercials from the 1970s to the 1990s

By [NR] admin | Published: October 16, 2011

Worth watching – Japanese Nikon commercials from the 1970s to the 1990s: Via Tokyocamerastyle

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The new Nikon US pricing policy explained

By [NR] admin | Published: October 14, 2011

I just received this internal email from a major US retailer about the new Nikon pricing policy (few sentences were removed in order to protect my source): New Nikon Pricing Policy Nikon has announced a new Unilateral Pricing Policy on many cameras and lenses for the entire retail market. This should clean up the marketplace from discounting and non-authorized sellers. […]

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