Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

Designing the Nikon F camera (video)

By [NR] admin | Published: April 23, 2011

Let’s make it YouTube Easter weekend – another two part video on designing the Nikon F camera: The second video explains where the red triangle on all Nikon cameras came from:

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Nikon D3 hail torture *updated*

By [NR] admin | Published: April 22, 2011

A slow news day, I hope you enjoy this video: Update: few more Nikon torture videos:

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Nikon gets two TIPA 2011 awards

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

Today TIPA announced their 2011 awards for best photographic and imaging products. Nikon D7000 is the Best Advanced DSLR and the Coolpix P300 is Best General Camera. Canon has three camera awards (plus a printer), Olympus and Panasonic got two camera awards each. Here is a list of all TIPA awarded Nikon products from the […]

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Nikon prices from 25 years ago

By [NR] admin | Published: April 20, 2011

I came across an old issue of Modern Photography from December of 1986. With the latest price increases, here is a nostalgic flashback of Nikon prices from 25 years ago: More after the break:

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One month after the earthquake in Japan

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

A month after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, retailers worldwide are now starting to acknowledge a shortage of Nikon equipment. The rolling power blackouts have meant no production of various components from glass to chips, and they’re expected to last into September, possibly longer. Wynne Powell president and CEO of London Drugs, a chain […]

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2010 worldwide digital camera market shares by vendor

By [NR] admin | Published: April 15, 2011

Bloomberg published data from IDC Japan about the 2010 worldwide digital camera market shares by vendor: Compared to 2009, Nikon gained market share but still remained at the #3 spot after Sony and Canon. It seems that only Sony, Nikon, Samsung and Vivitar were able to increase their market share in 2010 compared to 2009. In […]

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Nikon to open its own subsidiary in Brazil

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

The Brazilian magazine Fotografe Melhor reports in this month’s issue that Nikon is finally arriving in Brazil with an official representation. To get everything started, Nikon has hired some experienced executives from Sony (William Silveira) and Canon (Wagner Battistel). The official announcement should be somewhere in 2011. Thanks Felipe!

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