Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

Nikon’s official statement on the disaster in Japan

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

Nikon issued an official statement on the situation in Japan: The Nikon Group would like to express its profound sympathy and condolences to the victims of earthquake in Major Earthquake in Northern Japan (Japan’s Tohoku region) on March 11. The effects to our group companies are as follows. Measures to cope with the situations We have set […]

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Nikon plants in Sendai “virtually impossible to resume operations in 14 days” *UPDATED*

By [NR] admin | Published: March 13, 2011

Update #1: it seems that the article was talking about March 14th (Monday) and not about a timeframe of 14 days. The initial Google translation was: “Miyagi Prefecture factory to produce high-end digital SLR cameras for professionals, announced that it is virtually impossible to resume operations in 14 days“. Update #2: here is a better translation […]

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Nikon to start a new “I am …” advertising campaign on April 11th *UPDATED*

By [NR] admin | Published: March 12, 2011

Update: Nikon Australia will also launch a new advertising campaign: “Nikon is set to re-launch their brand in Australia, with a major multimillion dollar marketing campaign, featuring Robbie Williams. The Japanese Company is also introducing several new digital cameras’ ranging in price from $99 to $2,000.” Campaignlive reports that Nikon will start a new “I am…” […]

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Initial report from Nikon after the earthquake: no injured employees, factories not significantly affected

By [NR] admin | Published: March 11, 2011

AP was told by Nikon’s UK spokeswoman that there are no injured employees and factories are not significantly affected after the major 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan: “However, we have been informed that the Nikon Corporation building and factories located in the north of Japan are, fortunately, not significantly affected. Importantly, no injured employees have been reported.” See […]

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Major 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck 111 miles east of Sendai, Japan

By [NR] admin | Published: March 11, 2011

A major 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck Japan few hours ago. The earthquake’s epicenter was 111 miles east of the city of Sendai. Nikon has a major manufacturing facility in Sendai:

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Nikon UK started live chat support on their website

By [NR] admin | Published: March 10, 2011

Nikon UK just added live chat support on their website where you can directly talk to member of the support team. Very useful feature if you don’t want to waist time digging through Nikon’s service and support website. The chat support hours are: Mo – Fr from 09:00 am – 05:00 pm GMT. Oh, and […]

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The new Nikon booth at Focus on Imaging show

By [NR] admin | Published: March 9, 2011

Canon was not part of the 2011 Focus on Imaging show in the UK which made Nikon the biggest exhibitor this year. In addition, Nikon had a brand new booth. Here are some images and videos from the show’s floor:

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