Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

Nikon to cut 1000 jobs

Nikon to cut about 1,000 jobs, mostly at its domestic plants. Nikon to downsize its subsidiary in Singapore and transfer part of the business to Taiwan. Job cuts are expected to save 8 billion yen (84 million dollars). Source

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Post rating system implemented

I like to keep it simple: at the bottom of each post you will see the like & dislike buttons. Please use this system to rate the actual post and not the validity of the content/rumor or your personal Nikon preferences/expectations (I will be adding separate polls for that when appropriate). Based on your feedback I will […]

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Nikon D60 next to be discontinued?

Nikon D40 is already discontinued. I also got multiple reports that the Nikon D60 is low in stock, not available or discontinued in some online retailers (the reports were mainly from Europe). Quick check in the US:  B&H is out of stock: Adorama is out of stock: Amazon still has it in stock. NR rating system: 80%

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Polls – NR feedback, please vote

My post about the Thom Hogan’s “special surprise book” caused some controversy (you can read all the comments if you have the time). Everything boils down to the same old question:  should I post any Nikon rumor (basically what I have been doing so far) or should I write only about info from verified, trusted sources? I […]

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Nikon related links/news

Those are Nikon related news that were not important enough to get their own post during the week – they will get dump here every weekend (I have been doing this for the past few months already): The Nikon Price Watch section is now updated daily (automatically). I will be adding the most widely used lenses soon. […]

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Thom Hogan working on a “special surprise book”

Is this a publicity stunt or Thom Hogan does know something we don’t? His books are all about Nikon hardware (and two Fuji books).

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Nikon expects biggest loss in 11 years, stock down

Nikon reproted a 62.8% dive in net profit to 28.06 billion yen in fiscal 2008. The net loss will total 17 billion yen ($176 million) in the 12 months ending next March (source) Nikon is still aggressively planing to increase its market share in the Indian market to 45% by 2010 (source) Sales of Nikon lenses shot up by 9% […]

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