Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

Second price increase from Nikon UK now official

What was a rumor over a week ago is now official: Press Release “Nikon UK will be introducing a second price increase on the 1st March 2009 which will affect Nikon’s Imaging and Optics products. The price increase is due to the relative weakness of Sterling and the continued strength of the Yen. A range […]

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No Nikon MX today

For everyone that missed this post: there will not be a new Nikon MX announcement today @ WPPI.

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Confusion: another Nikon UK price hike in March

Email sent to customers of Grays of Westminster: “As a uniquely Nikon-only shop, Grays of Westminster is the perfect destination for your Nikon needs. Now, as well as a full range of bodies and accessories, we are pleased to announce that we unexpectedly have in stock a very small number of the following sought-after, rarely available […]

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Happy Valentine’s Day from NR

Happy Valentine’s Day with this free download of “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye 🙂

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Nikon prices still going up?

Few readers emailed me that Nikon prices went up again in the last few days (the last time I updated the Price Watch section was a week ago, so you can clearly see the difference). Pretty much every DSLR body went up in price with $10-$20. For example the D300 is now (was $1489.95 a week ago): […]

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NR was down

Almost done… NR is now running WordPress 2.7, has an updated theme, and the avatar issue is fixed – if someone cares. The site is still under construction – a small change in the RSS feeds is still pending. You can still get NR updates on twitter and facebook and while you are there you can become […]

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Nikon cuts annual forecasts by 68% on lower demand

Just when I thought that Nikon is not impacted by the current economical situation… they reduced their annual forecast by 68% today (source). At the same time Bloomberg’s commentary is that Nikon may benefit from the US Stimulus Plan. They will benefit if they get some good lenses out. General DSLR sales outlook does not […]

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