Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

Fluorescent hand of a Madagascar Giant Day Gecko wins 48th annual Nikon Small World Photo Microscopy Competition

By [NR] admin | Published: October 11, 2022

The above-pictured fluorescent hand of a Madagascar Giant Day Gecko won the 48th Annual Nikon Small World Photo Microscopy Competition. The top 20 images can be found here: Additional informtion:

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Pergear released another batch of cheap (cheapest) CFexpress Type B memory cards

By [NR] admin | Published: October 10, 2022

Last year Pergear announced the cheapest CFexpress cards. Today the company released several new CFexpress Type B memory cards with updated specs and I still think they are the cheapest CFE option (see the bottom of this post for more details): Pergear Lite (read 300MB/s, write:80MB/s, good for 2K, 1080P): Pergear Lite 64GB ($65): Amazon Pergear […]

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CIPA August numbers

By [NR] admin | Published: October 8, 2022

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2022, black: 2021, blue: 2020):

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Nikon Japan to hire 570 new recruits, current employees will get 3%-20% salary increase and new performance-linked bonuses

By [NR] admin | Published: October 2, 2022

Nikon Japan is planning to hire 570 new graduates and mid-career recruits in Japan (roughly doubling the number from the previous fiscal year) Nikon Japan will also increase from 3% up to 20% the salaries of their current employees and will implement new performance-linked bonuses. I assume this is valid only for employees in Japan, […]

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New Nikon Store in Berlin

By [NR] admin | Published: September 25, 2022

I received this message from a reader – there is a new Nikon Store in Berlin (I could not find any reference online): “There is a new Nikon Shop in Berlin where you can try out the Z9, other Z cameras, and Z Lenses like the Z800mmm or Z400mm. You can also directly buy the […]

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Nikon Japan announces another price increase

By [NR] admin | Published: September 22, 2022

Nikon Japan announced another price increase that will impact mirrorless cameras, Nikkor Z lenses, binoculars, and golf laser rangefinders. The new prices will become active on October 5th, 2022 (see previous Nikon price increases):

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This Nikon Z roadmap is not real

By [NR] admin | Published: September 19, 2022
Nikon Z cameras rumored roadmap

When I posted the above Nikon “roadmap” online a week ago, I made it very clear that the roadmap is coming from China and I cannot vet or confirm its authenticity. Today we still have websites racing to be the first to report the “leaked Nikon Z roadmap“. The person who originally created the “roadmap” […]

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