Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

Nikon Photo Contest 2022-2023: call for entries

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

Nikon announced that entries for the 2022-2023 Nikon Photo Contest will be accepted from 1:00 p.m. on October 27th, 2022. Here are the details:

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Tokina has no plans to make mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z-mount

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

Tokina confirmed to me that they currently have no plans to make mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z-mount. Tokina already has several mirrorless lenses available for other mounts. Sigma is still talking about Nikon Z mount lenses but it is not clear yet if Nikon will be ok working with another manufacturer. Reminder: over the years […]

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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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