Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

A quick Nikkor Z 14-24 f/2.8S vs. Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 vs. Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G lens comparisons

By [NR] admin | Published: March 23, 2021

A quick Nikkor Z 14-24 f/2.8 S ($2,397) vs. Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art ($1,199)  vs. Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lens ($1,747) comparisons by Dariusz Breś  – see also his previous posts (click on images for larger view):

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Update: the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens is not discontinued

By [NR] admin | Published: March 22, 2021

A quick update on my post from last week: the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens is not discontinued – the previous response by Nikon UK support was a mistake. The lens is just out of stock, which has been the case since pretty much the lens was introduced back in 2018. […]

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Nikon USA layoffs

By [NR] admin | Published: March 18, 2021

Nikon USA recently had layoffs that mainly impacted NPS staff (Nikon Professional Services). I do not know the exact number of laid-off employees, but I was told it was “significant”. Update #1: it seems that the NPS layoffs happened also in Canada. Update #2: Nikon laid off most of NPS this week as well as people […]

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Maybe Nikon won’t exit the camera market?

By [NR] admin | Published: March 15, 2021

“Maybe Nikon won’t exit the camera market” is by RC Jenkins: There has been lots of talk lately on “market share.”  Part of this is due to the recent article that identified Nikon has having 7.5% mirrorless market share in Japan, likely written by some journalist.  Journalists are interesting in how uninteresting they are.  They […]

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Some quotes from the recent Nikon Q3 2021 earnings call transcript

By [NR] admin | Published: March 11, 2021

Some quotes from the recent Nikon Q3 2021 earnings call transcript that relate to the Imaging Business:

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More changes at Nikon Corp.

By [NR] admin | Published: March 6, 2021

Nikon announced several new corporate changes this week:

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CIPA January 2021 numbers: it’s no longer all red

By [NR] admin | Published: March 4, 2021

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their camera production data for January 2021 (orange: 2021, black: 2020, blue: 2019, click for larger view) and the numbers are no longer red (negative) only – we finally starting to see some green (positive) developments (previous reports have been red across to board for a long […]

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