Just saw this report on Reuters:
“Nikon is down 23.6 percent year-to-date and is the worst underperformer in the Nikkei this year, while the benchmark has rallied nearly 49 percent.”
Nikon had to cut their financial forecasts multiple times in the past few months.
The Nikon Black Friday deals will start on November 28th (not 24th as I initially reported) and will be valid till November 30th. The savings will be in the form of a lens instant rebate when you buy a Nikon DSLR body. I will publish the details tomorrow (Wednesday) at midnight EST. This will be the only official Black Friday deals from Nikon. All Nikon DSLR cameras will qualify for the rebates, including the new Df which will start shipping on Friday. The lens savings will include many pro lenses and will be identical to the rebates offered back in September:
The first Nikon Df book is now officially out and is available for pre-order:
The 475 pages book will start shipping in April, 2014.
Book descriptions:
Nikon Df promo in Switzerland (credit: patrikbanas.com)
The Nikon Df is scheduled to start shipping later this week – on November 28th (Thursday). Here is some additional Df coverage:
Ernest Wright spent some time working with Homeboy Industries, a gang rehabilitation charity in Los Angeles, to create this series of portraits of former gang members seeking out a new life free of crime:
→ Rare Nikon 13mm f/5.6 lens listed on eBay for AU $50,000 (approximately US $45,000).
→ New book: Mastering the Nikon D610.
→ New Nikon books in German language:
→ Nikon D5200 DSLR camera equipped with a FSA-L2 field scope adapter and the EDG VR Fieldscope 20-60×85 for a total of 2,625mm focal length.
→ Watch this Nikon D800E camera in a remote controlled buggy gets attacked by a pride of 8 lions and the resulting images (by Chris McLennan).
Refurbished Nikon D600 DSLR camera is currently listed with a new low price of $1,299.99 with free shipping and one year warranty (via Cameta Camera). The deal is available only trough this buy.com/rakuten.com link (the same camera is listed for $1,399.95 at Cameta Camera). For a list of all refurbished Nikon products, visit this dedicated page.
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