Nikon Rumors

Nauticam announces NA-V2 underwater housing for Nikon 1 V2 mirrorless camera

By [NR] admin | Published: August 10, 2013

Nauticam announced NA-V2 underwater housing for the Nikon 1 V2 mirrorless camera. Nikon currently only offers the WP-N1 underwater housing for the Nikon 1 J1 and J2 cameras (another head scratcher: no Nikon underwater housing for J3, V1 and V2).

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Nikon’s stock hit hard

By [NR] admin | Published: August 9, 2013

After Nikon lowered their future full-year forecast, the company’s stock plunged to its lowest level in 19 months:

“The Tokyo-based company plummeted 14 percent to 1,726 yen in Tokyo trading, the lowest close since January 2012. The stock has lost 32 percent this year, compared with a 33 percent gain for the broader Topix index.”

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Nikon to release new entry level DSLR camera, “revised” compact cameras

By [NR] admin | Published: August 8, 2013

I guess at that point this is not even a rumor anymore since Nikon mentioned it in their official financial results presentation – the company will release a new entry level DSLR that will most likely be positioned under the D30xx line (probably it will be called D10xx). Expect the announcement before the end of the year (could even be in the next few weeks, since we are entering “announcements time”). This should not be a big surprise because few months ago Canon announced the world’s smallest DSLR camera – the EOS Rebel SL1:

Canon EOS Rebel SL1 camera size comparison

The interesting part is how Nikon will price this new camera – the SL1 body costs $649, the latest D3200 kit is currently priced at $546.95, while D3100 kit currently sells for $446.95 and a refurbished D3100 kit goes for $349. How good or cheap must the new camera be in order to make a difference?

Posted in Nikon D4s, Nikon Df| Tagged Nikon D2300, Nikon retro full frame camera| 196 Comments

Nikon cuts forecasts due to poor mirrorless sales in US and Europe

By [NR] admin | Published: August 8, 2013

Nikon published their latest financial results and cut their future full-year forecast due to disappointing mirrorless cameras (Nikon 1) sales. The Nikon Imaging division now expects to sell 6.55 million units instead of the previously planned 7.1 million. The operating profit forecast was also cut to 65 billion yen from the previously projected 85 billion yen.

Nikon blamed US and Europe for their slow sales of Nikon 1 products:

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This “Nikon D800x super kit” camera sculpture is huge

By [NR] admin | Published: August 8, 2013

It took a Nikon fan from Taiwan one year to create this XL version of the Nikon D800 camera. The creation (sculpture?) is called “D800x super kit” and has a detachable battery grip, 14-24mm lens and an illuminated top panel. The camera, lens and box are all hand-made. The details are amazing – from the images you cannot tell that you are looking at a model:

Posted in Nikon D800, Weird| 86 Comments