even Siri doesn't know...
October 26th is 9 days away and so far I have not received any information on any scheduled Nikon press events for next week. It will be highly unusual for Nikon to announce the D800 without any major press gathering – maybe they have chosen this path to prevent any leaks.
Today Nikon announced that as of the beginning of October 2011 they have produced a total of 65 million Nikkor lenses (as of April 2011 that number was 60 million):
TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that total production of NIKKOR interchangeable lenses for Nikon SLR cameras reached sixty-five million at the beginning of October 2011.
The current Nikon instant rebates on the D7000, 5100 and 3100 will probably be extended till November 19th. The rebate program after November 19th will depend on the situation in Thailand.
Here are the details on the new Nikon instant rebates that will start on October 16th and will end on November 19th, 2011. Keep in mind that even with the new rebates, you will be paying full price starting this Sunday:
I just received this internal email from a major US retailer about the new Nikon pricing policy (few sentences were removed in order to protect my source):
New Nikon Pricing Policy
Nikon has announced a new Unilateral Pricing Policy on many cameras and lenses for the entire retail market. This should clean up the marketplace from discounting and non-authorized sellers. We are FULLY supportive of this program.
Beginning, this Sunday, 10/16/11 the following models will be covered by this program:
What does this mean to us?
NO DISCOUNTING AT ALL.
POS pricing only.
More info regarding the new Nikon lenses that might be announced with the D800:
[NR] probability rating: 60%, just not enough information in order to bump the probability.
