As previously reported, Nikon will increase their price in the US on June 23, 2025.
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The current Nikon rebates can be found here:
Here is the full text of Nikon’s notice:
The 2025 B&H Bild Expo agenda is now live on the show’s website (the registration for the show is free):
The updated list of new Chinese lenses displayed at the recent 2025 P&E show in China can be found here:
This is the updated list of new Chinese lenses displayed at the 2025 P&E show
If I am not mistaken, only one of the new lenses is currently available for sale – the Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f/4.5 0.5X Wide Angle Macro for Nikon Z-mount (see product page):
Nikon achieved top market share in Japan for the first time with the release of the Z5II mirrorless full-frame camera (Nikon has been gaining market share for a while – see previous reports):
“In April, Nikon won the monthly top share for the first time in terms of sales volume of full-frame mirrorless cameras. In this category, Sony has always been at the top. Since the release of the “α7″ in November 2013, Nikon has only been dethroned four times in the 150 months since its first release.” (bcnretail)
Digital camera sales by type compared to the previous year:
Nikon released firmware update version 2.01 for the Zf mirrorless full-frame camera:
→ Super-telephoto within reach: overview of Nikon’s long lenses.
→ Building a Nikon Z kit for travel photography.
→ The new TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4 APS-C tilt lens for Nikon Z-mount is now available for order at B&H Photo and Foto Erhardt (Germany).
→ Photo news roundup week of May 11, 2025.
→ The Nikon F3 camera is 45 years old – read the whole story here:
“The Nikon F3, which was under commercialization in conjunction with the development of the NASA specifications-based cameras, was released in March 1980 as the flagship electronically controlled aperture-priority AE SLR camera. The body color was black only, and the suggested retail price was 175,000 yen (with 50 mm f/1.4). The exterior of the integrated camera body and motor drive MD-4 was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. The novel design aiming at a simple form with a concave section on the front of the body for gripping and the impressive red vertical line exerted a large influence on subsequent camera designs.”
→ Nikon Z50II wins Camera Journal Press Club Technology Award at Camera Grand Prix 2025.
→ Nikon & RED will participate in the upcoming 2025 Bild Expo by B&H Photo – the free registration is now open (previously reported here).
→ Nikon Z5II: engineers’ interview with photographer Takahiro Bessho.
I have been reporting for a while that the next Nikon announcement will be for a cinema camera with Z-mount and RED tech inside. The name of that model is rumored to be “Nikon Zr” or “Nikon ZR” (R for RED). This is what we know so far:
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