This is a quote from the article “Strength seen in Nikon Corp. Can its 8.2% jump turn into more strength?” published on Yahoo Finance a few days ago:
Financial report: “Strength seen in Nikon Corp. Can its 8.2% jump turn into more strength?”
Nikon swept most of the Foto Community & Color Foto awards in Germany
The Nikon Z7 II won the 2021 User Choice Award by Foto Community and Color Foto in Germany. Foto Community is one of the bigger photography communities in Germany. The Z7 II received 2575 votes from over 8000 members. The Nikon Z50 won the award for the best mirrorless APS-C camera. For DSLs, the Nikon D850 and D500 both won in their respective categories as well. Nikon also won five out of six awards in the lens category:
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Weekly Nikon news flash #617
→ Capture One released two new “Nordic light” style packs (ore information is available here).
→ Nikon Oster Spezial in Germnay.
→ Ending tomorrow – 30% off on all DxO software:
→ Rare Nikon Tv Nikkor 35mm f/0.9 lens for L39 mount listed for sale on eBay for $5,000.
New data: total number of Canon, Sony, and Nikon cameras produced in 2020
The Japanese Sankeibiz (translated) published some new data on the total number of cameras produced in 2020:
- According to the Japanese research firm Techno System, Sony produced 1.15 million mirrorless cameras in 2020, Canon is second with 1.05 million cameras, followed by Nikon with 250,000 cameras (out of a total of 3.26 million mirrorless cameras produced in 2020)
- Out of a total of 2.39 million DSLR cameras produced in 2020, Canon had 1.71 million and Nikon had 650,000.
Topaz Labs released DeNoise AI version 3.0.2
Topaz Labs released a new version 3.0.2 of DeNoise AI with several improvements – see the details here (DeNoise AI software is used for eliminating noise and recovering details). You can use coupon code RUMORS15 for an additional 15% off on all Topaz Labs products.
Also: the DxO Spring 30% sale on Nik Collection, Photolab, Filmpack, and Viewpoint is ending on March 28.
New Nikon EN-EL18d battery registered in Russia
If you remember my rumored Nikon Z9 mirrorless camera specifications, I did mention that there will be a new Nikon EN-EL18x battery. Nokishita just reported that Nikon recently registered a new, not-yet-released, EN-EL18d battery in Russia and my guess is that this will be the battery used in the upcoming Z9 professional mirrorless camera. Stay tuned for more details.
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Thom Hogan explains how stupid it is to draw conclusions from the BCN Ranking numbers
BCN Ranking, just like Amazon’s best-selling camera rankings, are useless to draw conclusions about which brand is doing better, and yet certain fanboys are still using them to create clickbait blog posts. But don’t listen to me, just go and read Thom’s latest article “Why I Don’t Put Much Credence in BCN Market Share Numbers“. Here are a few quotes:
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