Nikon published their financial results for the year that ended in March 2017:
Nikon slips to net loss, operating profit up; sees profit, higher sales in FY18 (NASDAQ)
Nikon financial results for the year ended on March 31, 2017 for the Imaging Products Business:
The Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens for Nikon F-mount is now shipping and is currently in stock at B&H (still not available at Adorama and Amazon).
Additional information on the Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens:
The Sony 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB XQD G memory cards are now up to $50 off at B&H. This deal will expire on May 14th.
Update: the Sony XQD M series cards are also on sale.
Some of the Sony XQD memory cards are also discounted at Adorama and Amazon.
The Hong Kong-based company Viltrox will launch three new electronic autofocus adapters and one of them (model NF-E1) will allow mounting Nikon F-mount lenses on Sony E-mount cameras. In addition to autofocus, the adapter can transmit EXIF data and control the aperture. There are several other brands that make similar adapters.
Additional details after the break:
Nikon released firmware update version 1.02 for the D5500 DSLR camera ($549). The following issues were fixed:
→ Did you know that Nikon makes this ES-1 slide copying adapter? I didn’t.
→ In addition to the free battery grip offer, you can now also get a free 12 months subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud:
→ Two new price drops on the D3400 and D5500 cameras:
Nikon is not the only camera manufacturer that is currently having problems (see the latest rumors about Panasonic and Ricoh). The overall camera and lens markets have shrunk significantly compared to a few years ago, but the latest data shows some signs of improvement (I usually cover the monthly CIPA reports over at PhotoRumors). Here is an analysis of the latest CIPA data by Lauchlan Toal:
