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Brace yourself for a wave of AI-generated Nikon rumors, where scammers are too lazy to even write a clickbait blog post

Brace yourself for a new world of AI-generated Nikon rumors. Your favorite scammers behind the well-known clickbait websites are now too lazy even to write a blog post with some made-up specs of a non-existing camera or a lens. They are now using AI to write Nikon rumor posts – in this case, about the […]

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No joke, this is how the 88MP Nikon Z7 III rumor started

No joke, this is how the 88MP Nikon Z7 III rumor started – from a post on the Chinese social media platform Weibo that said: “One day during my nap, I dreamed that the Nikon Z 7 Ill is an FX-format 88.48-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor.” I initially decided not to post the specs online since […]

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What about the Nikon Z7 III?

The Internet is already full of Nikon Z7 III camera rumors, expert opinions, predictions, leaked specifications, etc. Some of the BS is even coming from websites that hate to report rumors. Everyone is joining the next “Nikon Z7 III” keyword and SEO frenzy for early Google search ranking/positioning. In fact, if you are willing to […]

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The latest Nikon Z6III picture from China is fake, the specs are just a copy of what I have been reporting for months

    This Nikon Z6 III picture and a set of camera specifications were reportedly posted on social media by a Nikon dealer in China:

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Yes, of course, Nikon will release another new camera this year…

This week multiple clickbait websites and YouTube channels (the usual suspects) have been reporting “rumors” that Nikon will release… a new camera… in August… Wow! The new camera could be a Z6II or a Z8 or anything you wanted it to be. Of course, there are no specifications or leaked pictures, nothing… just a good […]

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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“. […]

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Another SPECULATION that Nikon will exit the camera business (CLICKBAIT ALERT)

People have been speculating (or rather wishing) that Nikon will exit the camera business for years, maybe even decades. I remember the same conversations during the move from film to digital… then Sony was going to buy Nikon, then Fuji was going to buy Nikon… there was also the Nikon acquiring Samsung’s camera business fiasco, […]

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NIKON UK IS NOT SHUTTING DOWN! I REPEAT: NIKON UK IS NOT SHUTTING DOWN

Clueless people are spreading fake rumors online again. Nikon UK WILL NOT lay off all their stuff and close down, I repeat: NIKON UK WILL NOT CLOSE DOWN! The employees that are being laid off are outsourced by a third party company in the UK. They are not Nikon employees. I believe (I am not […]

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