Nikon posted their Q3 earnings report earlier this week, and the new isn’t great. A hit of ¥10.9 billion was taken due to the factory devastation encountered caused by floods in Thailand – that’s approximately $143m.
In total, the company posted a loss of ¥3.7bn ($46.8m) against last years ¥9.7bn ($127.3m) profit in the same [...]
DPReview published an interview with Tetsuya Yamamoto, General Manager of Nikon’s Development Headquarters within its Imaging Division.
Highlights are that Nikon obviously have plans for the 1 range (the J1, incidentally, was the number one selling mirrorless camera up to Christmas in the UK). The following nuggets were mentioned as coming sooner or later:
The CX [...]
P310
The new COOLPIX P310 achieves superior image quality in low-light settings thanks to the powerful combination of a 16.1-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, wide ISO range up to 3200 (Hi1 6400 equivalent) and a fast, wide-angle maximum aperture f/1.8 lens. The COOLPIX P310 further fights blur by incorporating advanced optical VR image stabilization and makes shooting [...]
Nikon have announced a new 85mm lens, the medium telephoto AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G.
The new optic replaces the older screw-drive AF-D 85mm f/1.8, bringing Nikon’s f/1.8 range up to date with Silent Wave Motor focusing technology.
Weight is around 350g, making it much lighter than the f/1.4 version, and the lens will perform with full autofocus [...]
Nikon today announced their newest top of the range DSLR, the D4.
Headline features are a massively improved video mode (no doubt to compete with Canon’s lead in this area, though Nikon go on to trump them with features such as uncompressed HDMI output), support for the new XQD memory card format, a new Nikon-developed 16mp [...]
The $6,000 D4 (and a $500 85mm f/1.8 AF-S lens) is likely to be announced tomorrow (6th Jan 2011), but some sites have already jumped the gun on the press embargo. Nikon Rumors found the following. Enjoy!
Nikon Unveils New D4 Flagship D-SLR
Released : Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:01 AM
The Nikon D4, which is [...]
