Nikon Q1 financial results are out

The Nikon Q1 financial results are out and as you can expect they are not good: The impact of COVID-19 is enormous, revenue declined in all segments, then in deficit. Imaging Products: Revenue down ¥42.2B. Profit down ¥11.6B. Digital camera sales volumes dropped...

Nikon released Webcam Utility Beta version 0.9.0

Today Nikon released the previously promised Webcam Utility Version 0.9.0 (still in beta): This software is distributed as a file named “S-NWU___-000900WF-ALLIN-ALL___.exe”. Download and run the file to perform the update. When performing the update, log in to an...

June 2020 CIPA report is out

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their camera production data for June, 2020 (orange: 2020, black: 2019, blue: 2018, click for larger view): June 2020 CIPA numbers: Big increases over May shipment levels (326K ILC units vs. 215K),...