The Nikon Report - Episode #7

Nikon have updated their Nikon UK website to say: https://www.nikon.co.uk/en_GB/

We have clarified this with our Nikon correspondent and this refers to any shipping of orders from the Nikon Store.

As to our own deliveries:

There has been stock movement from between Europe and the UK in the last week, so although things are going to be expectedly slower for a while, we are expecting another small delivery between this week and next week.

Nikon at the 2021 CP+ online show: http://bit.ly/2YdU3nE

Interview / Nikon Managing Executive Officer Hirotaka Ikegami :

https://premium.toyokeizai.net/articl...

COOLPIX P1000 Firmware

Fixed an issue that caused pairing between the camera and devices running the SnapBridge app under iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 to fail : http://bit.ly/3ojSuPF

7artisans will soon announce four new mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z-mount (one full frame and three APS-C lenses): http://bit.ly/36fe55G

Company Pergear announced 10mm f/8 APS-C pancake lens for Nikon Z-mount : http://bit.ly/3a8Byqe

BCN Ranking published 2020 Japanese camera market share report

DSLR cameras

Canon: 51.9% share (was 57.4%)

Nikon: 44.8% share (was 39.3%)

Ricoh: 3.0% share (was 3.1%)

Mirrorless cameras

Sony: 27.4% share (was 22.7%)

Canon: 23.8% share (was 31.6%)

Olympus: 23.4% share (was 23.5%)

https://www.bcnaward.jp/award/gallery...

ZITAY CFexpress to SSD Converter Card Reader, CFexpress Card to NVME M.2 SSD Adapter Cable for Nikon Z6 Z7 D5 D6 D850 D500 PANASONIC DC-S1/S1R Canon EOS 1DX MarkIII R5 C500MarkII DSLR : https://amzn.to/3pyU1D7

SOFTWARE SECTION:

Adobe Camera Raw vs. Nikon ViewNX-i and Capture NX-D: Which should you be using? https://bit.ly/2MpnDUA

For people who don’t like subscription services, this is a very good Photoshop alternative https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/

Seeing the big picture in your photography: PhotoStatistica 2.0 offers improved ways to visualize your photos

https://www.dpreview.com/news/2911363...

WEEKEND READ

Understanding field curvature part 1 & 2

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/135...

https://www.dpreview.com/opinion/7031...

The Absolute beginner’s guide to film photography: What you need to know - B&W film

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/754...

These open-source medium format cameras are 3D-printed

https://www.dpreview.com/news/9774269...

THE SAME ARTICLE FROM OTHER SOURCE:

This Company is Making Wholly Original, Affordable, Customizable Medium Format Film Cameras: http://bit.ly/2YefxAZ

Read this before you buy a Soviet camera: https://kosmofoto.com/2021/01/read-th...

VIDEOS

This is how marketing should be done. Video from Leica:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjuQ3...