The Nikon Report - Episode #7

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Konstantin & Becky bring to you the latest Nikon news and photography related announcements.

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Konstantin Kochkin: http://bit.ly/kon_on_insta

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MAIN STORIES OF THE WEEK

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/articles/-/25772

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/detail/contents_type=251
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/2911363130/seeing-the-big-picture-photostatistica-2-0-offers-more-and-better-ways-to-visualize-your-photos

WEEKEND READ

Understanding field curvature part 1 & 2

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/1351719699/roger-cicala-field-curvature-for-fun-and-profit

https://www.dpreview.com/opinion/7031211310/roger-cicala-field-curvature-pt-2

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

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/7549768401/the-absolute-beginner-s-guide-to-film-photography-what-you-need-to-know-b-w-film

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

https://www.dpreview.com/news/9774269442/these-open-source-medium-format-cameras-are-3d-printed

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-this-before-you-buy-a-soviet-camera/
VIDEOS

This is how marketing should be done. Video from Leica:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjuQ3fuGD2Q&feature=youtu.be

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