Nikon Corporation added a new addition to the telephoto zoom lens family-- the AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR. Compatible with the Nikon FX format, it covers the 70–200mm range of focal lengths with a fixed maximum aperture of f/4. The AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR joins the ultrawide-angle AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR and normal zoom AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR in … [Read more...]

Nikon India announced the latest D5200 D-SLR camera, which is a compact and lightweight entry-level model with Nikon’s all-new DX-format CMOS sensor. The camera has an effective pixel count of approximately 24.1-million, and is fitted with the optimised EXPEED 3 image processing engine. The D5200 allows photographers and amateurs to capture images with Vari-angle LCD, … [Read more...]

Olympus Corp., in the first half-fiscal 2012-13 consolidated financial report published in September declared that their sales dropped 2.1% to 405.7 billion Yen, gained 2.9% in operational profit to 18.0 billion Yen, and net profit 8.01 billion Yen turned around from the previous year’s loss of 32.3 billion Yen. The Imaging Products business posted a 21.3% drop in sales to … [Read more...]

Panasonic Corp unit, Sanyo Co., is in talks of selling its digital camera business to an investment fund. Negotiations proved to be difficult because the company’s operations focus on the shrinking compact digital camera market. Sanyo, which has no camera brand of its own, supplies products to several companies including Olympus. With potential buyers among both domestic and … [Read more...]

Canon Inc. said that it recorded an operating prprofit of 59,139 billion Yen, down 356% year-on-year, for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 ( July to September), on the total sales of 799.9 billion Yen, down 12.8%. Its operating profit for the 9-month period from January to September was 163.39 billion Yen, down 12.7% from the same period last year on the total sales of 2.528 … [Read more...]