Nikon outlines weak financial performance

[JLGF1]

...from camera business units. Ouch.

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[Pluttis]

Yeah Nikon have huge problems, they are currently the manufacture with the quickest fall in imaging sales.

 

[Bytesmiths]

Gee, almost twice as much money as Olympus Imaging lost last year… and yet, people say "Olympus is going away any day now."

When are they going to start saying that about Nikon?

 

[pake]

Yep. (So I had a dream where) I heard this guy talking about a guy who knows somebody who talked about Nikon's situation and I got the feeling that
NIKON IS SHUTTING DOWN THEIR CAMERA BUSINESS (eventually)

Yep. Thats right. How about that? And it happened to Konica once so it will happen to Nikon too. And Canon. And Fuji. Panasonic and Olympus? They're already dead I've heard. We're all doomed. DOOOOOOOMED.

 

[RichardC]

Don't forget what happened to Samsung cameras. Astonishing considering their massively diverse range and centuries old pedigree.

 

[pake]

Don't forget what happened to Samsung cameras. Astonishing considering their massively diverse range and centuries old pedigree.

How long were they in the business? Not that long. At least compared to the Canikonlympus.

EDIT: I see they launched their first DSLR back in 2006 so it was like dipping their toes into the lake and decided it was too cold for them and ran home.

 

[RichardC]

"Nikon blames the forecast change on an “overestimation of market size/share” and the fact that the shift toward full-frame mirrorless cameras away from full-frame DSLRs “has not accelerated as expected.""

Virtually everyone in the Western World has a good quality camera in their pocket, and they are looking for accelerated growth in systems which require a wheelbarrow to move them around? Small is beautiful.

 

[RichardC]

How long were they in the busines? Not that long. At least compared to the Canikonlympus.

Irony They appeared in the late 1980s with a few compact cameras.

 

[Ross the fiddler]

How long were they in the business? Not that long. At least compared to the Canikonlympus.

EDIT: I see they launched their first DSLR back in 2006 so it was like dipping their toes into the lake and decided it was too cold for them and ran home.

Yes, Samsung had high hopes to take the camera market by storm. They really did want to be on top, but not many took them seriously as a camera & lens maker.
Now Nikon on the other hand, they better pull their socks up or they'll go down the gurgle.

 

[exakta]

Better make sure this gets posted on some rumors site as "Nikon to close in 8 months".