The Nikon ZF Italian edition 🙂

Bloomberg reports:

Nikon Corp.’s shares surged 21% after Bloomberg reported that EssilorLuxottica SA, the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, is exploring a potential deal to increase its stake in the Japanese optical equipment manufacturer.

The Franco-Italian company is considering a move to boost its Nikon stake to around 20%, people familiar with the matter said. They asked not to be identified because the information is private. It currently has a nearly 9% holding in Nikon, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear multinational corporation headquartered in Milan. This could open the door for Italian design influence on future Nikon products 🙂

But of course, Luxottica isn’t just interested in cameras — they’re playing a long game in optics, wearables, and medical tech. Nikon offers world-class precision engineering, and a deeper stake gives them access, influence, and synergy.

The Nikkei Industry Map 2026 has revealed the 2024 camera market share by units for each manufacturer.

1. Canon: 3.53 million units (43.2%)
2. Sony: 2.33 million units (28.5%)
3. Nikon: 960,000 units (11.7%)
4. Fujifilm: 740,000 units (9.0%)
5. Panasonic: 280,000 units (3.4%)
6. OM Digital: 160,000 units (1.9%)
7. Ricoh Imaging: 70,000 units (0.8%)

In 2023 the numbers were as following:

1. Canon: 3.34 million units (46.5%)
2. Sony: 2 million units (27.9%)
3. Nikon: 810,000 units (11.3%)
4. Fujifilm: 430,000 units (6.0%)
5. Panasonic: 260,000 units (3.6%)
6. OM Digital: 180,000 units (2.5%)
7. Ricoh Imaging: 60,000 units (0.8%)

Basically all manufacturers except OM Digital managed to increase the numbers of cameras sold. In general global shipments of digital cameras in 2024 were up for the first time in seven years.

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via DClife

Astrhori announced this unique 6mm f/2.8 Full Frame fisheye Z-mount lens you can get for $299 at Astrhori and Amazon.

The new Laowa 200mm f/2.0 Z lens release is set for October 1st! Matt Granger just published a teaser about his upcoming review. Below you can see more images of the lens:

Laowa 200mm f/2.0 FE lens specs:

• Full Frame Autofocus lens
• Fn button, AF/MF switch, focus limiter
• drop in filters
• weight is 1,6kg a
• Coming for E/Z/EF mount.
• Coming soon, price unkown

TTartisan just announced the new 14mm f/2.8 FullFrame manual focus lens you can preorder at Amazon US&EU, TTartisan, Pergear.

You can preorder the new Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 S II lens at BHphoto (Click here).

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