Word: nikons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Canon's new system, by no means cheap, is initially aimed at professionals. The price tag for the SVS is $35,800, and Canon expects that in the first year demand will be limited to about 1,000 units. But Sony and competitors like Nikon and Kodak are developing similar equipment, and industry experts say an all-electronic system costing under $10,000 is five to ten years away. Says Eugene Glazer, a technology analyst at Dean Witter Reynolds: "Canon has developed a technology that will one day make conventional cameras obsolete...
...shoot cameras, but the Maxxum was the first fully automated single-lens reflex product to enable people to take high-quality 35-mm pictures with high-technology ease. Now the year-old Maxxum is attracting rivals. Last week Nippon Kogaku (est. fiscal-1985 sales: $940 million), the maker of Nikon, became the first firm to announce a comparable alternative to Minolta's pioneering model. Like the Maxxum, the Nikon N2020 will use two microchips and a tiny motor inside the camera to focus automatically. The camera, which will be priced at about $460 for the body alone when it arrives...
Minolta seemed unperturbed by the Nikon announcement. Said Minolta President Hideo Tashima: "Nikon's move is welcomed, although we expect the competition will intensify. The pie will grow bigger if everyone takes part." The field in fact may soon grow crowded. Canon, Japan's largest camera maker, is expected to introduce a similar 35-mm model later this year. Experts say Olympus and Ricoh are readying their own versions...
Along the crowded counters of Bi-Rite Photo in midtown Manhattan, bargain hunters contend not only with the usual bewildering selection of cameras and lenses but also with a choice of prices for the same item. The popular Nikon FE-2 camera, for example, costs either $279.50 or $239.50. What's the difference? Top dollar buys a camera backed by an authorized U.S. Nikon distributor. For the lower price, a buyer gets the same machine but with only Bi-Rite's guarantee...
...nearing the end of his three-year tour of duty in Potsdam. Accompanied by Sergeant Jessie Schatz, Nicholson left Potsdam at lunchtime Sunday in a dark green Mercedes bearing an American flag. Both were dressed in camouflage fatigues, and Nicholson carried a set of powerful binoculars and a Nikon camera. They drove about 100 miles north to an area outside the town of Ludwigslust, the site of a training camp for a Soviet tank regiment of the 2nd Guards Division. The Soviets claim that the pair drove onto prohibited territory, ignoring warning signs in Russian and German; Washington insists that...