Canon Nikon to end development

[elsa hoffmann]

Sounds a bit fishy -?

http://newcameranews.com/2015/04/01/shocking-nikon-canon-to-end-camera-development/

In a rare joint statement, industry giants Canon and Nikon have announced that both companies will cease all camera development, effective immediately. At a hastily arranged press conference both Nikon and Canon stressed that they are not getting out of the camera business per se, but rather will continue with their existing product lines for the foreseeable future “and quite possibly forever.”

[Olivier]

Hi Elsa

I think you are one week early...

Olivier

[Hugh_3170]

 

I'd say so.

Hi Elsa

I think you are one week early...

Olivier

[Anthony]

It is a humour website e.g. http://newcameranews.com/2015/12/28/ten-things-younger-than-the-nikon-d300/

[elsa hoffmann]

but some of those statements ring very true
perhaps we should take note 

[Akira]

Elsa, check out the URL.  The article is for the April 1st "2015".

[null]

Maybe they mean that Canon will no longer sell Nikon lenses with their cameras. The last one that I bought like this was made in 1949. There was never an official announcement that Canon would stop supplying Nikkors with their cameras, maybe the article is just late.

[Fons Baerken]

April fool

[bjornthun]

What will they come up with this year?

[Bill De Jager]

What will they come up with this year?

Canon and Nikon will end all digital camera production and start producing only fully automated APS film cameras with no controls.  There will be no shutter release- the camera will decide when you have a good composition.  The only lenses produced will be slow superzooms with screw-drive focus.  Film will go way back in time and top out at ASA 25, or alternately you can use the DIN system to the same effect.  Enjoy!