Nikon announced their financial results for the full 2005 fiscal year (ended March 31, 2005). The Imaging division (the part of Nikon readers of this site are interested in) looks like this (all numbers in billions of yen):
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 (e) | |
| Sales | 284.7 | 355.5 | 380 |
| Income | 25.2 | 16.8 | 20 |
Yes, profit dipped a bit on higher sales, though it appears from the 2006 estimates that Nikon expects to not see a further dip going forward. Still, against historical levels, the profit margin has dropped as digital camera growth started to level off. R&D expenses went up from 10.4 to 13.3 billion yen in a year. More interesting are the unit sales numbers:
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 (e) | |
| 35mm SLR | 680k | 240k | 140k |
| 35mm compact | 600k | 50k | 0k |
| Lenses | 1230k | 1500k | 2200k |
| Digital Cameras | 5400k | 6610k | 7600k |