Trying to piece together what's being said elsewhere without spending too much time agonizing with my rusty language skills, I turned to Google Translate. One article produced these wonderful quotes:
- "Beginning of the presentation, the bacteria were greeted President Makoto Kimura Nikon."
- "she said [actually Kimura-san, a he] the world has ever asking what." [I think I asked just that question yesterday]
- "Foil machine was developed on behalf of others less mirrored."
- "Mirror-less aircraft in Europe and American have gradually come." [Wait, are they black and silent and only come at night?]
- "Probability of Field is the number one industry." [I wonder if they're hiring?]
- "Americans love a great red." [Really? Does he mean wine or camera?]
I did enjoy the picture of the pink prototype carrying case for the "Pink Special Double Zoom Kit Kit."
But seriously, Nikon apparently views the market this way:
Compact users upgrade to Nikon 1 (probably J1 model, especially for women); Nikon 1 users upgrade to DSLRs; DSLR users supplement with Nikon 1 (probably V1 model). Unfortunately, what they probably heard from their serious user base today (based upon what I've seen on the net and received in my In Box) is that the current Nikon DSLR user thinks the Nikon 1 isn't the supplemental camera they were looking for (if that's you, please review Quote #3, two stories above).
By the way, Nikon, now that you're making videos with your cameras, please stop by the offices of someone who knows how to grade video and have them teach you how. All of the Nikon 1 promotional videos are above 100 IRE, gamma-ed (or exposed) too hot, and have jarring changes across cuts. Not that I always get this right at the moment in my own videos, but I'm also not trying to sell products with videos made with the products.