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  • Prices on Nikon Products Increasing Due to Tariffs in the USA

    Prices on Nikon Products Increasing Due to Tariffs in the USA


    You might recall a story we did on Leica sometime ago about how prices were going to be impacted by the tariffs levied in the United States.

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    Black and silver nikon dslr camera. Photo by Tusik Only

    That was an accessory that was already pricey which ballooned into something completely out of the reach of most people.

    Now, Nikon is joining other companies and predicting increased prices within the next month in the USA in response to tariffs. This comes on the heels of a rising trend in the industry towards more and more expensive products anyway that are making things that much more difficult for the average photographer when it comes to sourcing and maintaining gear. 

    And it looks like things are only going to get more expensive from here unless something changes. Heck, even Apple is reportedly on the tariff block so smartphone photography might not even be a viable entry point for people wedded to Apple products. 

    But really none of this is anything new. If anything, it’s an accelerated trend we’ve covered here for years. As low-end products increasingly get phased out and the margins from high-end products bolster company bottom lines, it is only natural that the latter continues its march towards dominance while the former, even without tariffs, continues to face challenges.

    So how much of a price increase are we looking at in total? PetaPixel reports that a similar phenomenon happened with Sony products, raising prices anywhere from 10% to 35% depending on what you’re looking at in terms of product. In other words, it’s either going to be mild or very noticeable.  

    Any thoughts on the rising cost of being a photographer are welcome in the comments.

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  • Shark Attacks Could Be on the Rise Due to Selfie-Taking Tourists

    Shark Attacks Could Be on the Rise Due to Selfie-Taking Tourists



    Earlier this year, a Canadian tourist on vacation in the Turks and Caicos attempted to take a selfie with a shark—and ended up having both her hands bitten off. This comes after a viral video emerged of tourists taking photos with a huge shark that had been caught and dumped on a Florida beach. Now, a new study in Frontiers in Conservation is suggesting that selfie-chasing tourists may be contributing to an increase in sharks biting humans.

    Blaming social media influencers for encouraging tourists to try to photograph or touch sharks, the scientists point out that these animals do not tend to bite unless provoked or harassed. Professor Eric Clua, the study’s first author and a shark specialist at Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) in Paris, told The Times of London: “I don’t encourage, as many influencers do on social networks, to cling to a shark’s dorsal fin or stroke it, under the pretext of proving that they are harmless and supposedly working for their conservation.”

    While shark bites are incredibly rare, with only around 100 incidents globally and a handful of fatalities, Professor Clua suggests that tourists’ lack of knowledge means they are ignorant of the risks. “People know the difference between a [Yorkshire terrier] and a pit bull,” he says, “whereas they don’t know the difference between a blacktip reef shark and a bull shark, which are their marine equivalents.”

    Looking at records of shark encounters in French Polynesia between 2009 and 2023, the researchers found that about 5% of the “attacks” were probably defensive, occurring soon after a human interaction that was likely perceived as threatening by the shark. “We show that defensive bites by sharks on humans—a reaction to initial human aggression—are a reality and that the animal should not be considered responsible or at fault when they occur,” said Professor Clua. “These bites are simply a manifestation of survival instinct, and the responsibility for the incident needs to be reversed.”

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