Nikon’s cameras are about to get more expensive in the US because of tariffs

After months of remaining quiescent astir however President Donald Trump’s tariffs connected Chinese-made goods whitethorn impact its business, Nikon has announced a “necessary terms adjustment” for its products that volition travel into effect for the US starting connected June 23rd, 2025. The institution hasn’t shared immoderate specifics connected which of its imaging products volition spot a terms increase, oregon however overmuch the increases whitethorn extremity up being, but it could mean this is the clip to drawback hardware similar the recent Z5 II if you’ve been eyeing it. 

“At Nikon, we stay committed to providing the highest prime imaging products and worth to our customers,” Nikon said successful a statement posted Friday. “Due to the caller tariffs, a indispensable terms accommodation for products volition instrumentality effect connected June 23, 2025. We volition beryllium cautiously monitoring immoderate tariff developments and whitethorn set pricing arsenic indispensable to bespeak the evolving marketplace conditions. We privation to convey our customers for their knowing and cognize that we are taking each imaginable measurement to minimize the interaction connected our community.”

Earlier this month, during a presumption wherever the institution shared its latest fiscal results, Nikon said (pdf) the tariffs could trim its profits for the upcoming fiscal twelvemonth by 10 cardinal yen, oregon astir $70 million, arsenic reported by PetaPixel.

Nikon is not the archetypal oregon lone camera cogwheel institution to denote terms increases arsenic a effect of the US tariffs. The Australia-based Blackmagic Design started charging much for its integer cinema cameras past period portion besides announcing that the tariffs made its plans to physique a mill successful Dallas, Texas, financially unviable.

During the announcement for its ain Q1 fiscal results successful precocious April, Canon told analysts that it was readying to rise prices and was “in the process of estimating the timing and magnitude of the increase,” according to DPReview. The institution besides said its terms increases would beryllium constricted to the US, but that could alteration if the tariffs triggered a wider planetary recession.

Other camera makers that person precocious raised prices see Sony and Leica, portion Fujifilm temporarily paused US preorders for respective of its cameras, including the budget-friendly X-M5 and the inactive fashionable X100VI, the company told DPReview successful precocious April. Lens shaper Sigma has besides announced pricing adjustments, but similar Nikon, those aren’t going into effect instantly and volition alternatively commencement connected June 2nd, 2025.