<p>News coming down the Nikon financial pipeline isn't good. Whether you're talking about official financial forecasts that mirror what we saw recently from Canon or unofficial sales numbers that don't look promising, the camera company may be coming up on some hard times.</p><p>First, the official news. You might remember that Canon recently cut its financial forecast significantly, and now it seems Nikon is following suit well, following suit again. According to a report by Reuters, the company has its full year sales forecast for high end cameras for the second time in three months due to "a dramatic fall in demand among photography hobbyists."</p><p>Nikon is also posting a 41 percent drop in operating profits for the six months that ended in September, and is predicting the first fall in sales of interchangeable lens cameras since the company sold its first DSLR in 1999.</p><p>But the bad news doesn't stop there, it continues to roll with rumors of lackluster Df pre-sales published by Nikon Rumors. NR claims that unofficial info from several retailers has Df demand "not even close" to what D800 demand was when it came out.</p><p><a href="http://petapixel.com/2013/11/08/nikon-cuts-sales-forecast-yet-dslr-sales-stall-df-preorders-come-subpar/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/cameras/news/nikon-df-full-frame-dslr-with-162-megapixel-sensor-launched-at-rs-183950-442798">Nikon Df full-frame DSLR with 16.2-megapixel sensor launched at Rs. 1,83950</a> (NDTV)</p><p><a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/nikon-df-demand-apparently-not-as-hot-as-the-d800/">Nikon Df Demand Apparently Not As Hot As The D800</a> (Ubergizmo)</p><p><a href="http://www.arabnews.com/news/473906">Nikon drops sales forecast as high-end camera market stalls</a> (Arab News)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dgukxB2e3S2SfvMhOXj-q9EbYKlWM&ned=us">25 additional articles.</a></p>