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Nikon’s mirrorless: not a “pro” camera but with few very innovative features

Nikon has mentioned on several occasions that they will surprise the market and will do things differently with their mirrorless camera. They also said that their mirrorless camera will not be targeted at professionals (although several websites reported the contrary) and will have enhanced video features. The new Nikon mirrorless camera was described to me as “having more enthusiast than pro features” [...]

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First mockups of Nikon’s mirrorless interchangeable lens camera

I do not have any real images of the upcoming  Nikon mirrorless interchangeable lens camera but I received two mockups that will give you a pretty good idea of the camera’s design: Here are some details in addition to those I published earlier today: Similar clean design like the Coolpix P300. The camera will not have [...]

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Nikon’s mirrorless interchangeable lens camera will be announced on August 24th

The latest information indicates that Nikon will announce only their mirrorless camera on August 24th (in addition to the new Coolpix cameras). This makes sense since the mirrorless mount pictured above was the only real leak in the past few weeks. I don’t have the technical specs yet, but here are some more details on [...]

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Two weeks till the official Nikon announcement and we are still clueless

The official Nikon announcement will be in two weeks (August 24th) and there is still no convincing information (specs, pictures, model name) of what exactly will be presented. The consensus from several different sources points to a Nikon D3s and D700 replacement, but I am really starting to question this scenario. Maybe there are no leaks because [...]

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Nikon’s mirrorless camera recap

The leak of Nikon’s mirrorless camera mount indicates that the camera is finalized and probably already in production/field testing. Based on previous leaks, announcement is imminent in the next few weeks (Nikon will have a major announcement on August 24th). Three new lenses are expected to be announced with the new mirrorless system. As previously reported, the Nikon mirrorless solution will [...]

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The picture of the Nikon mirrorless mount is real

The picture of the Nikon mirrorless mount is real. How do I know? Nikon officially requested the Chinese forum Xitek to remove the entire post containing the camera code name and the picture. The post is now gone.

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Picture of Nikon’s mirrorless camera mount

Picture of the mount and sensor of upcoming Nikon mirrorless camera named “X810″ leaked on the Chineses forum Xitek: Brief translation (thanks B.): the new mirrorless demo machine is here, temperatly named X810. The user is not going to post pictures of the whole camera due to trade secret and he do not want to [...]

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Two new patents from Nikon

The first patent application 2011-128499 is for a way to reduce the flange focal distance and is obviously for Nikon’s upcoming mirrorless camera. On one of the drawings the camera has a built-in viewfinder (50):

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