where there’s smoke there’s fire

In their Nikon report from the 2026 CP+ show in Japan, Phototrend spotted a new, not-yet-announced Nikon Zf feature – a digital timestamp directly on your images, similar to what film cameras used to have a few decades ago:

While carefully observing the Japanese manufacturer’s stand, we came across a rather unusual Zf camera with a time stamp function. This allows the date the photo was taken to be “printed” directly onto the photos. It is therefore possible to add a small (permanent) inscription to JPEG photos in the bottom right-hand corner. On the prototype we were able to test, the date is displayed in orange-red by default. When switching to monochrome mode, the date is displayed in white:

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