This is an updated post on what to expect from Nikon in the future – the next official announcement will be this week (most likely tonight EST) and will include three new, previously rumored lenses:
Rumored Nikon products that will be announced later in 2015 or in early 2016:
→ Nikon D5: the D5 is rumored to have 15 fps continuous shooting rate. The official announcement will most likely be at the next CES show in January 2016.
→ Nikon Coolpix camera with a large sensor:
Q: Any new Coolpix A? Any plans to respond to Canon and Sony’s 1-inch sensor fixed-lens compact cameras?
A: Sony’s 1-inch CSC is definitely very successful. We will have a competing product in the future.
→ New Nikon 1 lenses – all but one of the 1 Nikkor prototype lenses shown back in 2011 were already announced (the picture shows a prototype of the not-yet-announced 1 Nikkor macro lens).
→ I expect also a new Nikon 1 V4 mirrorless camera to be announced by the end of 2015 or in early 2016.
→ Full frame Nikon mirrorless camera – there is already a patent for a 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 VR full frame mirrorless lens.
→ New “secret” product – most likely will connect to a smartphone
→ New Nikkor telephoto lenses with fluorite (FL) element – several of those lenses were already refreshed. This is more of a long term goal and it will take few years until they replace all mentioned lenses.
→ I have to mention the Nikon D400 again – in the past week several websites reported that the D400 will be announced in September. All this was based on a single UK forum post to which I give zero credibility (hopefully I am wrong). This is nothing new really, similar D400 rumors have been around since 2008. I still believe Nikon will announce a new high end DX model with 4k video and new AF system, but I have no reliable information as of today and I think this will happen in 2016 (if it happens at all).
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