Monthly Archives: March 2021

Rumored Nikon Z9 professional mirrorless camera specifications

As promised earlier today, Here is an updated set of rumored Nikon Z9 professional mirrorless camera specifications (previously reported here):

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Breaking: Nikon Z9 professional mirrorless camera development rumored to be announced tomorrow

Tomorrow (March 10th) Nikon is rumored to announce the development of their professional Z9 mirrorless camera. The actual release will happen later in 2021. We will either see a development press release and/or a teaser for the new camera. There will no details or technical specifications. What we can expect:

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The latest Nikkor Z lens patents from Nikon

I have been behind on my Nikon patents reporting – my last patent-related blog post is from 2019! Unacceptable! I have over 50 different patents I want to cover on the blog. I will try to catch in the next few weeks. Here is the first batch of 12 Nikkor Z lens patents: NIKKOR Z […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #614

→ Nikon Z savings – you can get the FTZ adapter for $150 off. → Nikon released firmware updated version 1.5 for the Coolpix W300 waterproof camera (impressive: Nikon actually spend resources to update a point-and-shoot camera that was announced back in 2017). → The new Monster LA-FE1 adapter (Nikon F-mount lens to Sony E-mount camera […]

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Nikon Z6 II finally in stock (Z7 II will be in stock next week)

The Nikon Z6 II mirrorless camera is finally in stock in the US: Adorama Amazon B&H The Nikon Z7 II should be in stock next week according to the product listing on Amazon (coming in a few days according to Adorama). Both the Nikon Z6 II and Nikon Z7 II are in stock in Canada. Some Nikon Z6 II configurations […]

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More changes at Nikon Corp.

Nikon announced several new corporate changes this week:

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Nikon really wants you to know that a new flagship mirrorless camera is coming later this year

In recent interviews at CP+ and with Dpreview, Nikon really wanted everyone to know that a new flagship mirrorless camera with a high-resolution stacked sensor (see rumored specifications) is coming later this year. The goal of the new model is to surpass the D6. All this is nothing new for the regular NikonRumors reader – I have […]

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CIPA January 2021 numbers: it’s no longer all red

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their camera production data for January 2021 (orange: 2021, black: 2020, blue: 2019, click for larger view) and the numbers are no longer red (negative) only – we finally starting to see some green (positive) developments (previous reports have been red across to board for a long […]

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