The latest Nikon “rumors” from the 2026 NAB show



The Nikon coverage at the NAB show this year is very limited – here are a few interesting videos:

Brandon Talbot shared insights from a direct meeting with Nikon engineers, and it seems that the ZR camera will not be getting a compressed RED raw codec (EQ or LQ), but a H.265 is under development in Log3G10 gamma:

Upcoming Nikon ZR firmware update confirmed:

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Chris Brockhurst (@chrisbrockhurst)

The Nikkor NOCT 58mm f/1.2 CF cinema lens shown in this video is an old rehoused version by Zero Optik (not the new lens that was teased at NAB):

Another video from the Nikon booth at the NAB show:

Update – two new videos discuss the upcoming Nikon ZR firmware update: