For 2018 Nikon is rumored to announce at least two high-end/professional grade cameras and at least two lenses. I assume that at least one of those cameras will be mirrorless. Nikon already has three new cameras that have been registered for a while with various government agencies but are not yet officially announced. A replacement for the Nikon […]
The Japanese website SankeiBiz published an article on the current state of the camera industry. There was also a paragraph on Nikon, specifically on their upcoming mirrorless camera: Nikon is developing a new mirrorless camera at a “rapid pace”. Nikon’s new mirrorless camera will be released in the current fiscal year (Nikon’s fiscal year will […]
Nikon has a new patent (2018-60041) for a zoom eyepiece for EVF. The full title is “Eyepiece Optical system, optical instrument and manufacturing method of eyepiece optical system“. Here is one set of specifications described in the patent:
→ In October 2017 Nikon filed a patent for a what appears to be a new mirrorless mount (Z-mount?). It’s interesting to note that the Nikon 1 mirrorless mount also had 12 electronic contacts.
CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their February report. The downturn in the camera indistry continues – the total number of shipped digital cameras is lower compared to the same month in previous years (see the graphs ovder at PhotoRumors.com). The table above with the actual numbers has some interesting info – DSLR […]
According to a recent Nikkei article, both Nikon and Canon are going to release their full-frame mirrorless cameras in the second half of 2018. The initial plan was to release their new mirrorless solutions in 2019, but both companies have accelerated their plans based on the latest market trends, demand and advance in technology. Sony and […]
After Sony, Tamron also thinks that Nikon will launch a new full frame mirrorless camera “in the near future” – this is what they said in a recent interview with dpreview: “Canon and Nikon will launch full-frame mirrorless cameras, probably in the near future. When this happens, we can easily make Canon and Nikon versions […]
