where there’s smoke there’s fire

All press images I could find of the Nikon 1 V1 / J1 mirrorless camera:

Some Nikon 1 sample videos via Engadget:

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Few more small details about the Nikon mirrorless camera:

• The electronic viewfinder will be 0.45 in. 1440k dots TFT display with diopter and brightness adjustment
• The camera will have 12 bit RAW (NEF) capabilities
• The frame coverage will be 100% (obviously)
• SD memory card (obviously)

The latest updates: Nikon’s mirrorless camera will have a 10.1 MP CMOS sensor (there was some confusion about the sensor type earlier). The exact sensor size should be 13.2 x 8.8 mm. The camera will have a dust cleaning option.

Finally a teaser from Nikon – the website iamcomings.com is now live:

The domain iamcomings.com is registered to the The New Media Edge, a marketing/PR company in SE Asia. Nikon is not on the list of their clients.

Several Nikon websites were down in the past few hours – an updated is definitely on the way for their mirrorless camera introduction.

That's not it!

Many readers have sent me links and images in the past few days of pictures/drawings of the Nikon mirrorless camera. They are all fake, which is why I did not post them online. The initial two mockups from [NR] are the closest representation of the design of the new cameras. The V1 version will have an I-shape grip and J1 will have no grip. Both cameras will have the Nikon logo on left top. The mic holes will be placed above the mount. There will be no traditional flash hot shoe on both models. Except the lens release, there will be no other buttons on the front. The EVF will be exactly as shown here:

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