A quick last minute update: today Nikon will introduce only the three new KeyMission action cameras and nothing else – no new cameras and no new lenses. I expect Nikon to have another announcement before the end of the year – maybe for the PhotoPlus show in October.
In case you missed my previous post, Nikon will have their Photokina press event tomorrow (Monday, September 19th) at 4:00pm CET (10:00 am EST). You can watch the live streaming of the event on Facebook:
Remember the Canadian nature photographer Brad Hill who correctly “predicted” the Nikon D500 camera (see this post)? Well, he is now saying that Sigma will announce a new flagship 500mm f/4 DG OS HSM Sports lens next week at Photokina and I do believe him. Here are the details taken straight from his last blog post:
Unless I am missing something, it seems that Nikon has nothing major to announce at Photokina this year. The big wild card of course is the new Nikon mirrorless camera with a “large” sensor:
Pictures of the two other rumored KeyMission cameras just leaked online and they look… different. What do you think? KeyMission 80 KeyMission 170
A new Nikon wireless remote controller with the code name N1544 was registered at the Indonesian Communications Agency. The controller will be made in China and will most likely be for a new Nikon camera that will be announced at Photokina. There are already two cameras recently registered at the Indonesian Communications Agency: N1546 and […]
As we get closer to Photokina, I start receiving more rumors about potential new products. A few days ago I got a hint about two new lenses: the 105mm f/1.4 I already reported today (announcement this week) and a new Nikkor PC-E 19mm tilt shift lens that will most likely be introduced around Photokina (September 2016). Nikon has filed at least […]
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