According to anonymous email we have received a while ago, Nikon will soon announce it’s expansion of Nikon 1 series mirrorless camera. Nikon 1 series was developed with three factors 1. Speed, 2.portability and 3. Quality and that will remain the primary features of the upcoming larger sensor based mirrorless system.
So the good thing is Nikon 1 is alive and it will compete against the latest Sony A7 series camera.
Update 15/4/2018 : In an recent interview at dpreview Nikon representatives confirmed that Nikon 1 series isn’t dead, it’s just sleeping and we may get some good new very soon.
“Nikon’s 1 system (it’s not dead, it’s just sleeping…) likewise introduced some important technologies that Nikon could presumably incorporate into a larger-format system when it feels the time is right.”
The Nikon 1 series expansion article first published here at thenewcamera.com @ 10:39 AM Monday, 26 September 2016 (GMT-4)
Nikon Mirrorless Patents
If we look at the patents we have published a while ago, it is very clear that the upcoming Nikon Mirrorless systems will have APS-C and Fullframe sensors. A Mirrorless line parallel to DX and FX series
Patent #1 – – Fullframe mirroless
Patent #2 – APS-C Lens for Mirrorless camera
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wwwwooooo pls pls pls. Is it for real “compete against the latest Sony A7 series camera.” I am ok if it is close to the first A7.
Great but is this going to be another DL series announcement where they’ll then say it’s going to go on sale in December that is removed indefinitely?
Bigger sensor require bigger lenses.
So portability suffers if Nikon switches to APS-C or full frame.
What am I missing?
Excellent news for me.
Thank you New camera for such great news
Glad to know that Nikon is still alive!
Memo to Nikon (not that I think they are listening to me/us at this point – or any possibly other ;-), just for fun…
If you want to compete in this space, it will not work to intentionally cripple / limit the features on your small cameras:
1) Real AEB is a BASIC feature – there is NO excuse for omitting it (cough Nikon 1 series, cough cough…).
2) IF you want to truly competitive with the leading edge, don’t forget to include Eye focus (3D focus), focus peaking, electronic shutter, etc.
3) If you want to differentiate for real world use, how about AT least low temp, high humidity operation.
Just my $.02 🙂 I’m sure others have their own hopes…
Seriously, this _COULD_ be very good news – hopefully it doesn’t take 3 or more generations of dribble features out one or two at a time before Nikon gets serious about this…
I just want an F mount mirrorless system, I don’t care if it’s FX or DX. And I want it to be dials and knob-centric like the Df or Fuji X cameras. The end