Jorginho (Dpreview forum user) posted this sensor size comparison. As you can see the Nikon sensor is slightly smaller than m43 but considerably bigger than the Pentax Q sensor. There is a fair chance Nikon will anounce the new system on August 24!
Jorginho (Dpreview forum user) posted this sensor size comparison. As you can see the Nikon sensor is slightly smaller than m43 but considerably bigger than the Pentax Q sensor. There is a fair chance Nikon will anounce the new system on August 24!
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3 musts :
ultra wide zoom
f mount adapter
fast pancake
pocketable
Well, it’s rumored that they come out with 2 zooms and one prime to start with.
I’m hoping for a 50mm equivalent fast prime or at least a 35mm equiv.
Oh nooo, not again the “good old time” 28~80 f3.5-5.6 zoom with his buddy 80~200 f4-5.6 and the all mighty 50mm f1.8 😉
Even this picture against m43 is underestimating the Nikon mount/sensor if the screews have the same size.
The screews on m43 mount (GF2) has the same diameter as F mount (D700). In this picture the screews on the new Nikon mount is smaller than the screews on m43 mount, so the Nikon mount/sensor could actually be a bit larger than shown in this picture
im interested but im really enjoying the gh1 i bought new for $300 2 weeks ago. the nikon mirrorless and all of the lenses are gonna have to be priced competitively to pry me away from micro four thirds.
Rising competition can only be good for us consumers. Looks like it could be 2.5 or 2.7 in contrast to 2.0 m4/3. I guess if Sony delivers a top sensor it could be on par with m4/3 ISO performance. It could also end the bashing of m4/3 because of “too much dof” 😀
Will be interesting to see what kind of lenses they produce for it. But I think it’s safe to say, if you’re interested in bokeh this is not the camera for you. I suspect Nikon was afraid of cannibalizing their DSLR sales- which is the main reason why they’re using a sensor that is even smaller than micro 4/3.
I don’t think fear of cannibalizing is any reason to Nikon. It doesn’t matter which camera Nikon sells (CSC or low end DSLR) as long as it’s a Nikon camera. In fact sales margins are probably higher on mirrorless cameras (or high end P&S) than SLR. Based on that it would be better profit for Nikon to sell CSC than SLR.
Bokeh can be replicated in software, so that’s not a problem either. The problem is rather diffraction. Once that kicks in, you end up with slightly blurry pictures, and that can not be fixed in software.
It’s kinda funny. On nikonrumors.com everybody thinks that the announcement in august is all about new pro-cameras, the full frame D4 an the APS-C D400. Here everybody hopes for the new mirrorless camera.
I hope that it is all about mirrorless, too, because I’m waiting for Nikon and Canon to show what they have up their mirrorless sleeve before I buy into one system.
I love how all these people who’ve been bashing m43 for years because the sensor is so small are now praising Nikon for coming out with a camera that has an even smaller sensor. Kool aid anyone?
This will be a big mistake