The image you see on top is a real Nikon patent for a Lens designed for a Full Frame mirrorless system! It’s a 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens and the question now is only…when is the new Nikon system camera going to be launched?
spotted by Egami.
The image you see on top is a real Nikon patent for a Lens designed for a Full Frame mirrorless system! It’s a 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens and the question now is only…when is the new Nikon system camera going to be launched?
spotted by Egami.
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The questions is: will a nikon mirrorless be as capable in af as a nikon dslr? The best mirrorless cameras fall very short compared to d750 in af speed and tracking, so unless nikon has some revolutionary algorithm for af, I think its dslr will still have the edge, there.
Nikon uses Sony image sensors. Nikon mirrorless AF is therefore likely to reflect Sonys best AF and EVF performance. See for example Sony A7II and the new A9.
Canon will probably be doing the same.
Even whith the same hw, nikon should have patents for different/better algorithms for predictive focus tracking.
Anyway I highly doubt that ospdaf can compete with dedicate pdaf, at least for now. Several reports about the (over?) hyped samsung nx1 real af tracking capabilities show that even what on paper looks as the best ospdaf sensor, seriously lags behind the likes of d750 and other medium/high end dslr cameras.
Both ospdaf and EVF speed/clarity will give hardcore DSLR users plenty of excuse to drag their feet.
The introduction of FF mirrorless is not primerely to compete with DSLRs but to offer a modern, compact, high IQ camera market.
I’ve been a mirrorless user from day 0, ditching dslr for them, but lately I have seen that to have great lenses, those have to be big, and the tracking af is far from the performance of dslr. And evf has the blackout in continuous shooting. So, ok, there is still a weight advantage when using small mirrorless bodies with pancakes, but that’s the only field where the advantage is really visible.
And d750 is so good, cheap and light (for a high end full frame dslr) that high end mirrorless will not fight it easily.
I agree with you. Mirrorless cameras were supposed to be small packages, yet with great performance. Now the fast zooms have arrived and the cameras look ridiculous (Fuji, Samsung). In those cases I also agree that it is much better to get a FF DSLR. If Nikon is to sart a mirrorless system with zooms, than we are in a bad path.
Exactly my idea. Mirrorless cameras should have excellent fast primes and/or good pancakes. And there should be some advancement in the pdaf tech to allow tracking af on par with best dslr, to justify the high price of some bodies.
It appears that top DSLRs are not easily replaced by mirrorless cameras.
Sales statistics are confirming that smart phones have taken over about 70% of the compact digital camera market.
Meanwhile DSLR sales have dropped to about 60% of its glory days.
Today sales of high end mirrorless cameras compares to about 25% of DSLR sales.
In summary it looks like the DSLR is here to stay for quite some time to come, even if high end mirrorless cameras are slowly catching up.
Both ospdaf and EVF speed/clarity will give hardcore DSLR users plenty of excuse to drag their feet.
The introduction of FF mirrorless is not primerely to compete with DSLRs but to offer a modern, compact, high IQ camera market.
does anybody here can assert if it will share the same F-mount with nikon DSLRs? (thru adaptors, f.ex.?)
Great! Now where is the P8000?
You would have hoped they were past patent stage by now. This could be years away. This need to be on the market asap to stand any chance.