And finally Nikon mirrorless rumors are exploading on the web! Nikonrumors found an invitiation for a new product display in Vienna on September 21 (See image on top). Nikonrumors also said that there is a new image processing engine: “that will be able to deliver some insane frame rates and video capabilities. This new processor (or a light version of it) will be included in the new Nikon mirrorless camera.“.
About time Nikon!
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i hope they dont do this half heartedly as sony did.
it´s like their copy of the Canon G12.
it will be nice but not mindblowing.
nikon has never made a camera outside their DSLR program that is worth mentioning. nikon makes great DSLR cameras no question but P&S and stuff always kind of sucked.
and i doubt that their mirrorless system will be ahead of M43 or sonys NEX.
Nikon looks to be in a tough spot. Micro four thirds now has a pancake zoom that will probably make a gf3 more portable than whatever zoom combination Nikon releases. Nikon needs that rumored pdaf+CDAF + evf rumored combination to stand a chance.
I don’t have high hopes for any of September mirrorless announcements, but if any manufacturer can surprise us, it’s Nikon…
Surprise in what? Releasing a camera system that is better in IQ and control than their beginner-level DSLR? Why Nikon would do that? To loose the whole entry-DSLR market?
The other case (IQ and handling of a new cameras and lenses are worse than beginner-level DSLR) is definitely out of interest since there are at least 2 camera systems on the market that are on pair of low-level Nikons or even better.
I don’t know. Maybe they manage to extract m4/3 like performance from smaller sensor and do it with smaller overall package. I doubt it and don’t like the look of the mockup, but who knows? It’s just a question of how serious they are with their mirrorless and where they want to position it.
But the entry level is going to give market shares to mirrorless anyways.
By ignoring that Nikon gives away consumers to the current mirrorless system brands.
Nikon can at least try to compete in that market.
If they realise it it not what they can support, they can still force all strengths into higher grade DSLR.
Nikon is not a big company like Sony.
An they wont lower their DSLR part as Panasonic or Olympus.
So it is unlikely they can make a wide range of mirrorless cameras and lenses at once.
Their Product has to be a hit on the first try, I guess.
I believe when I see
Hopefully Nikon will leverage the crop factor of the smaller sensor to give us a zoom lens comparable to a compact megazoom, but with higher IQ and greater flexibility owing to it’s larger (vs. 11.7) sensor and interchangeability.
If they can do this at a price significantly below the NEX-C3, they might have found their niche.
Their niche should be an awesome weatherproof APS sensor pro level mirrorless camera that blows the doors off anything else remotely similar… That would be a respectable niche.
Kinda like when the Nikon F nearly sunk Leica… They could do it again if they wanted to.
no they can´t.. times have changed and nikon has only limited resources.
these silly rumors getting too boring , they almost never got right recently.
so , I believe this is another BS.