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Old August 13th 18, 09:51 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default New Nikon camera seen

On Sat, 11 Aug 2018 19:52:45 -0700 (PDT), RichA
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On Thursday, 9 August 2018 10:33:57 UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 07 Aug 2018 18:35:19 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Aug 7, 2018, PeterN wrote
(in article ):

On 8/7/2018 6:28 AM, David Taylor wrote:
On 07/08/2018 08:07, RichA wrote:
Looks ok, like a DSLR, good grip, which a lot of mirrorless lack.

https://petapixel.com/2018/08/06/nik...camera-spotted
-in-new-leaked-photos/

I find it difficult to raise much enthusiasm, to be honest. I've sold
almost all my Nikon kit, and being full-frame it's going to be almost as
bulky and heavy with its lenses as a mirrored DSLR. For my hands, the
grip on my Panasonic GX7 is good enough.

It will be good for those with a substantial lens investment, although
short-focus and wide-angle lenses may require a new purchase for optimum
use of the mirrorless body - e.g pancake - and silent operation will be
welcome (if it's offered).

Somewhere I read that the mirrorless will not have an F mount. You will
need a converter to use the old lenses. i will wait and see.

Yup! To use your legacy Nikkor glass on the new Nikon mirrorless an adaptor
is the only anwer. The new mount is large enough to accomodate a medium
format sensor. The speculation is, Nikon is dealing with FF, and MF with a
single design, and taking aim at the Fujifilm GFX50S market.

The new lenses are going to be optimized for the larger mount, and the MILC
flange distance, and are not likely to be budget lenses.


I wonder if Nikon took a page from the m4/3 book and designed a lens
mount that would allow the design of lenses that eliminate the corner
softness issue?


I haven't looked at enough Sony FF images to tell if they've done it, let alone Nikon. Sony's lenses (performance) have been all over the map.


Sony lenses, well most of them, appear to have corner issues. Nikon's
mount appears to be bigger than necessry, like m4/3. I have no
interest in buying this camera, I'm just curious.