#NIKON MIRRORLESS FULL FRAME PRO#

Sure, just a rumor, but this pretty close to the direction I can see Nikon moving. And this makes particular sense for Nikon, both in keeping the F-mount, and the fact that FF Nikons work perfectly well with “DX” lenses… so if you wanted to use it with a few more compact DX lenses in a small travel kit, you can do that. No built-in EVF in this first model, but they could certainly offer it as an add-on, like the viewfinderless m43 cameras did. So here’s a super compact body for Nikon users that’s going to get them pretty much anything a Sony Alpha 7 will, only, without any reason to dump their current Nikon system.

Which did happen - I kept my Canon FF, but did build an Olympus system, too. trying out one of these compact systems and loving it. I think a large number of the “conversions” to mirrorless probably started out as someone like me, a long-time user of SLRs, DSLRs, etc. If they do, I think they’d make it for the same basic reason any of us long-time DSLR shooters might be lured over to mirrorless: as a compact alternative to the DSLR. Nikon’s probably not going to think about selling a mirrorless F-mount camera that’s overlapping the Nikon 1, not a model for P&S upgraders. I think it’s at least credible, in the “should do” department… Nikon’s had the F-mount since 1960 or so, I can’t believe they’d go to a serious mirrorless that wasn’t an F-mount.Īnd there’s some logic in making a very small body (well, small for FF… the OM-D E-M1 is the largest m43 camera Olympus makes). It wouldn’t cannibalize DSLR or existing Nikkor sales, yet it could offer all the things that people are clamoring about in mirrorless: weight savings, price savings, IBIS, focus peaking, exposure preview / live histogram, …am I missing anything else? Especially if they could include weather sealing, although I suspect most people will care more about in-body image stabilization than weather sealing.Įither way, this sounds like the right move for Nikon, despite the lack of an EVF. They’d probably want to throw a DF or D750 sensor in this thing at first, but I’d kill to see a D810 sensor in a camera body lighter than a Sony A7 mk2. This would obviously only be the first step in a Nikon mirrorless system. Essentially, Black Magic style “tiny little box” that is no-frills. If they could make this camera much lighter / smaller than a Sony FE camera body, I could see it being exactly what mirrorless OUGHT to be: ultralight, portable, and yet still giving access to the highest quality sensor with the highest quality lenses. Personally I hate EVFs, and I’d rather just carry around an LCD loupe for my rear LCD it’s much easier on my eyes for night photography and in general. Its uses will be limited, to put it nicely. The bottom line is that without an EVF, it’s going to be hard for pros to take this camera seriously. To me, the viability / success of a camera with specs like these is all in the details, the un-known but still predictable specs: price, weight, etc. What are your thoughts on this rumor? Do you think Nikon was playing smoke and mirrors when they said they didn’t need a FF mirrorless? Will this camera do well without an EVF? Leave a comment below and let us know what you think!

#NIKON MIRRORLESS FULL FRAME PRO#

Can you imagine holding a 70-200mm attached to a body the size of an EM-1 and having to look at the back LCD to do any shooting? Hopefully, Nikon thinks that through a little more and gives the darn thing a proper EVF – because if they don’t, no pro would touch this with a ten-foot pole.

Regardless, rumor or not, I can’t imagine any full frame mirrorless camera without an EVF doing very well – especially not with a full Nikon F mount. So either this rumor is flat out wrong, or Nikon is playing a bit of smoke and mirrors. The part about this rumor that doesn’t sit quite right though is that somewhat recently in an interview, a Nikon rep said that they saw no need for any larger sensor mirrorless offerings other than their Nikon 1 line. It will also not be SLR-styled, but will instead feature a more common mirrorless styling (whatever that means, maybe more like Nikon’s current mirrorless offerings?). The part that won’t amuse you, though, is that it apparently will not feature an EVF, instead only having the back LCD. According to the rumor, the new mirrorless camera would feature a Nikon F Mount (good in theory no new lenses needed), and would be small – about the size of an Olympus OM-D EM-1. But hold your horses, this isn’t the mirrorless camera of your dreams, and this rumor needs more than your usual dab of salt.

Nikon mirrorless full frame