Do you think Nikon could challenge the X system with something like this (pix)?

Nikon is about to announce a high mirrorless camera.....



one can always dream....;)

curious to hear your thoughts on this

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yes I heard about it will be launched 1st of April FF with the sensor of the D800 IS inside (sensor) 10 pic/sec, hybrid AF 52 sensors for tracking, dual CF SD slot acrd etc...

Will sale quicly my Fuji gear

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Comes with a free oil dispenser since the new model has no mirror To spill the oil through the camera body and all over the sensor.

Other than that, after the 1, I have no faith in Nikon working on a photography tool for enthusiast photographers.

Too little, too late. The last Nikon I purchased was a D300, two of them, in 2008. I sold one in the summer of 2011 waiting for a D400 but they simply didn't care about a flagship APS body and just keep upgrading the 3000 and 5000 line year after year with more and more pixels.... Anyway, gave up on Nikon and I made my move and love my fuji. I see Nikon now as a company that wants to make its mark by having more pixels than everyone else, 14mp om tiny sensors, 24mp on aps sensors, and 36mp on full frame. If a D400 was released i wouldnt be surprised to see it at 26 mp. I want quality and quantity, higher DR, ISO.... To that end my fuji fits my needs. My only gripe is that adobe and apple snubs the new sensor.

In fact I think the prognosis for Nikon and Canon is probably not so good

They think that feeding more and more features in DSLRs is the main stream

But times have changed, technology ha sdevelopped and people have changed

I have a friend who bought abrand new D800 because ha probably has 15 Nikon lenses

he also bought a quite comprehensive Oly OMD5 gear

Guess what ?

He lives in a developing country

The Oly revealled to be much adapted and he gets a lot of fantastic shots with it while the D800 gets dust on the shelf..

I still have my complete Canon gear waiting for either a very innovative hybrid DSLR or a high end mirrorless using standard EF lenses

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Same here. I gave up on Nikon too. No love lost...

Best wishes,

Richard

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Too little information for me. I would need to know more about the camera. I am always open to new things, and I think Fuji has left themselves seriously exposed on several fronts, but there are things about Fuji that I really love and that I see as making it difficult for me to make a switch. Who knows?

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Although i sold a lot of stuff to pay for my fuji, i stilL have a full nikon APS D300 system that ranges from 10-280mm, the later being my 70-200 f/2.8 and 1.4x TC. Fuji has no long lenses and the Nikon is good for wildlife, of which I have won two international contests and had my work in the Smithsonian Institute. It is unlikely fuji can compete with wildlife/action photography so i need to hold on to them for now. I would have no problem selling my Nikon 10-24 if fuji had an equivalent but that is a year or more away - I really hate how the wait gets longer not shorter as this lens was promised a year ago to be out around now. Anyway, i could see myself keeping only my other two lenses, 16-85 and fast 70-200 and using a fuji for everything else. I do a lot of landscape shooting, camping and ackcountry hiking so weight is an issue.

Anyway, fuji has wonderful colors, and with the right settings the jpegs are so good that post work is a minimal. Small and light, exceptional glass and beautiful to look at. Hard to give up.

I do think that fuji has a strong niche and can hold it since part of any camea system is the glass. To that end fuji does that great. They even have the technology to go full frame if they want - at least they recently said so, see todays post at fujirumors.com. If so they will be taking on the likes of Leica, not Nikon or Canon

thanks for sharing your thoughts, everybody

@tthorne

I fooled around in ps - I always liked the look of the S3 it really wouldnt be too hard for nikon to come up with something like this

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The Nikon 1 is an amazing piece of kit.  It complements an existing kit and fills a very specific need, and does so better than anything else available.

after releasing the J1, Nikon lost all credibility in the world.

It's not like you are the only one with Photoshop and some time at their hands...

http://nikonrumors.com/2013/02/18/nikon-to-announce-a-high-end-compact-camera-16mp-dx-sensor-28mm-f2-8-lens-expeed-2-processor.aspx/

I was very disappointed with nikon and canon's move on the mirrorless market. I think Nikon should bring out the "FM digital" to match with the x system.

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When is the last time you had yourself assessed?

Zardoz a Nikon shill???? Now we get it 

Seriously, though, the Nikon 1 is only the best-selling mirrorless camera in Japan, so they must have done something right.

Because the J1 is for serious photographers? /sarcasm

I think the issue is a certain group of people were hoping for an advanced mirrorless system from Nikon initially, and got the J1/V1 instead.

I think both Nikon and Canon might have missed the mirrorless boat.  Just look at the popularity of Canon adapters on the NEX system.  I think it is not too late for them, but people have already started hitting other brands and there is risk there for them to lose a lot of market share to other companies (not today or tomorrow, but two or three years from now).

Eric

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That would imply a DSLR form factor, like the Panasonic GH series. Don't forget Nikon has a very respectable pedigree in rangefinder-type designs, which wouldn't quite as obviously cannibalise their existing mirror-reflex range ...



In a bling contest, maybe. As a camera, who knows?

Implying that I have mental problems because I understand the purposes for a tool and you do not?

I guess if you were capable of making a real argument about the topic you would've done so.

Now THAT is what I call 'classic rangefinder styling' - the ghost of Nikon's fantastic SP.

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