Nikon / Canon / Panasonic's mirrorless are coming soon

[mi-fu]

It seems to be very attractive. It is good to see there will be more competition in the mirrorless market.

 

[welder]

Yep, waiting for it and holding thumbs for Nikon.... and wave of naggers saying to big/to small/Sony did it etc

Hope it will at least result in minor price drops in spite of healthy competition

 

[Wombat]

Maybe this one.

 

[welder]

Yep, there were some leaked pictures of it. New mount seems to be enormous

 

[mi-fu]

 

[mi-fu]

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-z7-first-impressions-review

 

[welder]

Quite pricy but I can live with that. What make me sad is that there is only one card slot No serious worki with that one

 

[mi-fu]

Quite pricy but I can live with that. What make me sad is that there is only one card slot No serious worki with that one

I agree. Z7 body has a price tag of US$3400. Sony A7RIII is selling at $3000. For Z6 and Sony A7III, they are at the same price.

I think very likely the Sony offers have better AF performance, though Nikon probably has better ergonomics and body construction.

 

[restorer-john]

That ad by Nikon is simply dreadful. Slow motion, dopey looking people, blurred images and poor lighting.

 

[welder]

Demo version
I don't understand this hurry in making this cam. They slept mirrorless revolution anyway.
Few months more would not hurt them I suppose.

Funny thing that 16 mm of flange distance is shortest on the market. So its possible for Nikon to create adapters for any type of mount, even sony and canon

 

[mi-fu]

Short flange distance definitely will bring many new possibilities.

I have a Chinese-made Techart adapter for my Sony A7Rii, which gives AF capacity to my old Leica M lenses. Great fun! After all, with high resolution sensors, I really can't trust my eyes for focusing. In the film days, I love my Hasselblad V cameras. Of course they are now collecting dusts. I still hope that one day there will be a 6x6 or at least full 645 mirrorless. Then my old lenses can have a new life

 

[Wombat]

A better peek:

 

[amirm]

Rumor is that Canon will be coming out with a competitor of sorts shortly.

 

[welder]

Rumor is that Canon will be coming out with a competitor of sorts shortly.

Yep, probably on Photokina (26th sep)

 

[Wombat]

Note the new Nikon lens mount for these cameras. Will this appear as a new standard reminiscent of the Canon change to EF mount? At least Nikon is touting a functional adapter for its current and older lenses.

 

[mi-fu]

Note the new Nikon lens mount for these cameras. Will this appear as a new standard reminiscent of the Canon change to EF mount? At least Nikon is touting a functional adapter for its current and older lenses.

Nikon should have given up F mount for a long time. It is simply too old a design with only 44mm diameter. The switch of FD mount to EF mount in many ways allowed Canon to become the market leader for more than 20 years. I think Nikon really hope the new Z mount will have the same effect. Clearly the 55mm diameter Z-mount is a bold move.

With that said, looking at different online reviews, Nikon Z bodies seem to lack a state-of-the-art AF capacity. That is a bit disappointing.

 

[mi-fu]

Canon coming mirrorless rumored spec:

• Name: Canon EOS R
• RF Mount (New mount, possible EF compatibility?)
• No reports of new “RF” lenses being announced alongside the body.
• Similar ergonomics to the EOS M50 (pictured above)
• Slightly larger body than the EOS M50
• Will compete with the Sony A7 III & Nikon Z6
• 24mp or 28mp (Two different reports)
• Announcement September 5, 2018
• Update: a new RF 24-70mm f/2 mirrorless lens could also be announced

• EOS R body
• EOS R 24105 kit
• RF 35 mm F 1.8 M IS
• RF 50 mm F 1.2 L USM
• RF 28 - 70 mm F 2 L USM
• RF 24 - 105 mm F4 L USM
• EF-M 32 mm F 1.4 STM
• EF 400 mm F 2.8 L III
• EF 600 mm F4 L III

https://photorumors.com/2018/08/29/canon-eos-r-full-frame-mirrorless-camera-coming-on-september-5th/

https://www.nokishita-camera.com/2018/08/eos-r.html

 

[maxxevv]

According to Nokoshita, its a RF 28-70 f/2 L.

Wonder who is more correct there between the 2 sites?

 

[mi-fu]

According to Nokoshita, its a RF 28-70 f/2 L.

Wonder who is more correct there between the 2 sites?

24-70 vs 28-70 is a big difference!

Of course I hope it will be a 24

 

[maxxevv]

I highly doubt either is correct.

A 24 / 28-70mm F/2 full-frame tele-zoom would be a huge monster of a lens. F/2.8 maybe.

Unless we are talking about diffractive optics there and the RF lense system has a very close back focus plane that's like sub-10mm range.