p.1 #2 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
I’d love an APS-C camera with IBIS. Just keep it roughly the same size as the Z50 II and it would make a perfect travel camera. The lack of IBIS is the only downside to the otherwise outstanding Z50 II.
With that said I think the next release will be the Z9 II.
p.1 #4 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
The latest rumor on the Z9 II is that it is likely delayed due to the supply chain and costs. I think last year most people figured it would be here by the World Cup but there's no way that happens.
I wouldn't be surprised if it slips into spring of 2027 personally, as everyone holds their breath to see what happens with the global economy this year. Things are going to get a lot worse in the short term before they get better and a flagship camera will be a much tougher sell.
The reason I don't see another APS-C camera right now is mostly because their lens lineup is so pitiful. The best glass to use on it are the third parties they are suing. Perhaps a Z 30 II because it would be a parts bin camera and "easy" upgrade.
I still think the Z8 is doing too well for the Z7 III to come, because it WILL consume sales and be a lower priced product if it's what we all want (the Z7 II sensor with Expeed 7). I am more inclined to think this camera, if it ever happens, will be the very last Expeed 7 camera released and the final one of the Z7 line.
p.1 #6 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
A rangefinder style body would be great, along with some smaller pancake size primes.
Firmware update to the ZR that allows recording to SSD via USB
A medium format body that is 150mp
p.1 #7 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
z9 II and or Z7 III would be my guess. A 30mp professional aps-c would be pretty cool though I'm not sure there will be a huge demand. I'll be standing in line for that one.
p.1 #8 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
I’d love a Z50 sized FX body but we won’t get it. A Z3 (Z30 FX) would be interesting and we maybe get it.
I’m sold on Expeed 7 but I need a prosumer body with a screen that doesn’t articulate to the side, freaking hate that. But probably won’t get it as its a higher end feature it seems.
p.1 #9 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
Z9II is a given and then cascade through the line starting with Z8II. I think that by fall that process will begin. That said, it's the Z7 that interests me. Nikon have an opportunity with it. Make a Z7III that is a reduced Z8 right after the Z8II debuts, which, frankly, is boring and redundant. Or use it as a testbed for higher MP sensors but using the Expeed 7. So, a 60mp+ sensor optimized for high DR and color fidelity, not speed. That would be way more interesting than a slightly cut down Z8.
p.1 #11 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
johnvanr wrote:
Pity, because the Z8 is too large and heavy for many who would otherwise consider Nikon.
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olegkin wrote:
A compact new Z8 or a significantly better Z7 will do.
Or fun little fixed lens camera done right?
I used to think that the Z8 is meaningfully larger than the Z6iii, which is why I chose to move from a Z6 to a Z6iii instead of a used Z8. Then I bought a used Z8 when I got into birding and am having a hard time seeing a meaningful difference in size and weight between a Z8 and the Z6/Z7 line. Will probably selling the Z6iii soon.
p.1 #12 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
johnvanr wrote:
The rumors are there’s a Z9 II coming, though I’d think they should release a Z7 III.
The latter would affect Z8 sales, so the Z7 line may be dead. Pity, because the Z8 is too large and heavy for many who would otherwise consider Nikon.
I thought I'd prefer to carry the Z6iii vs the Z8 as a daily carry, but in my Ona Bowery (which fits a full frame mirrorless body with lens and a 2nd lens next to it) the Z8 takes up about the same size so I sold my Z6iii.
I used to think that the Z8 is meaningfully larger than the Z6iii, which is why I chose to move from a Z6 to a Z6iii instead of a used Z8. Then I bought a used Z8 when I got into birding and am having a hard time seeing a meaningful difference in size and weight between a Z8 and the Z6/Z7 line. Will probably selling the Z6iii soon.
I find it to be a rather significant difference. So much so that after a year with the Z8 I eventually sold it for the Z6 III (and later the Z5 II).
p.1 #14 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
sungphoto wrote:
I thought I'd prefer to carry the Z6iii vs the Z8 as a daily carry, but in my Ona Bowery (which fits a full frame mirrorless body with lens and a 2nd lens next to it) the Z8 takes up about the same size so I sold my Z6iii.
And I make the same argument about the irrelevance of camera sizes if you need to carry it in a bag. But the Z8 is larger than the GFX100S II, and that is just not acceptable to me. Sony got the size right, why not Nikon?
I want the people around me to mostly ignore me, and that happens with the OM-1, and now the Q3. With the GFX or Z8, people stop to watch what I'm doing, start asking questions, making mostly inappropriate-for-the-situation jokes, etc. The Q3 is a magnet for other photographers, though.
p.1 #15 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
Sony bodies are terrible for the large hands. My fingers crush between the grip and lens mount.
Cameras like the Z8 are a good mid size, hardly too large.
I really don't understand how the human body has changed in recent years and cameras unnecessarily small. If you wnat to replicate the Minox like the spy, use a cell phone. Anyone can see you using a camera with ILC.
p.1 #16 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
I'll zag on this one. If we disregard the Z9II rumors (and I'm inclined to agree with Scott above, I think a push to 2027 is possible if not likely), then I think we might see a Zfc II this year. Retro cameras continue to be hugely popular and a more fleshed out, less plastic Zfc could be a big mover for Nikon.
p.1 #18 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
olegkin wrote:
And I make the same argument about the irrelevance of camera sizes if you need to carry it in a bag. But the Z8 is larger than the GFX100S II, and that is just not acceptable to me. Sony got the size right, why not Nikon?
I want the people around me to mostly ignore me, and that happens with the OM-1, and now the Q3. With the GFX or Z8, people stop to watch what I'm doing, start asking questions, making mostly inappropriate-for-the-situation jokes, etc. The Q3 is a magnet for other photographers, though.
Thst doesn’t make sense to me. I can only fit one lens mounted on the body with the GFX100S in the Bowery. My go to 45-100 f4 won’t fit at all even unmounted with the body next to it. I can carry a prime plus a 24-120 f4 in the Bowery easily, which makes for a great walk around kit.
p.1 #19 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
OffTrail wrote:
What's right for you may not be right for others. Plenty of people dislike Sony's ergonomics.
I dislike Sony's ergonomics to the point that I cannot comfortably hold their cameras at all. Otherwise, I would probably shoot Sony. My point still stands - they have cameras that are significantly smaller and have better or at least similar functionality. There is no reason for the next Z8 to be a giant.
p.1 #20 · Nikon’s next move: What camera body are you expecting?
sungphoto wrote:
Thst doesn’t make sense to me. I can only fit one lens mounted on the body with the GFX100S in the Bowery. My go to 45-100 f4 won’t fit at all even unmounted with the body next to it. I can carry a prime plus a 24-120 f4 in the Bowery easily, which makes for a great walk around kit.
Come on people. Arguing that Z8 size is not that big is absolutely pointless
