Re: Nikon unveils the highly anticipated Z8 camera!
cvrle59 wrote:
Thanks for this hint!
That is just what it is at this point, a hint of what may be happening. I am hearing from one wind direction that there are two bodies in the field being tested right now. One the Z90, the other possibly an updated ZF. I get no detailed specs on either yet. Nor which may be announced in July (planned not locked in). Also supposedly being tested for announcing at the same time is whichever version of the 200-600 "ish" zoom will be produced. This wind blows from a long ways away, so is sometimes fuzzy on the details.
One of the reasons I hear that muddies the water on which goes first is business related. It seems that there is little enthusiasm in Nikon's second biggest market for a high performance APS-C camera. But there is a lot of interest in the number 1 market following the pattern of the D500. This limits the financial success prospects for such a camera. I don't know the sales history of the D500 in different markets. to determine if this makes sense. I do know what a really great camera it was, and a lot of my D850 shooting friends bought one as their second camera. I almost did too, but switched to mirrorless before I did.
I keep listening for whispers in the wind from the other direction. But I think the crazy advanced activity of the Z8 took the wind out for a while.
I will keep listening...
May 15, 2023 at 08:06 PM
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