Nikon’s new mirrorless system, coming in ... late September 2018

[32BT]

I want to pick up a camera that feels good in my hand, has the controls I need where I can reach them, and produces the best image possible. I spend most of my time looking through it, not at it, so I don't really care what it looks like. That said, the N7 looks pretty much like any other reflex camera... true, the grip sticks up a bit, but if that makes it easier to grip, so be it.

As photographers, we are visual artists, and as visual artists our task is none other than caring how something looks. See the conundrum?

[Guillermo Luijk]

Don't get too horny Bernard, but 5-axis IBIS and ISO64 (only on the Z7) seem to be confirmed. You can pre-order.

https://nikonrumors.com/2018/08/22/nikon-d850-vs-nikon-z6-vs-nikon-z7-specifications-comparison.aspx/



Regards

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

As photographers, we are visual artists, and as visual artists our task is none other than caring how something looks. See the conundrum?

+1

Some of the mirrorless cameras, Sony in particular, and now Nikon, look like designed by IKEA or LEGO. Do you need to assemble it first?

[Guillermo Luijk]

Some of the mirrorless cameras, Sony in particular, and now Nikon, look like designed by IKEA or LEGO.

Oh yeah, while DSLR's have been sculpted by Michelangelo...

[KLaban]

As photographers, we are visual artists, and as visual artists our task is none other than caring how something looks. See the conundrum?

Indeed.

As visual artists I wouldn't recommend anyone come shopping with my wife and I. It doesn't matter if it's an egg cup or a car, the process is just mind numbing. And don't even get me started on clothes: we're as bad/good as each other.

[fdisilvestro]

I have seen many ugly photographers producing spectacular images.
At least on paper it looks as an amazing camera, so good that the only thing Nikon-haters can say is that it is ugly

[KLaban]

Believe me, this is not just Nikon...

[KLaban]

I've also seen many ugly images made by beautiful photographers.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

And the new 24-70 looks like designed by Sigma 

[fdisilvestro]

I've also seen many ugly images made by beautiful photographers.

Well, it does not take much effort 

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Oh yeah, while DSLR's have been sculpted by Michelangelo...

Yes, sculpted, but not by Michelangelo... more like Henry Moore... no sharp edges

[Rob C]

Sharp edges


Losing them was reason that the F2 was picked up before the F; I think that shutter went up to 1/2000th instead of the F's 1/1000th, but I very seldom found myself above 1/250th on either

These usually high speeds popular today seem to be the product of sensors being too damned fast and people exploring wide-open aperture photography, even when there's no logic to it.

Oh well, guess it's a fun thing to do...

:-)


P.S. Let nobody forget: Canon made the first melted Mars Bar bodies.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

... P.S. Let nobody forget: Canon made the first melted Mars Bar bodies.

 

[D Fuller]

+1

Some of the mirrorless cameras, Sony in particular, and now Nikon, look like designed by IKEA or LEGO. Do you need to assemble it first?

Hmmm... But the Sony and Nikon look very little like each other.

[BJL]

As photographers, we are visual artists, and as visual artists our task is none other than caring how something looks. See the conundrum?

For some visual artists, attractive form follows function, so it is the ones shaped like a bar of soap—and about as easy to grip securely with a heavy lens attached—that are ugly.

Anyway, for my eyes it’s back to looking at the specs and hoping to look at sample images soon.

[BernardLanguillier]

One possible very bad news that they may only feature one memory card slot.

When I thought that only Phase One could still make such terrible design decisions.

Other than that the specs look great. If AF performance is up to speed we have a great first FF mirrorless camera from Nikon.

Cheers,
Bernard

[Alex Waugh]

One card slot - are they serious? Sure the chance of failure is extremely low but for most working photographers that isn't good enough. I find myself on 100k+ / day sets (digitech on the side) quite often and a card failure would probably ruin someones career if they weren't tethered.

[BernardLanguillier]

For some visual artists, attractive form follows function, so it is the ones shaped like a bar of soap—and about as easy to grip securely with a heavy lens attached—that are ugly.

This is my view as well.

I find as much beauty in a rhino as in a tiger.

The beauty in a camera shouldn’t be assessed as a static object but as dynamic extension of one’s arm, eye,  mind. It is the fluidity of the experience, the ability of the tool to just vanish and enable the achievements of one’s artistic goal that determines beauty for me.

Cheers,
Bernard

[BernardLanguillier]

One card slot - are they serious? Sure the chance of failure is extremely low but for most working photographers that isn't good enough. I find myself on 100k+ / day sets (digitech on the side) quite often and a card failure would probably ruin someones career if they weren't tethered.

Yes...

Even the Nikon APS-C bodies in the D7000 series had two slots.

That was one major reason why I picked the H6D-100c over the IQ100...

If confirmed this may mean that I would only use a Z as a testing ground for mirrorless, meaning I would possibly only buy a Z6 with one lens as a go everywhere camera.

Now XQD cards are probably the most reliable (never had a failure), but still...

Cheers,
Bernard

[Alex Waugh]

Im hoping they put a second slot in the battery grip.