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Now its even a better camera

Its not

No Z for now. Sigma is not much interested to work with Nikon, for whatever reason.

He doesn't want to ruin his relationship with the brands to the point they don't send him the new cameras twice as good as previous gen.

I also don't buy this argument that if someone released a camera twice as good as what we have, we still don't need it! If thats the case, then what the hell are you doing in this competitive environment? When every teenager has a camera in his pocket capable of shooting 4k log video, you need better gears to up your game. Gear is not everything, obviously, but you're in a competition and you need to grab everything you can to be always one step ahead of the crowd, and soon ahead of the AI.

I guess their original intention was matching A7iv price but had to release it with baked in tariff inflation.

They released the video 1.5 hours sooner than Sony's own scheduled video.

"Canon doesn't want you to know about this camera" "This camera changes everything" "Why I sold all my gears to get this camera" "Why Hollywood loves cropped 4k"

Was it necessary to make the EVF so long? Its like a camcorder from 90s.

Congratulations to Kasey for having another case for black and white meating with Japanese boss

What's interesting about Japanese market, which by no means representing the global market tho, is not Nikon taking the lead, which is a sudden jump by a single product, but Sony's steady decline, despite all previous generation alpha cameras they were selling at lower prices.

A lot of EU regulations happened in that period tho, and regulations are costly.

Easily doable even with the Z mount, but I doubt Nikon goes so big. So far, nobody among Japanese camera makers have implemeted 5 inch display into their morrorless bodies. Its like a taboo over there. Maybe because they think it ruins the ergonomics of the body.

Thom Hogan: "Nowhere in Panasonic's press releases or marketing information I've seen so far do they actually seem to know how to market their six different 24mp cameras (S1II, S1IIE, S5II, S5IIX, S9, and BS1H). In the S1IIE features list the sensor is listed as "inspired by the performance characteristics of the Lumix S5II," which tells you nothing. Those of us in the press these days are dealing with AI driven press releases, but I'm failing to even see the I in Panasonic's. Nothing tells me which 24mp camera to buy, let alone why I should buy it instead of Canon's, Nikon's, or Sony's. This feels like "stuff the channel and see if it sells" product management, not clear, user centric marketing."

from Nikon Rumors: Brick-shaped, video-oriented design, without pentaprism and EVF – a combination of the current RED models design, the Sony FX3, and the Nikon Z30 Many features and tech from RED will be incorporated inside (not a new RED camera with Z-mount – we already got that) Z6 III sensor inside Very large LCD screen The official announcement is expected later this year, most likely in the third or fourth quarter of 2025 I don't know what Frankenstein of a brick body would be the combination of RED/FX3/Z30, but "very large" LCD gives hope its a bit different from whats already available in the market.

So what will the price of FX3II? $5000?

Here is the summary: give Panasonic engineers a random sensor, and they give you the most video featured camera around that sensor that you could imagine. The problem is 1. Nobody gives them the state of the art sensor (or they don't like to pay high price) 2. They're asked to repeat themselves for similar sensor/bodies with overlapping customer target. 3. What they do is attractive for niche part of the hybrid market and not enough to absorb new customers. 4. "Similar offering to big three but at cheaper price" could kick the can down the road for a while, but even that strategy is no more with these prices. 5. When a market is saturated, and there are big players in that saturated market, the only way to survive is to be bold and different. Just like what Chinese discovered in the lens market, and so we're seeing 15mm macro!

Thats exactly what he wanted.

Nikon now can do the funniest firmware update in history of hybrid mirrorless industry.

Price will be probably lower. This $3500 is likely post-crazy-tariffs calculation and they would revise that, given the newly released tariff numbers.

Its amazing that this situation doesn't change a bit with every new product announcement.

If its Z6iii's sensor, why they use these weird crop modes?

So here is the deal: 15-stop dynamic range V-LOG (dynamic range enhancement mode on) 14+ stops dynamic range V-LOG (dynamic range enhancement mode off) 24M new sensor Full frame 6K30p OG, 5.9K60p 17:9, 5.1K60p 3:2, 4.8K60p 4:3, 4K120p 16:9/17:9, FHD240p APS-C 3.3K 120p 4:3, 4K120p 16:9/17:9, FHD240p S&Q 6K 60fps, 4K 17:9 75fps, 4K 2.4:1 120fps, FHD 240fpsFF 120Hz 5.76 million dot EVF 779-point phase focus Dual native ISO100/800 Five-axis image stabilization with 8 stops in the center and 7 stops in the periphery 1/8000s mechanical shutter 70fps continuous shooting with electronic shutter, 10fps mechanical shutter

I don't know how forum discussions at speculation stage translates to more sales. I understand that it may generate some "oh maybe this is my dream camera" inner thoughts, but there will be also post nut clarity after real specs and performance revelation moment. I mean you need discussions AFTER the press release, not before. Because if the new thing is not boring, people would discuss about it for months.