I'm starting a new thread for "Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Cameras" (MILC) and Lenses as I didn't see a thread on this subject.
Interesting story at PetaPixel titled, "Nikon Patents 2 Full Frame Mirrorless Lenses: 52mm f/0.9 and 36mm f/1.2" Very interesting.
An f/0.9 and f/1.2 scream "high-end" and upscale. A direction that Nikon leadership says they want to steer the company toward.
The current Nikon F-mount can't accommodate AF lenses faster than f/1.4* so perhaps Nikon is working on a new, high end, MILC camera system. The article also describes a patent for an adapter that will allow older Nikkor lenses, even older screw drive D-series lenses, to work with a new mirrorless camera.
Seems risky to introduce a new high-end MILC camera that doesn't work natively with the current Nikon F-mount. Obviously flange distance is an issue with a MILC camera using the existing F-mount.
Will customers be willing to buy all new "NF" (new-F-mount) lenses for their new "high-end" MILC camera? Huge gamble. Maybe Nikon is using a dual strategy approach. 1) Convert the current Df camera to MILC with current F-mount and 2) Create a new MILC/lens mount (and f-mount adapter) system. Then decide which system is financially/technically possible within Nikon's current financial/technical budgets?
Or maybe Nikon's future MILC camera will be some type of "medium format" camera like the Fujifilm GFX 50S system.
* There is the 50mm manual focus f/1.2 lenses that will mount and work on higher-end Nikon DSLR bodies.
Interesting story at PetaPixel titled, "Nikon Patents 2 Full Frame Mirrorless Lenses: 52mm f/0.9 and 36mm f/1.2" Very interesting.
An f/0.9 and f/1.2 scream "high-end" and upscale. A direction that Nikon leadership says they want to steer the company toward.
The current Nikon F-mount can't accommodate AF lenses faster than f/1.4* so perhaps Nikon is working on a new, high end, MILC camera system. The article also describes a patent for an adapter that will allow older Nikkor lenses, even older screw drive D-series lenses, to work with a new mirrorless camera.
Seems risky to introduce a new high-end MILC camera that doesn't work natively with the current Nikon F-mount. Obviously flange distance is an issue with a MILC camera using the existing F-mount.
Will customers be willing to buy all new "NF" (new-F-mount) lenses for their new "high-end" MILC camera? Huge gamble. Maybe Nikon is using a dual strategy approach. 1) Convert the current Df camera to MILC with current F-mount and 2) Create a new MILC/lens mount (and f-mount adapter) system. Then decide which system is financially/technically possible within Nikon's current financial/technical budgets?
Or maybe Nikon's future MILC camera will be some type of "medium format" camera like the Fujifilm GFX 50S system.
* There is the 50mm manual focus f/1.2 lenses that will mount and work on higher-end Nikon DSLR bodies.