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The current camera range is, I agree far too complex. The Nikon UK web site shows that there are currently 11 camera bodies with the F mount. The FX range has the D5 and D6 occupying the same slot, the D750 and D780 likewise, the D610 is close to the DF leaving the D850 on its own. The DX range has the D3500 and D5600 that look very similar on paper the D7500 and D500 are also very similar. It is not hard to see where models could be discontinued unless the intention is to have a camera at every price point, even if some of them are little different from the model at the next/previous point.
The FTZ adaptor should have been strangled at birth! I agree Nikon needs an FTZ 2 adaptor that does away with the tripod socket and incorporates a focus motor for AF and AF-D lenses, even if the results are considered below par with some lenses, because there are specialist optics that have no AF-S equivalents.
The price structure of the Teleconverter range is senseless, a TC20E III cost more than some lenses (more than twice as much as the AF-S 50mm f1.4G) and the others are little cheaper.
It seems to me that there is a lack of imagination and vision, not just at Nikon but at Pentax and possibly Olympus as well. It needs younger people to imagine where the traditional interchangeable lens camera fits into the phone/camera landscape.
Of course Nikon could listen to its customers and include features, such as control grips, that customers want rather than lose sales because they aren't there. One need only look back to the D2 to D3 shift to see that management changes have a dramatic effect. One senior management team didn't see the need for a full frame camera, change the team and the D3 emerges as a real winner for the company.