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I suspect that in not too many years, press photographers will ALL just shoot video. After all, it's only one step beyond motor drives.
Sony currently have the best execution of videoing with a still camera. Not surprising given their history. The camera however doesn't feel as nice in the hand as a Nikon and some of its menus access badly.
I am not sure Nikon can pull another D3 out their hat. That was a matter of trumping the competitions best efforts. Now it's about completely changing direction for a new photography landscape. Going mirrorless was just another 'me too'....and badly flawed by the obstacle to using current glass.
Not sure I would like to be trying to steer Nikon (nor Marks and Spencer's 😆) through the new retail and commercial world. But it must help if your crystal ball is well polished.
I liken camera development to gift wrapping an octopus. Every time you think you got it right ...you find a tentacle has been left out.
Got to agree with all this.
Looking forward to seeing that wrapped octopus.
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I think the next D3-like product from Nikon will need to be from somebody with real vision and understanding of the emerging technology.
The move to the new S line of lenses is for me a bad move by Nikon as I have so much legacy glass that I dont want to release any time soon. I am still waiting for a clever Chinese person to make an FTZ mk2 with the AF screwdriver built in.
For me the addition of features that I dont use is no big deal, e.g. I dont use video as I dont 'do' video but that doesnt mean that I wont use it occasionally.
I think that the removal of the mechanical shutter and adoption of an electronic shutter where the sensor output is read out to the storage card/device.
I dont know how this would work for long exposures but I am sure that it is technically possible.
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