Rumor of the Z version of Df

[Kenneth Rich]

In my Nikon dream, I get a phone call from Nikon asking me if will accept the new Df with an optical viewfinder(and mirror box,penta prism and shutter. . . )

[Dogman]

In my Nikon dream, I get a phone call from Nikon asking me if will accept the new Df with an optical viewfinder(and mirror box,penta prism and shutter. . . )

What a beautiful dream...(sigh).

[RobOK]

Shocked if i am the first to post this….

https://nikonrumors.com/2023/08/18/breaking-first-leaked-nikon-zf-camera-pictures.aspx/

[Birna Rørslett]

Looks nice a refined and polished version of the Z fc ... however, Nikon started it all black instead of the Panda appearance, and FX instead of DX. This might be something for me, after all I only hope they didn't cut back on essentials in order to pinch a penny or two, like they did with Z fc.

[Hugh_3170]

Let us hope that this is not a hoax!

Shocked if i am the first to post this….

https://nikonrumors.com/2023/08/18/breaking-first-leaked-nikon-zf-camera-pictures.aspx/

[Erik Lund]

Looks more and more legit - However still a rumor

[Birna Rørslett]

Any way this turns out in the end, I have put aside adequate funds Just in case.

[Kenneth Rich]

And following your example, Birna, or their own instincts, so will many others; at ages like eighty-four and over, it is not difficult to find the cost , compared with the difficulty of finding the things worthy of  spending it. I judge it as being  a worthy expenditure, despite no OV and no penta prism, and I will  buy one

[RobOK]

Looks nice a refined and polished version of the Z fc ... however, Nikon started it all black instead of the Panda appearance, and FX instead of DX. This might be something for me, after all I only hope they didn't cut back on essentials in order to pinch a penny or two, like they did with Z fc.

I'm sure it will have the insides of a Z8!! 

[longzoom]

In my Nikon dream, I get a phone call from Nikon asking me if will accept the new Df with an optical viewfinder(and mirror box,penta prism and shutter. . . )

Even in your dream, there is no room for a mirror box... Sorry...   LZ

[Airy]

Nice. but as a complement, or even alternative, I'd like an AI / non-AI lens adapter with aperture following. Dear Santa, ...

[Roland Vink]

Nice. but as a complement, or even alternative, I'd like an AI / non-AI lens adapter with aperture following. Dear Santa, ...

It's nice that Nikon creates retro-inspired cameras, but the support of retro lenses that is still somewhat lacking. An AI FTZ adapter would be a good move, I am a little surprised that no third party manufacturers (to my knowledge) have made one.

[Ilkka Nissilä]

It's nice that Nikon creates retro-inspired cameras, but the support of retro lenses that is still somewhat lacking. An AI FTZ adapter would be a good move, I am a little surprised that no third party manufacturers (to my knowledge) have made one.

I believe that third-party manufacturers make lenses for Z mount that have aperture rings. I don't know how many of these are full-frame though.

Making an FTZ clone could prove out to be tricky.

A Df II could be made for F mount, but Nikon seem to have decided not to work on new DSLR cameras at least for the time being.

[Birna Rørslett]

Slowly, we see the arrival of DX and FX-format third-party lenses that have "cracked" the communication protocol so they provide automated features on the Z-format Nikons.

Such lenses reduce the demand for AI-coupled adapters, perhaps? Still it would be nice to have them, but that would require mechanical solutions (not difficult) to the adapters, plus decoding/encoding electronic in the adapter itself (probably the biggest hurdle here). On F-mount systems, the latter stage occurred in the camera so didn't trouble the third-party makers to an equal degree.