Friday, July 13, 2018

Goodby System I, you will not be missed

This system always appeared dead in arrival. The sensor was simply too small. It never went anywhere


The Nikon 1 series came to the market on September 21, 2011, with the release of the Nikon 1 J1 and Nikon 1 V1 cameras. Since then, there have been 11 different cameras and 12 different lenses released for the Nikon 1 system, along with a collection of accessories including flashes, cases, GPS units and more. The market response was never great.
The move to kill off the Nikon 1 line shouldn't come as a surprise. In addition to the rumors flying around, the newest camera in the lineup was launched more than three years ago on April 2, 2015.
Add to that last year's statement from Tetsuro Goto, Director of Laboratory Research and Development at Nikon Japan, who told Chinese website Xitek, 'full frame is the trend [...] if Nikon will go mirrorless it must be full frame,' the writing has been on the wall for some time.

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