Eli Nikon 1:n kehittäminen on tällä hetkellä se Nikonin linja peilittömissä. Isommalla kennolla olevia ei ole näköpiirissä.-The 1-system is 4 years old, and it hasn’t gained wide-spread acceptance among enthusiasts, at least not in the US. If you could go back, knowing what you know now, would you have done anything differently?
The benefit of Nikon 1 is that it’s very small. Its also good at capturing moving subjects, and it’s very high speed. This is a new value proposition to the customer. So, no we wouldn’t have taken a different approach. We have two different categories: the D-line and the 1-series, and with these lineups, we believe we’ll meet all the needs of customers.
-Do you think there’s a place for a bigger sensor mirrorless camera in your line-up?
As for the possibility of larger sensor mirrorless - since competitors have already done this, technically speaking it’s possible. However, we want to highlight the advantage of the Nikon 1 system: it’s very small, including its lenses. For example, last year, we launched the V3, and photographers, especially those specializing in aviation industry and birds, highly appreciated the Nikon 1 series’ benefits: portability and small size. We still believe that Nikon 1 has room for further evolution. This is the area we want to put effort in to, rather than making bigger sensor mirrorless cameras.
-But when the EVF and grip are attached the V3 is about as large as some APS-C mirrorless cameras and not much smaller than some full-frame models...
Last year we launched the V3 with the 70-300mm telephoto lens, which is equivalent to more than 800mm in terms of full-frame. Yet [the lens] was palm size. So this is the biggest benefit of the Nikon 1 system. On top of that, in the beginning of this year, we announced the development of a SDK for the Nikon 1 series. This will allow it to have advanced camera control abilities. The Nikon 1 cameras are very suitable for quiet operation, so we’ll focus on the remote trigger and control capabilities.
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