Nikon has announced the development of the Z9, its latest generation mirrorless camera so far and the first on the Z assembly line that the company describes as the flagship. The real details are scarce, but Nikon promises that it will deliver “the best static and video performance in Nikon’s history” at launch.
From the only image released, the Z9 looks like a cross between the current Z7 without a mirror and the D6 full-frame DSLR, with an integrated vertical handle. Nikon says the Z9 uses a newly developed full-frame sensor and a new image processing engine, with support for 8K video “, as well as several other video specifications that meet diverse needs and workflows”.
That’s about it for details so far, except that Nikon says the Z9 will be released in 2021. Nikon tends to announce the development of its next-generation cameras in this way, with full releases a few months later. The D6, for example, was announced to be in development in September 2019, and the full reveal came in February 2020.