[Hercules]

the surprise is perfect - According to one of the biggest German photo-
magazines (Color Foto), Nikon will come out later this year with a newly
designed lens mount.

This new lens mount will be bigger to be able to use also a fullsize chip
appropriate. New lenses have to be designed too. They will be obviously bigger and heavier and according to Color Foto also significant more expensive :(

Reflecting this, Nikon seems to go the same direction as Contax did it already a couple of years ago with its new N-System. Contax announced on the RG webpage the stop of the production of the ND. Although this is nothing special in the life cycle of digital cameras after 12 months on the market, it confused many costumers, since there was no further communication from Contax to them. Contax also refused to give hints/information about new Contax ND-models, but it is obvious, that there will new models in the future.

Time will tell whether the road of Nikon and Contax will be the right
direction, or the efforts of Olympus with its new open 4/3rd system. News will be released from Olympus on June 24th.

[老叟]

Absolutely disaster for both users and company, if it was true!!
F-mounts can be used on 14N(full frame), no problems at all !!

[Hercules]

Because 14N using CMOS not CCD!! CCD is too big to be fit in exist Nikon in full frame!

[oldpear]

感光元件放在快門簾幕之後, 即是SLR放菲林的地方, 那裡有大量空間, 即使FULL FRAME SENSOR的整件零件尺寸大至60mm(高度) x 100mm(闊度)也不成問題, 而且, 從CCD的圖片來看, 延伸到有效感光單元之外的額外結構也不會那麼大, 我想這不是改變接環的原因吧?!

我第一次聽聞NIKON改變接環的謠傳是廿多年前, 那時候MINOLTA剛發表了7000和9000兩台AF SLR, 棄用傳統的MD MOUNT, 後來CANON也孤注一擲捨棄FD改為EF MOUNT, 但NIKON和PENTAX就保留原來接環規格稍作改良, 便達成新機也可用舊鏡, 雖然NIKON的AF速度一向為人垢病, 但廿多年來證明AF-F MOUNT也是可行的, 況且沿用F MOUNT的新AF-S NIKKOR也徹底地推翻NIKON AF不夠快的批評。

我不是說F MOUNT很好, 而相反地我很想指出它極之落後, 這也是當年市場佔有率達80%違留下來的包袱, NIKON不敢貿然改變, F MOUNT最落後的設計是測光錶的光圈偶合機構設在機身之外, 這個設計大增旋轉光圈環的力度, 同時機身的測光錶轉圈很易受塵垢影響; F MOUNT的口徑大約是42mm, 這個尺碼雖然比EF小得多, 但歷史證明這種尺寸是夠用的, 其它的M42, K MOUNT, MD, LEICA也是同樣尺寸, 當然, 較大口徑的接環更具延伸的能力。

我還想說些F MOUNT的壞話, NIKON將鏡頭的電子觸點設於鏡箱內的上方, 雖然這個位置基本上不礙事, 但有些後組鏡片特大碼的鏡頭就不能裝上, 這方面PENTAX處理得比較高明, 將電子觸點索性放到接環的表面, 完全不佔據鏡箱空間。

我想再三強調, 我不是說NIKON不會改變接環, 而是不會因放不下FULL FRAME SENSOR這個似是而非的原因, 事實上我也想看看新的接環會否將攝影帶上更高境界。

[老叟]

Pentax 思路不俗,奈何數碼起步略遲!! 年前此廠巳究發135-CCD全片幅之可行,無需改其接環,碍於成本過高,暫擱而巳!!
N記無視C-N之前車可鑑,勇氣可嘉!!
C軍可坐收漁人之利,大收N隊叛徒!!

[oldpear]

是的, 全格CCD並不構成更改現有接環的條件, 因為將SLR數碼化的工序本來就在機背上進行, 根本不干涉快門簾幕的運作, 更加不影響鏡箱和其它部份。

我還想指出, CCD的製程非常難以掌握, 即使最有經驗的製造商, 也不能保證5MP或以上的產品能達到50%的良率, 所以至今大面積CCD仍未普及化, CMOS可算是「退而求其次」(不是貶意)的折衷, 本身和接環的大小無關。