Nikon Z-Mount Lens Roadmap

This is the updated roadmap. There will be cheaper, non-S FX lenses and macro lenses.

Looking forward to the long zooms. Any estimated time table?

The roadmap is thru 2021.

 

The 70-200 is slated for 2019. The 20mm, 50mm/f1.2 and 14-24mm/f2.8 are scheduled for 2020. The remaining ones are between 2020 and 2021.

So the 28mm, 40mm 'compact' primes and the 60mm macro are in the cheaper non S line and the

 

105mm macro is expensive S?

 

And all those lenses I listed are FX-Z, with no apparent intention of any DX-Z primes?

 

Interesting.

You can find a PDF version of that roadmap here:

https://www.nikonusa.com/Images/CPCAssets/mirrorless-rethink/refresh/pdf/NIKKOR-Z-Lens-Lineup-Expansion.pdf

No long prime, 300mm or longer. I guess for those lenses an F mount E type lens would work about the same.

No long prime, 300mm or longer. I guess for those lenses an F mount E type lens would work about the same.

Keep in mind that:

1. The road map is for up to (the end of) 2021, i.e. for the next two years, not beyond.
   
2. It only means Nikon is planning to have those Z-mount lenses by the end of 2021. It doesn't imply Nikon cannot have additional lenses. For example, the two newly announced DX zooms were not on the original road map from 2018. Last year's original road map had no DX lenses, or it would have given away Nikon's game plan to release DX bodies in 2019 and later on.
   

Given that Nikon will soon release the D6 and an F-mount 120-300mm/f2.8 AF-S VR, ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, any Nikon sports cameras and lenses will remain in the F mount. I think the D6 could potentially be the end of a line, but we need to see how far AF matures on mirrorless by 2022, 2023. Canon introduced updated 400mm/f2.8 and 600mm/f4 lenses a year ago for the EOS EF (DSLR) mount. It looks like Canon will also stay with DSLRs for sports for a few more years also.

Keep in mind that:

1. The road map is for up to (the end of) 2021, i.e. for the next two years, not beyond.
   
2. It only means Nikon is planning to have those Z-mount lenses by the end of 2021. It doesn't imply Nikon cannot have additional lenses. For example, the two newly announced DX zooms were not on the original road map from 2018. Last year's original road map had no DX lenses, or it would have given away Nikon's game plan to release DX bodies in 2019 and later on.
   

Given that Nikon will soon release the D6 and an F-mount 120-300mm/f2.8 AF-S VR, ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, any Nikon sports cameras and lenses will remain in the F mount. I think the D6 could potentially be the end of a line, but we need to see how far AF matures on mirrorless by 2022, 2023. Canon introduced updated 400mm/f2.8 and 600mm/f4 lenses a year ago for the EOS EF (DSLR) mount. It looks like Canon will also stay with DSLRs for sports for a few more years also.

 

Oh I am sure Nikon will make the full lens line. I just said that long lenses are not the priority.