It is said that Nikon has stopped producing F-mount SLR cameras and lenses with a history of more than 60 years
Not long ago, nikonrumors said that Nikon has discontinued production of F-mount SLR cameras and lenses for a period of time, and will not reopen the production line, and Nikon has not made any relevant announcements for the time being.
The F-mount was born in 1959 and has been used by Nikon SLR cameras for more than 60 years, but in 2022, Nikon announced that it would stop developing new SLR cameras and would focus on the development of mirrorless cameras in the future, and introduce new technologies such as artificial intelligence AI, but Nikon will continue to produce and sell existing SLR cameras. The release of the AF-S Nikkor 120-300mm f/2.8E FL ED SR VR lens at CES 2020 and the D6 flagship SLR camera released in February 2020 are the finishing touches on Nikon's F-mount lenses and cameras. And unexpectedly, Nikon switched to mirrorless cameras very quickly, for example, BCNranking has just released the 2023 camera sales data, Nikon, which used to be on a par with Canon, has only 17.1% of SLR camera sales, far less than Canon's 77.1%.
According to NR, Nikon discontinued all F-mount products, but there is a question about this statement - whether the D-head and FTZ II adapter are also on the discontinuation list? Nikon F-mount is not only used in SLR cameras, but also in medical equipment and other fields, so the AF Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D and AF Nikkor 180mm f/2.8D IF-ED and other D-mount lenses have not been discontinued for a long time. It's not that the picture quality is too good, but that they are less electronic and can be adapted to a wider range of fields. The FTZ II is Nikon's latest adapter ring, which can transfer Nikon F-mount lenses to Nikon Z-mount mirrorless bodies, F-mount lenses have a history of more than half a century, and sales are calculated in hundreds of millions.
But in any case, Nikon's end to the SLR is far faster than imagined, and the SLR camera will soon become the tears of the times.