I’m absolutely certain that 2023 has been Nikon’s best year since the mirrorless revolution. That’s an impressive feat, considering the previous couple of years were no slouch. In 2021, the Big N launched no fewer than six cameras and 2022 was the year that it finally delivered the plethora of super-telephoto lenses sports and wildlife shooters had been craving. But with the flagship Nikon Z9 released at the tail end of the year prior, 2022 was an unsurprisingly lean year for big camera releases, with the Nikon Z30 being Nikon’s only new body.
Fast forward to the beginning of 2024 and the past 12 months have been a bumper year for lenses and – while I doubt we’ll match 2021’s camera release schedule any time soon – the launch of the Nikon Z8 and Nikon Zf was quite simply huge. Throw in yet more super-telephoto lenses in the form of the Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 and Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD, plus some super-fast gems in the form of the Z 85mm f/1.2 S and Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena, and it’s been a very good year for Nikon fans indeed.
