I think it’s fair to say that 2025 has been Nikon’s most video-centric year in its long and legendary history. And what with the company’s decision to acquire RED Digital Cinema the year prior, that’s certainly not surprising.
In many ways, 2025 was destined to be a slightly different year. With the Nikon Z6 III launching the year prior, the Nikon Z7 II was (and still is) the only high-end Z-Series camera not brought into the Nikon Z9 era. So, unless a Z7 III was on the cards (it wasn’t) and with camera rumor chatter of a potential successor to the Z9 slated for 2026, Nikon was always going to fill out the mid range.
