Leaked Picture Of New Nikon Sensor Suggests Truly Small Mirrorless System

With small mirrorless cameras with APS-C sized sensors on the market now, I really don't see this breaking through very well. The compact market is addicted to pixel count anyway...

Having said that, the real driver could be quality optics at a reasonable price. Right now the interchangeable lenses for smaller sensors is filled with a lot of so-so optics. This, not the sensor, is something Nikon could very well do better than most.

Caveat: I still happily use 120 roll film in my Mamiya when I want top quality results so I doubt my point of view really represents their possible market.

There is at least one reason that an itty-bitty sensor like this would be interesting - you could use all C-mount and possibly even 16mm or 8mm lenses with it. That is a world of lenses that is relatively unexploited in the APS-C and M43 worlds.

But honestly, unless this camera is both cheap and programmable, it's dead in the water.

They are really far behind Olympus/Panasonic with this. And if their sensor is smaller than micro four thirds they are removing the main reason people prefer Nikon/Canon systems in comparison to micro four thirds.

I suspect the size of this sensor to be entirely prototypical. Despite being an avid photographer since 15 years back, with all the market insight accompanying that, I just can't see what market segment an interchangeable lens system with a sensor size between M4/3 and that of a pocket camera would be aimed at.

Does anyone know of any long-lived system from any manufacturer with a sensor of this size? There are a few novelty models out there, but they never seem to catch on, always resulting in a single camera model with just a few lenses, disappearing from the market soon after.