On 3/15/2017 2:55 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Alfred
Molon wrote:

I agree. If Nikon is going to develop a true mirrorless system it
should be built from the ground up with a new mount and lens
development road map. Then add Nikon proprietary adaptors for current
and legacy Nikkor glass.
I guess they are hesitating because a good mirrorless system would
compete with and cannibalise their DSLR offering. Canon have the same
problem.
there isn't any problem. better to cannibalize one's own products than
end up with a competitor doing it.

True, but I don't know if I'd necessarily classify it as "cannibalizing"
their own products. Some users may want to move from their Nikon DSLR
system to a mirrorless system rather than upgrade to a new Nikon DSLR.
If Nikon offered a good mirrorless system, they kept that user in their
camp rather than losing him/her to another brand.