Rumormongering website Nikon Rumors has made its predictions of the Nikon cameras it expects to see launched in 2025, based on a roundup of the rumors and reports it has received, and top of the list in a Nikon Coolpix P1100 – a replacement of the discontinued but ever-popular Nikon Coolpix P1000, one of the best bridge cameras the world has ever seen.
As we reported recently, prices of the P1000 have skyrocketed of late, so there is clearly a demand for a camera with a built-in lens that has a gargantuan zoom range. The P1000 had an utterly bonkers 24-3000mm equivalent range and this, combined with its 5-stop VR, made it a popular choice with bird photographers and shady surveillance types alike.
A Nikon Z9 replacement is also "definitely coming" according to Nikon Rumors, and will undoubtedly be badged the Nikon Z9 II. However, the website does concede that it may not happen in 2025 as the original Z9 is still selling well as Nikon's flagship camera for pros.
The website also reckons we'll see some sort of Z-series video camera that follows the ethos of the RED line of high-end video cameras, with a modular brick-shaped design and lacking a pentaprism, which would be no big surprise after Nikon's acquisition or RED last year.
One previously rumored camera where the trail has gone cold, though, is a Nikon Z5 replacement, the website having recently heard nothing but deafening silence about a Z5 II aside from a solitary (and unreliable) tip.
Of course, while Nikon Rumors prides itself in sorting the wheat from the chaff of the hearsay to make its predictions, they are still just rumors and may not come to fruition at all – or Nikon might surprise us all and blindside us with something else entirely.
