This has been the talk of the Nikon community since the D3 (and even before). Many hope for a full-frame camera with no grip, like the 5D. Nikon doesn't have a dog in that fight yet. It won't "invalidate" anything, as long as Nikon gets the feature set right and the marketing department does its job...
And as for the "it's fake because it doesn't have a vertical grip," vertical shutter grips are nice when you need to take portrait-oriented photos, but when you're hiking in to do landscape/nature work, every ounce matters. I imagine this is the group that such a camera would be marketed toward. No, it won't be the pro studio guys or sports guys, but the advanced amateur and even pro landscape guys, I'd wager.
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This has been the talk of the Nikon community since the D3 (and even before). Many hope for a full-frame camera with no grip, like the 5D. Nikon doesn't have a dog in that fight yet. It won't "invalidate" anything, as long as Nikon gets the feature set right and the marketing department does its job...
And as for the "it's fake because it doesn't have a vertical grip," vertical shutter grips are nice when you need to take portrait-oriented photos, but when you're hiking in to do landscape/nature work, every ounce matters. I imagine this is the group that such a camera would be marketed toward. No, it won't be the pro studio guys or sports guys, but the advanced amateur and even pro landscape guys, I'd wager.