Nikon D6 £6299/$6499
The Nikon D6 was originally planned to be in the hands of the world’s best sports shooters to coincide with the 2020 Olympics, which were due to open at the end of July. The Games may have been put off until 2021, thanks to coronavirus calling a halt to pretty much all sporting events the entire world over, but the camera launch has still gone ahead, if delayed by a couple of months due to the knock-on effects of the pandemic.
To the average Nikon enthusiast, the camera doesn’t look all that exciting on paper, with a 20.8Mp sensor out-resolved by even the most entry-level Nikon and none of the innovations from Nikon’s mirrorless marvels making it across to the DSLR, as is the case with the recently launched D780. But the truth is that this is not a camera designed for the average enthusiast, it’s designed first and foremost for pro sports shooters who will have a very different set of priorities from the rest of us. That 20.8Mp resolution is just fine for printing in the sports pages of the papers, and makes file sizes smaller and improves low-light performance.
