The short version. The rumoured Nikon Z70 is reportedly a 41MP APS-C body with 8K60 video, ProRes RAW support, in-body stabilisation and a price in the $2,000 ballpark — and it could be announced within weeks. That is the picture RedShark News pulled together on 14 November from three months of leaks, most of them documented by Nikon Rumors. None of it is official: Nikon has not announced the camera, teased it, or confirmed a single specification.
What is reportedly new since our last report. Our 30 October post covered the first two sightings of the Z70 name — the Apple ProRes RAW list in August and the Nikon Singapore newsletter screenshot in October — and said plainly that no specs, price or date were known. The rumours have moved on since then:
- Sensor: reportedly 41MP, and not stacked. Earlier reports had suggested 45MP and stacked, so the latest rumour actually lowers the megapixel count while dropping the stacked-sensor claim.
- Processor: reportedly Expeed 7.
- Video: reportedly 8K60, ProRes RAW support, and “RED tech inside” — Nikon bought RED in 2024, and last year’s ZR was its first RED co-branded camera.
- Stabilisation: reportedly IBIS.
- Viewfinder: reportedly the Z6 III’s 5.76 million-dot EVF.
- Controls: reportedly a dedicated REC button on the top plate.
- Price: reportedly in the $2,000 ballpark.
- Digital teleconverter: a new mode, which fits the Nikon Singapore caption promising 1,260mm-equivalent reach at f/4 with the new 120-300mm lens. We broke down that maths in our 30 October post — the digital step is a crop, not optics, so image quality is the open question.
Where the REC button rumour comes from. On 4 November, Nikon registered a new wireless remote, the N2416, with the FCC. Drawings in its manual show a camera that matches no current Nikon mirrorless body, with an extra button beside the top LCD. The next day, Nikon Rumors said it could confirm the camera was the Z70 and that the new button is for recording. That is a rumour-site claim about a real filing — worth knowing, not proof.
When will it be announced? That is the least clear part. RedShark reports the camera seems to have originally been expected in August or September, but has slipped. Its current reading is an announcement within weeks. The new NIKKOR Z 120-300mm f/2.8 TC VR S lens — the one the Z70 is supposedly paired with — was announced on 29 October and is due on sale in mid-November, i.e. now. Treat “within weeks” as the rumour mill’s best guess, not a date.
Why video shooters should care. If the rumoured spec sheet holds, the Z70 would push Nikon’s video capabilities further than the ZR did: 8K60, ProRes RAW, a dedicated REC button and possible RED branding (RedShark floats “RED Z70” in some markets) at around $2,000 would make it a serious hybrid stills-and-video body. But every word of that sentence depends on rumours being right — and the sensor story has already changed once, from 45MP stacked to 41MP not stacked.
The bottom line. The Z70 rumour has grown from a name in a newsletter into a full spec sheet with a price and a rough window — but Nikon has still said nothing. Watch for a teaser, a registration filing or an official announcement; that is the signal that settles it. Until then, this is a strong rumour, not a product.
Sources: RedShark News, 14 Nov 2026, “Nikon Z70: rumored specs, price and release date”; Nikon Rumors (via RedShark); ACV, 30 Oct 2026, “Nikon Z70 Leak: Did a Singapore Newsletter Just Name Nikon’s Next Camera?”