Is a New Nikon Lens Announcement Imminent?

Over the past few weeks Nikon has released firmware updates for all of its mirrorless bodies, regardless whether they are running on EXPEED6 or EXPEED7.

With the exception of the Z8 FW3.00 announcement (and the actual firmware download is still unavailable as of writing), most of these firmware updates address operational bug fixes.

However, I cannot help but wonder, with the timing of everything being so coincidental and sequential, perhaps a lens announcement would happen soon?

We all know that in Nikon’s case, when new lenses are released which requires specific instructions for the camera bodies (like forced distortion control etc.), a firmware update is required before said lens can be used.

Fingers crossed here, but I wonder if something would drop together with the official release of Z8 FW 3.00 download link!