Hey Everyone! I’m certainly happy to see these update changes for the z8 What features are still missing tho let me know ! Thanks so much for watching !
We want to be able to assign subject detect to buttons, Make play button, zoom in and out buttons programmable,. These three buttons are currently under utilized since one button can be set up to perform all the three task. More importantly make all the buttons programmable without restriction of features, give us the freedom to choose what we assign to each button.
Thanks for another helpful & interesting video. Question if you get a chance. How do you keep settings in sync between your Z8 and Z9? Re-entering all those by hand would be unnecessarily tedious, as would keeping track of changes. Since processors are the same and firmware/functions are largely similar, it would be great if settings saved on one could be imported to the other - with notifications for any that don't transfer. Possible?
Updating now. I’ll be out and about in a local park tomorrow morning to test bird subject detection on my Z8. Nikon continues to offer ever increasing value to its customers. Thanks, Ricci, for providing a brief overview of what’s new!
Great news, from the comments I've seen there are no issues so I'll do my Z8 later, some really cool stuff there I think I'll use. One thing I would like to be able to do (and still really don't understand why my Z cameras can't) is to output in-camera multiple exposures in RAW (As far as I am aware Z's only do in JPEG). Used to love doing this, you never really knew what you were going to get but I produced some great stuff this way. After all, my 17yr old D200 has always been able to do this.
@@RicciTalksI also read something about a longer pre capture time ? You didn’t mention it so maybe I read that wrong on Nikon rumours announcement and details . Thanks 🙏🏻
Hi Ricci Great Video as usual very informative & to the point . Die hard nikon fans who were feeling let down for a few years are well & truly thrilled with the Z8 & Z9 and all the new firmware updates . The bird detection mode is amazing ( i used it on Z9) . More importantly glass like the 400 2.8 , 600 PF etc have given Nikon a definite edge espy in wildlife photography. However there is one feature which i think could be added through a firmware update & will really help in landscape / candid / city scapes etc - feature required is as follows : Display the overblown highlights as zebra stripes in the viewfinder / lcd even as we adjust the exposure - this will be a killer feature .Sony has this & many pros swear by this feature . What is surprising is that this is available in Video mode in the Z8/9 , why can't this be enabled for stills? It will save a lot of time in terms of shooting pics with the right exposures . I have written this many times to nikon but to no avail. Can you with your nikon influencer status - help in getting this feature incorporated in the next update .
Most excellent! You didn't mention the feet/meter scale in manual focus now shows the distance, yummy! I too am SO glad they gave it the delayed shutter option, I use it all the time on my D850 and have missed it in the Z8.
Hi Ricci, thanks for the valuable information on the z8. As a newbie moving up from a z5 I've been an avid follower. Interestingly, yesterday was photographing swallows and did get some great shots (lots of blurry ones too!), including awesome ones of a swallow attacking an Australian black shouldered kite! And today have the update installed so will have to check it out and see how much better I fare. Thanks!
I’d love some of these items for the Zf, including the thicker focus box border, a bird af setting, and (specifically for the Zf), auto iso assigned to the C setting on the iso dial. Fantastic update, well done Nikon!
Great video. Last night I updated my Z8 to Vers.2.0 One thing I noticed that I was unsure of. In the AutoCapture setup, under detection, I only see 5 options, the bird option is not there. I also noticed in your video at 4.19 it was the same. Is this correct ? For normal shooting there are 6 options which include birds. I would have thought birds would be an important option for the auto capture.
I have been loving my Z8 since I got it and thiw fw update makes it almost perfect. I say almost because my dream is still the pre release with raw files :P
What I'm still missing is the removal of 5x4 crop mode. I'm guessing there may be some hardware restrictions to add that mode back. Of course you have the option to use the grid type (d16 in the new firmware 2.0) for framing and crop later. The downside is that composing with the grid framing can get cluttered. So it would be nice to have an option to have some overlay and just darken the image outside the framing grid. It would be really cool if you could pass this suggestion to Nikon, @RicciTalks . :-)
I am wondering if pixel shift of 4-8 shots could be used for in astrophotography as a simple replacement of stacking. More shots would probably lead to moving stars.
I loved your pixel shift images, Ricci. Any chance you could print some of these and compare the 180 megapixel images with the 45 megapixel images printed. It might prevent me from coveting a medium format sensor. (grinning)
Got to say, I was kind of annoyed, feeling like Nikon are holding back the Z8 on purpose, but I guess it really just took a bit longer to get these features to the Z8, for some reason. Super happy with the update, now all that's missing is RAW pre-release capture.
Hello, your videos are very good, I ask, because the Z9, which is the top of the range, does not stand out in functions, I made a great investment in that camera and in that sense Nikon has disappointed me by giving the z8 more functions, such as skin softening
We are nearing the end of May and no pixel shift firmware update for the Z9, if perhaps the video portion of the Z9 is stopping this upgrade for me personally I don’t need video and would happily lose video for pixel shift. I would even be prepared to pay for this upgrade!
Nice information.I just updated my Z8 and found that in auto capture mode I can not see bird ditection mode but i can see only auto,pppl animal and vehicle mode.. What could be the reason?
Thanks Ricci. It's a shame Nikon has done this. Since the Z9 and Z8 are sibling bodies, I would have thought we Z9 users could have had an update as well.
I think it’s evident with this release that the Z8 and the Z9 get the same features just a different times rather than releasing all the updates at the same time.
At the risk of sounding pessimistic, I think we don't have further chances of getting (1) 30 fps on RAW still shooting, (2) RAW precapture and (3) faster buffer clearing with certain cards which will be clearly mentioned by the company.
Crazy question for the NIKON development team: Is it possible to combine Pixel shift and focus shift together? Imagine you have 32 exposures to get 180 MP and additionally with 300 shots. OK, the CF-Express card could explode :
Hello. Has anyone had problems with the Godox triggers since updating to 2.0? My XproII and X2T don't seem to work now. I have used the V1 as a transmitter and that works fine. All of them work with my Z9. Thanks for any insights or suggestions.
Did it improve AF on the human eye? Was issue when AF focuses on eye leashes resolved? I have this issue on my Zf on 85mm at 1.8 on 20-30% of pictures depending on face type and brightness of the eye.
50.2K 👍 no 🐱 shutter ☹️ What lenses do you like for pixel-shift high resolution images? Nice updates (Z9 shortly, please), any word on the secret 35mm f1.2??? 😊
The lenses Iv used so far are the 14-24 135mm & 600mm pf Hence why I had them on the table with me In the original longer cut video I showed examples from alll 3 lenses but the video was abit too long 😂
@@RicciTalks For macro and astro photography, would it be possible to pixel shift and focus stack? I'm wondering in which order that might be done. Stack, then combine shifted or the other way round. I can imagine lots of memory needed, but also some wondrous images forthcoming. Nikon is really firing on all cylinders. Great time to be into photography. 🙂
Hello, how are the pixel shift files handled for stitching? Do I need to use NX Studio, and does it create a new NEF 180mpx file which I can then import into Capture One or Lightroom? Thanks, much appreciated!
Hi! I have a question about the pixel shift feature. What is the fastest shutterspeed it can handle? I'm worried about motion blurr. Can it be countered with a fast shutterspeed?
How come the Nikon d800, d810, and d850 allow multi exposure in one raw file, but the Z cameras cannot? They save them as individual raw files instead.
It seems Lightroom is not supporting NEFX file from Z8 perfectly, every time I switch to Develop mode, the NEFX image will zoom into the center, then never be able to zoom out and get the full image again, not usable for now. Did you encounter similar issue? Thanks!
Thanks for the video Ricci, quick Q is pixel shift option able to record Raw ? - or can it be used to record images in JPG, RAW and Heif ?. Does pre-capture only capture JPG's still ?
Why dont camera manufactures add a 'lock' just like a lock on an iphone??? These cameras cost 3 times as much as an iphone-more with a lens-they should have a lock feature to access the camera. It's easy to add with a touch screen & they could have an option to set it to come on after a certain time or turn off all together if desired.
Assuming all these come to the Z9 (of course they will), I’m almost at a loss of any new features I would want…except for the ZF’s eyeAF focus confirmation in manual mode. That is clutch!
Ricci, here's a big question, is there a way to add a different AF detection into the cycling buttons? So like AF single, AF wide (animal), AF Wide (Birds), 3D Animals, 3D Birds? Nikon really are knocking it out the park with these updates, looking forward especially to the auto capture on my z8!
At the risk of whinging - My goodness I would love to see open gate recording. Nikon are doing so well with updates, and it would just be the cherry on top.
@@RicciTalks Thank you for the immediate walk-through video as well. Very informative and helpful. I would love to really use my anamorphics with open gate. Or even just to crop into 3:2 video on a spherical lens. But also feed back that Nikon is killing it! :)
@RicciTalks did anyone else's menu option D14 change, like mine did apparently? this is the viewfinder image taken indicator feature, where you can have blackout, white lines flash on the right and left edges or white lines flash on all edges ... no matter what option I choose, A, B or C or none, I get blackout confirmation after each shot now. can someone else confirm this or tell me what I might be doing wrong? I contacted Nikon about this and haven't heard back yet!
It didn't have delay out of the box!?!?!? 🤯 😮 Why they do that crazy things... Omg... I'd go insane... I used to use it all the time (while on Nikon 😢). Marvellous review! Rarely detailed and deeply informative in functions. Thanks. Now I have what to strive for! 😊
Fantastic firmware update. If you can ask/plead Nikon for RAW Pre-capture and a fps boost assigned to a button (A9III) Ricci, that'd be great. I've updated and changed the focus box and it helps a lot, off out for some bird photography and see how the new AF performs. Thanks for the video .
Hi Ricci, cheers for the updates, as always, appreciative of your efforts. Would you perhaps mention a couple points yo your stakeholders at Nikon wrt FW, please? A couple features I think a lot of people would like to have is 1.) pre-capture in raw, and personally, 2.) I would not mind having the same MF eye-detect as what I have in my Zf. These two updates for both the z8 and z9 would be super. Appreciate your comments on these questions.
Great to see some new improvements and features. The big miss for video was not adding shutter angle so you can lock your fps to a shutter angle. To many times I have quickly switched from 24 to 60 fps and for got to change the shutter from 48 to 120. Or to have the ability for go from a 180• angle to 270• or 135• to get a different effect without having to do math.
@@RicciTalks that’s one thing that is holding it back from being a legitimate video beast of a camera. Open gate and anamorphic support would be great too. A vector scope as well. Would be nice. Love that it has wave forms.
Ricci can you make a request to Nikon to make a ZF and ZFc Pro? I'd like a manual advance lever similar to the Epson and Bessa cameras. I'd also like internal SSD storage with its current storage methods. I'd also like the option of shooting without a battery and that it come solar and lithium for use without its main battery.
Oh, and pixel shift, wow, really looking forward to trying that out! Any hints on what you'd recommend doing, or not doing? Tripod is probably mandatory, anything else? Thanks a lot!
Great news for Z8 owners , the update looks fantastic. It would be nice if Nikon could at least add Bird AF to the other Z models like Z6/7ii, which are still primium cameras. Come on Nikon sort it out 👍
Great and helpful video, thank you! Can you explain more why exposure delay mode is so much better than self timer? It sure offers more and shorter time options, and you don't have to touch your shutter mode, but you wouldn't want exposure delay on a series anyways, would you? What else is better?
Hey Everyone!
I’m certainly happy to see these update changes for the z8
What features are still missing tho let me know !
Thanks so much for watching !
We want to be
able to assign subject detect to buttons,
Make play button, zoom in and out buttons programmable,.
These three buttons are currently under utilized since one button can be set up to perform all the three task.
More importantly make all the buttons programmable without restriction of features, give us the freedom to choose what we assign to each button.
Its an amazing update but i would love open gate recording and higher fps in full hd (240)
Not complaining at all though
I’d really like “recall settings (hold)” to include exposure delay mode and VR please.
Using the Z 8 I shoot surfing almost exclusively so how would the FW update help me? Should I just not do the update?
Thanks for another helpful & interesting video. Question if you get a chance. How do you keep settings in sync between your Z8 and Z9? Re-entering all those by hand would be unnecessarily tedious, as would keeping track of changes. Since processors are the same and firmware/functions are largely similar, it would be great if settings saved on one could be imported to the other - with notifications for any that don't transfer. Possible?
The best camera in the world just blew the competition out of the water 💥
Updating now. I’ll be out and about in a local park tomorrow morning to test bird subject detection on my Z8.
Nikon continues to offer ever increasing value to its customers. Thanks, Ricci, for providing a brief overview of what’s new!
Hope you get some good stuff to photograph!
Good. Still missing are multiple exposures in RAW (and Pre-Capture in RAW) though. Hope it will come soon.
Great news, from the comments I've seen there are no issues so I'll do my Z8 later, some really cool stuff there I think I'll use. One thing I would like to be able to do (and still really don't understand why my Z cameras can't) is to output in-camera multiple exposures in RAW (As far as I am aware Z's only do in JPEG). Used to love doing this, you never really knew what you were going to get but I produced some great stuff this way. After all, my 17yr old D200 has always been able to do this.
Excited to see what makes its way to the Z6iii! 🔥
Who knows !
@@RicciTalksI know who knows. You know. 😂
What a beast of a camera !!! Nikon is crushing it.
Cant justify for now being mostly a hobbyist myself but one can dream
Wish your dream to come true Bro
How could anyone ever need more than the Nikon Z8? 😀👏👍
I’ll come back to this when the Z9 gets a new update 😉
time will comes, when nikon offers a global shutter camera 😉
Sounds like a huge update !! Bravo !
I agree there’s certainly a lot going on !
@@RicciTalksI also read something about a longer pre capture time ? You didn’t mention it so maybe I read that wrong on Nikon rumours announcement and details . Thanks 🙏🏻
This is true it’s the same as the Z9
The pre release capture has an increased buffer so pre release can run for longer effectively
@@RicciTalks thanks Ricci for that confirmation 🙏🏻
@@michaelmalodrums9674 Up to 300s. But your finger will tire half pressing for 5mins. 😅
Good seeing you at TPS. Keep up the awesome work.
Updating my Z8 while watching this. Thank you, Ricci!
I SWEAR today I was just thinking, “Surely we’re due a FW update any day now”. Then I log into UA-cam and I see this. Lol
Maybe you’re able to tell the future ?? Or the future of Firmware updates at least 😂
LOL. Now can we please ask Nikon to give us Image Size options in RAW, just like on my D850 and Z9?@@RicciTalks
I’ve been looking every week. Just got off the plane from Hawaii. Time to update. Really excited for this!
Congrats on 50k subs, Ricci. Great video.
Thanks alot ! 🤗
Thanks for the detailed walkthrough! No cat meow sound .. :D priceless... :D
When r we gonna get Pixel Shift on the “ Flagship” Z9 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Ricci, please do a video tutorial on how you burnished the dial on your ZF! I would like to do the same to mine.
Hi Ricci Great Video as usual very informative & to the point . Die hard nikon fans who were feeling let down for a few years are well & truly thrilled with the Z8 & Z9 and all the new firmware updates . The bird detection mode is amazing ( i used it on Z9) . More importantly glass like the 400 2.8 , 600 PF etc have given Nikon a definite edge espy in wildlife photography. However there is one feature which i think could be added through a firmware update & will really help in landscape / candid / city scapes etc - feature required is as follows : Display the overblown highlights as zebra stripes in the viewfinder / lcd even as we adjust the exposure - this will be a killer feature .Sony has this & many pros swear by this feature . What is surprising is that this is available in Video mode in the Z8/9 , why can't this be enabled for stills? It will save a lot of time in terms of shooting pics with the right exposures . I have written this many times to nikon but to no avail. Can you with your nikon influencer status - help in getting this feature incorporated in the next update .
Congratulations on 50,000 subscribers! 🎉 Also, thanks Nikon for this terrific update.
Congrats on the 50k. Great vid. Need more tips on pixel shift. Cant wait to try it out
Always appreciate your insight and information on this channel!!
I appreciate that!
Most excellent! You didn't mention the feet/meter scale in manual focus now shows the distance, yummy! I too am SO glad they gave it the delayed shutter option, I use it all the time on my D850 and have missed it in the Z8.
I yelled at my gf while we got in bed: “I can change my camera’s shutter sound now!”
She said she’s very happy for me.
What more do u want in life ! Amazing 🤗
😆
😂
Hi Ricci, thanks for the valuable information on the z8. As a newbie moving up from a z5 I've been an avid follower. Interestingly, yesterday was photographing swallows and did get some great shots (lots of blurry ones too!), including awesome ones of a swallow attacking an Australian black shouldered kite! And today have the update installed so will have to check it out and see how much better I fare. Thanks!
Nice recap and rundown...appreciate it, thanks!
I’d love some of these items for the Zf, including the thicker focus box border, a bird af setting, and (specifically for the Zf), auto iso assigned to the C setting on the iso dial.
Fantastic update, well done Nikon!
I reallllllly want auto iso on C for the iso dial
@@RicciTalksglad to read you want it too!
I would love the bird af too on my zf, i mainly use it for wildlife lol
@@Bug4musicand why not 👍🏼
Yes! New Shutter Sounds! The rest is also important. But the anemic shutter sound was a problem. Now everything is fine.
great news!!!
Thanks Ricci. Very well explained. Great update.
Great video. Last night I updated my Z8 to Vers.2.0
One thing I noticed that I was unsure of. In the AutoCapture setup, under detection, I only see 5 options, the bird option is not there. I also noticed in your video at 4.19 it was the same. Is this correct ? For normal shooting there are 6 options which include birds. I would have thought birds would be an important option for the auto capture.
I have been loving my Z8 since I got it and thiw fw update makes it almost perfect. I say almost because my dream is still the pre release with raw files :P
Great video and insight Ricci, thanks!
Nice! Nikon is killing it above and beyond any other manufacturer.
Pixel shift z9?????!!!!!!!! :(
50+ congratulations!
🎉 thanks alot 🤗
What I'm still missing is the removal of 5x4 crop mode. I'm guessing there may be some hardware restrictions to add that mode back. Of course you have the option to use the grid type (d16 in the new firmware 2.0) for framing and crop later. The downside is that composing with the grid framing can get cluttered. So it would be nice to have an option to have some overlay and just darken the image outside the framing grid. It would be really cool if you could pass this suggestion to Nikon, @RicciTalks . :-)
Masterfully Explained Sir!!! Thank You!!!
great video as always Ricci.
Thank you 🤗
Thank you for the heads-up!
I am wondering if pixel shift of 4-8 shots could be used for in astrophotography as a simple replacement of stacking. More shots would probably lead to moving stars.
I loved your pixel shift images, Ricci. Any chance you could print some of these and compare the 180 megapixel images with the 45 megapixel images printed. It might prevent me from coveting a medium format sensor. (grinning)
Great video. Thank you!
I am surprised they don't have the Zf feature of IBIS around the focus point rather than on the plane of the sensor.
Got to say, I was kind of annoyed, feeling like Nikon are holding back the Z8 on purpose, but I guess it really just took a bit longer to get these features to the Z8, for some reason.
Super happy with the update, now all that's missing is RAW pre-release capture.
Hello, your videos are very good, I ask, because the Z9, which is the top of the range, does not stand out in functions, I made a great investment in that camera and in that sense Nikon has disappointed me by giving the z8 more functions, such as skin softening
Next time better to wait for a cheaper one with more functions…
We are nearing the end of May and no pixel shift firmware update for the Z9, if perhaps the video portion of the Z9 is stopping this upgrade for me personally I don’t need video and would happily lose video for pixel shift. I would even be prepared to pay for this upgrade!
Hi Ricci, Thank for the video. But one question. You mention that exposure delay is better that selftimer. Why and what is the difference?
Nice information.I just updated my Z8 and found that in auto capture mode I can not see bird ditection mode but i can see only auto,pppl animal and vehicle mode..
What could be the reason?
Thanks for this information. Are you thinking about doing a video on NX tether 2
Great video thanks for sharing! This orange L plate is horrendous btw.
Thanks Ricci. It's a shame Nikon has done this. Since the Z9 and Z8 are sibling bodies, I would have thought we Z9 users could have had an update as well.
I think it’s evident with this release that the Z8 and the Z9 get the same features just a different times rather than releasing all the updates at the same time.
At the risk of sounding pessimistic, I think we don't have further chances of getting (1) 30 fps on RAW still shooting, (2) RAW precapture and (3) faster buffer clearing with certain cards which will be clearly mentioned by the company.
50k!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Crazy question for the NIKON development team:
Is it possible to combine Pixel shift and focus shift together?
Imagine you have 32 exposures to get 180 MP and additionally with 300 shots.
OK, the CF-Express card could explode :
what's the difference pixel shift and focus shift please?
Will using the low iso options for video have any negative effect when shooting in NLOG?
Hello. Has anyone had problems with the Godox triggers since updating to 2.0? My XproII and X2T don't seem to work now. I have used the V1 as a transmitter and that works fine. All of them work with my Z9. Thanks for any insights or suggestions.
Did it improve AF on the human eye?
Was issue when AF focuses on eye leashes resolved?
I have this issue on my Zf on 85mm at 1.8 on 20-30% of pictures depending on face type and brightness of the eye.
Does the Z8 support Pixel Shift and flash use?
Man, you didn’t review the new Zf camera, why?
50.2K 👍
no 🐱 shutter ☹️
What lenses do you like for pixel-shift high resolution images?
Nice updates (Z9 shortly, please), any word on the secret 35mm f1.2??? 😊
The lenses Iv used so far are the
14-24
135mm
& 600mm pf
Hence why I had them on the table with me
In the original longer cut video I showed examples from alll 3 lenses but the video was abit too long 😂
@@RicciTalks For macro and astro photography, would it be possible to pixel shift and focus stack? I'm wondering in which order that might be done. Stack, then combine shifted or the other way round. I can imagine lots of memory needed, but also some wondrous images forthcoming. Nikon is really firing on all cylinders. Great time to be into photography. 🙂
Hello, how are the pixel shift files handled for stitching? Do I need to use NX Studio, and does it create a new NEF 180mpx file which I can then import into Capture One or Lightroom? Thanks, much appreciated!
Hi! I have a question about the pixel shift feature. What is the fastest shutterspeed it can handle? I'm worried about motion blurr. Can it be countered with a fast shutterspeed?
How come the Nikon d800, d810, and d850 allow multi exposure in one raw file, but the Z cameras cannot? They save them as individual raw files instead.
It seems Lightroom is not supporting NEFX file from Z8 perfectly, every time I switch to Develop mode, the NEFX image will zoom into the center, then never be able to zoom out and get the full image again, not usable for now. Did you encounter similar issue? Thanks!
Thanks for the video Ricci, quick Q is pixel shift option able to record Raw ? - or can it be used to record images in JPG, RAW and Heif ?. Does pre-capture only capture JPG's still ?
Pixel shift creates a raw file yes
Pre release is still jpeg sadly
Thanks - great channel and content@@RicciTalks
I wish they would put subject detection cycle through on a button. Going back and forth between bird and animal detection is too cumbersome.
Why dont camera manufactures add a 'lock' just like a lock on an iphone??? These cameras cost 3 times as much as an iphone-more with a lens-they should have a lock feature to access the camera. It's easy to add with a touch screen & they could have an option to set it to come on after a certain time or turn off all together if desired.
Hey Ricci, any chance of a decent firmware update for Nikon's forgotten child the Z6ii ?
Sell it while it is still worth something 😂
Not sure about that, I think my Z6ii has better low light high ISO performance than your Z8. 😃
👍🏻
Please tell Nikon to add Pre-Capture Raw. Nikon can do it, even before the A9iii.
Assuming all these come to the Z9 (of course they will), I’m almost at a loss of any new features I would want…except for the ZF’s eyeAF focus confirmation in manual mode. That is clutch!
Ricci, here's a big question, is there a way to add a different AF detection into the cycling buttons? So like AF single, AF wide (animal), AF Wide (Birds), 3D Animals, 3D Birds?
Nikon really are knocking it out the park with these updates, looking forward especially to the auto capture on my z8!
Just one question to ask...
Will it all come to the Z9 and when.
At the risk of whinging - My goodness I would love to see open gate recording. Nikon are doing so well with updates, and it would just be the cherry on top.
I’m always feeding back requests sometimes they happen sometimes they don’t. Open gate would be great to see for sure !
@@RicciTalks Thank you for the immediate walk-through video as well. Very informative and helpful.
I would love to really use my anamorphics with open gate. Or even just to crop into 3:2 video on a spherical lens.
But also feed back that Nikon is killing it! :)
WHERE ARE YOU RICCI? ARE YOU OK?
My dream situation when you can use pixel shift handheld !
Im here for the shutter sounds! But seriously, with electronic only shutters becoming the norm give us all the cool audio effects :)
@RicciTalks did anyone else's menu option D14 change, like mine did apparently? this is the viewfinder image taken indicator feature, where you can have blackout, white lines flash on the right and left edges or white lines flash on all edges ... no matter what option I choose, A, B or C or none, I get blackout confirmation after each shot now. can someone else confirm this or tell me what I might be doing wrong? I contacted Nikon about this and haven't heard back yet!
That 'Cycle AF Area' modes is neat - I hope that's coming to the Z9 soon!!
Hope the Z9 will receive ASAP a new firmware with the following update!
Isn’t the IBIS system of the Z8 and 9 the same? Surely the Z9 could get pixel shift then as well?!
Just sold my sony A93, not happy with IQ and noise. Should I buy the Z8?
no custom sound/meowing is a huge (if not fatal) shortcoming :(
Interesting update Ricci. Will pixel shift be coming to the Z9 and time soon?
How about the Z9? 😞
The Z9 seams to be behind the Z8 😞
Still working hard to upgrade to Z8 from my Z6ii 🎉
It didn't have delay out of the box!?!?!? 🤯 😮 Why they do that crazy things... Omg... I'd go insane... I used to use it all the time (while on Nikon 😢).
Marvellous review! Rarely detailed and deeply informative in functions. Thanks. Now I have what to strive for! 😊
Fantastic, been waiting with anticipation for bird detection for months. Pixel shift also ?? Did not expect that. Great news Ricci, thanks 👍
I was certainly surprised by pixel shift too ! And it works really well which is always good ! 😊
Congratulations on your 50K subs Ricci! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thank you for watching !
This update is for the birds!
Fantastic firmware update. If you can ask/plead Nikon for RAW Pre-capture and a fps boost assigned to a button (A9III) Ricci, that'd be great. I've updated and changed the focus box and it helps a lot, off out for some bird photography and see how the new AF performs. Thanks for the video .
I think you had Z6III to play with in Iceland too :)
Hi Ricci, cheers for the updates, as always, appreciative of your efforts.
Would you perhaps mention a couple points yo your stakeholders at Nikon wrt FW, please? A couple features I think a lot of people would like to have is 1.) pre-capture in raw, and personally, 2.) I would not mind having the same MF eye-detect as what I have in my Zf. These two updates for both the z8 and z9 would be super.
Appreciate your comments on these questions.
Great to see some new improvements and features.
The big miss for video was not adding shutter angle so you can lock your fps to a shutter angle. To many times I have quickly switched from 24 to 60 fps and for got to change the shutter from 48 to 120.
Or to have the ability for go from a 180• angle to 270• or 135• to get a different effect without having to do math.
Iv been asking for shutter angle for years !!
So im with you all the way hopefully one day !
@@RicciTalks that’s one thing that is holding it back from being a legitimate video beast of a camera. Open gate and anamorphic support would be great too. A vector scope as well. Would be nice.
Love that it has wave forms.
Ricci can you make a request to Nikon to make a ZF and ZFc Pro? I'd like a manual advance lever similar to the Epson and Bessa cameras. I'd also like internal SSD storage with its current storage methods. I'd also like the option of shooting without a battery and that it come solar and lithium for use without its main battery.
Nikon z9 need pixel shift for hiredolution photo. I am owner Nikon z9. What a .... We need pixel shift
Oh, and pixel shift, wow, really looking forward to trying that out! Any hints on what you'd recommend doing, or not doing? Tripod is probably mandatory, anything else? Thanks a lot!
Great news for Z8 owners , the update looks fantastic.
It would be nice if Nikon could at least add Bird AF to the other Z models like Z6/7ii, which are still primium cameras.
Come on Nikon sort it out 👍
Great and helpful video, thank you! Can you explain more why exposure delay mode is so much better than self timer? It sure offers more and shorter time options, and you don't have to touch your shutter mode, but you wouldn't want exposure delay on a series anyways, would you? What else is better?
Great walkthrough! Just one quick question: does the new firmware update overwrites our custom shooting banks and custom menu settings?
I so love this channel! My go to source for information on all things Nikon and photograpy. Thank you so much for doing this channel!