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Official Nikon Z9 Launch, Info, and Discussion Thread
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One thing to consider is a couple of the items you mentioned (the 70-200, 1.4Teleconverter, and the CF-e cards) are available now. B&H may charge and ship those items right away. If you don't have a camera on which to use them then you will be sitting on them for what could be several months.
I can't tell another fellow what to do with his money but I would probably put the pre-order for the camera, 100-400 and the FTZ-II now and then wait a while to order the other stuff (at least a little closer to anticipated ship date ).
Just a thought, Hope your camera ships quite soon.
Question: I’ve ordered dual Prograde cf express type B 2.0 cobalt 1700 650 gb cards for the Z9 and I’m wondering if the QXD reader I have will work with it. Your thoughts?
Nope, you'll need a reader that supports CF Express. (Been there, tried the multiple times, usually on accident, but it never works)
John Navitsky
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To my knowlege, the only readers that can read both are the Sony MRWG1/T1 and the Thunderbolt Prograde unit (the Prograde USB does not) and that won't work unless you have Thunderbolt on your computer.
Actually, if I remember correctly, Nikon (in Europe at least) did supply the original Z6 with a 64GB XQD card.
Yes, I've got that Sony reader and it reads both my CFexpress and XQD (both of which are Sony; surely that doesn't make a difference?).
Eric, I'm an engineer, and can say if product releases were dependent upon final approval from the engineers/designers/testers, we'd still be waiting for the Ford Model T's release. Nearly all of the projects that I've worked on has had an engineer who wanted a bit more time to make something just a bit better, or just one more component tested in a specific way.
Doesn't it also have to specifically be for CF Express Type B cards?
John Navitsky
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There are a couple (two?) that will read both XQD _and_ CFE-b cards. But typically, yah. See the Sony MRWG1/T1
Any big changes can wait for the Z9-II
Part of me wants to wait until they are all in stock after the rush but the way business supplies have been that might never happen for the next several years.
I wasn't clear. I was referring to it needing to be a CF Express Type B card reader, not a CF Express Type A card reader.
This is what I was going to order, is it the wrong one? I thought it could read both the Z9 Type B and the D500 SD cards I use.
Or, for a firmware update if it's not quite too big.
It looks like that one will read both CFExpress B cards and SD cards that you might use in your D500. What it won't do is read the XQD cards your D500 is capable of using. I recently bought the Sony MRW-G1 CFExpress Type B/XQD Memory Card Reader because it will read both of the XQD and CFExpress cards that my D500 and D850 use. I still have a separate SD card reader to use when uploading files from SD memory cards. What you don't want is the Sony MRW-G2 CFExpress Type A/SD Memory Card Reader, which will not read the files from the CFExpress Type B or XQD memory cards
For anyone who wants to complain about the price should come Down Under. The pre-order price is a smidge under AUD $9000. That translates to around USD $6460. The desire is strong, the wallet not so.I thought it would be a good idea to put everything about the Z9 into one thread with the official announcement. We'll start with the Live Stream video:
I'll update this post with the specs as we go
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Main specs:
Price $5499 (US)
Sensor - Stacked 45.7 MP, ISO 64-26,600 (120 cycles per second)
Autofocus - 493 points. Eye detection for people, dog, cat, bird, car, motorcycle, bicycle, train plane (AF to EV-6.5. "starlight mode" to -8.5 EV)
AF Areas - pinpoint, single point, Wide (S & L), Dynamic (S, M, L - new) 3D , subject tracking,
Frame rate- 20 FPS at full resolution (RAW). 30 FPS (JPEG full res) 120FPS (11MP JPEG)
Storage- CF Express B, XQD
Video- 8K UHD 24p or 30p, 4K 120p
Buffer - 1000 frames at full res, 20 FPS using the new high efficiency RAW compressed format
Shutter - No mechanical shutter, minimal rolling shutter, speed to 1/32,000th
Viewfinder - No frame dropping, 3690K dot, brightest in industry at the moment
All specs / Nikon page:
Nikon | Shop & Explore Cameras, Lenses, and Accessories
Shop the latest mirrorless & DSLR cameras and NIKKOR lenses from the official Nikon eCommerce site. Explore our innovations and photo equipment!www.nikonusa.com
Thanks Steve.
I would guess that there are nearly 10^100 (10 to the 100th power) which is a google (google is an actual number) posts about the Z9 in the last 48 hours. Hard to keep up with all of them. Thanks for reposting.
monu123
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Regarding the new RAW formats in the Z9, they are developed by a company called "intoPix". This, I believe, is the website regarding their RAW format:
www.intopix.com
It looks like it's a lossless RAW format, whilst being similarly sized to a JPEG file. It will be interesting to see how big/small of a difference there is between the lossless compressed setting and the High Efficiency star setting, as current videos on the Z9 currently show how the 'HE' formats significantly boost the buffer depth.
intoPIX TicoRAW | RAW Bayer CFA Sensor Compression (IP cores & SDK)
TicoRAW is an innovative, lossless quality, low-power, low-memory and line-based image processing and CFA compression technology created to unleash image sensor CFA raw dataflows. TicoRAW is extremely low-power and tiny in ASIC or FPGA, fast in CPU and GPU, and suitable for cameras and sensors...
www.intopix.com
It looks like it's a lossless RAW format, whilst being similarly sized to a JPEG file. It will be interesting to see how big/small of a difference there is between the lossless compressed setting and the High Efficiency star setting, as current videos on the Z9 currently show how the 'HE' formats significantly boost the buffer depth.
Why I shipped my D6 to B&H today before the price dropped more. Also sold my d500 and Tamron 18-400 so no more DX camera. So for who knows how many months I will be stuck with just my D850 which I have the movie record button programmed to switch to DX mode when I would crop anyway. As you noted many moons ago the D850 has a D500 built in
My goal is to have a Z9 by April 2022
abc123brian
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I got quotes on my lightly used D500 and Z7 but am too scared to get rid of them before having an idea of when I could get the Z9. I plan to keep my Z7ii but don’t want to have just the single camera for too long.Why I shipped my D6 to B&H today before the price dropped more. Also sold my d500 and Tamron 18-400 so no more DX camera. So for who knows how many months I will be stuck with just my D850 which I have the movie record button programmed to switch to DX mode when I would crop anyway. As you noted many moons ago the D850 has a D500 built in
I had all the same thoughts ... but just decided to gamble a bit on D850 alone which I plan on keeping for my second camera after the Z9 arrives.
Darwin
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I saw reports somewhere about a Dec 15th ship date. If you pre ordered in time I think you will be fine.Why I shipped my D6 to B&H today before the price dropped more. Also sold my d500 and Tamron 18-400 so no more DX camera. So for who knows how many months I will be stuck with just my D850 which I have the movie record button programmed to switch to DX mode when I would crop anyway. As you noted many moons ago the D850 has a D500 built in