Official Nikon Z9 Launch, Info, and Discussion Thread

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I reported before that RSF override for subject detection works only for shutter AF. Today I noticed a strange (though good) behavior. It really appears it depends on which button one presses first. If i press my AF-ON or Joystick or Fn1/2 to which i assigned another AF-ON + AF area mode, and then try to override those modes with lens fn, it doesn't turn off subject detection whereas if i pressed the ln fn button to first turn off subject detection and then press the AF-ON or other buttons, it seems to turn off subject detection. I just noticed this and was in the field so couldn't test further.

In case anyone else is using a button for subject detection off using RSF override, are you seeing this?
 
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thelordofthelight said:
I reported before that RSF override for subject detection works only for shutter AF. Today I noticed a strange (though good) behavior. It really appears it depends on which button one presses first. If i press my AF-ON or Joystick or Fn1/2 to which i assigned another AF-ON + AF area mode, and then try to override those modes with lens fn, it doesn't turn off subject detection whereas if i pressed the ln fn button to first turn off subject detection and then press the AF-ON or other buttons, it seems to turn off subject detection. I just noticed this and was in the field so couldn't test further.

In case anyone else is using a button for subject detection off using RSF override, are you seeing this?
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I am using a Z9 with FTZ II adapter and trying out a couple of F-mount lenses. I notice that when you have the lens VR turned on (either normal or active mode), the viewfinder image jumps when you first press the shutter button to take a picture. It is really pronounced on the 180-400 lens and 500 PF lens, but I also see it on the 24-70 lens. I have not tried all my F-mount lenses, but I tried my 180-400 on a friend's Z9 and saw that same image shift while taking pictures. And a friend says his image jumps with the 70-200. If you hold the shutter down for a burst of images, the image stops jumping after the first image is taken. Has anyone else noticed this? Is it "normal"? This is really distracting. I can stop it from doing this is by turning off the lens VR mode. Is there another setting that can stop this image shift/jump from happening that still allows VR for the lens?
 
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Kevin Lohman Photography said:
I am using a Z9 with FTZ II adapter and trying out a couple of F-mount lenses. I notice that when you have the lens VR turned on (either normal or active mode), the viewfinder image jumps when you first press the shutter button to take a picture. It is really pronounced on the 180-400 lens and 500 PF lens, but I also see it on the 24-70 lens. I have not tried all my F-mount lenses, but I tried my 180-400 on a friend's Z9 and saw that same image shift while taking pictures. And a friend says his image jumps with the 70-200. If you hold the shutter down for a burst of images, the image stops jumping after the first image is taken. Has anyone else noticed this? Is it "normal"? This is really distracting. I can stop it from doing this is by turning off the lens VR mode. Is there another setting that can stop this image shift/jump from happening that still allows VR for the lens?
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Do you have VR set to "normal" or "sport"? I think sport mode may avoid or reduce this problem. I have not seen this problem with my Z9 and 500 mm PF. I have VR set to sport.
 
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I have experienced the same thing, i found that when i turned of the VR on the lens this stopped. 70-200 200-500 were used.

The other thing is i recall that using the FTZ adapter you only get 3 stops benefit not 5 stops.
 
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Hot Pixels, at 720 iso in the white surf and ocean back ground at F10 1/4000 ss -0.7 ev cant for the like of me understand why so many hot pixels........i do get hot an ocasional couple of hot pixels elsewhere as well but not as much as this last time.

My understanding is hot pixels can be evident at high iso or if the sensor gets hot...............i don't consider 720 iso in day light to be excessive.

I will when in for a firmware update have it checked out.
 
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BillW said:
Do you have VR set to "normal" or "sport"? I think sport mode may avoid or reduce this problem. I have not seen this problem with my Z9 and 500 mm PF. I have VR set to sport.
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Thanks! I thought I tried both modes, but I tried it again and I see that I experience the issue mostly with "normal", and much less (hardly noticeable) with "sport" mode. I will keep the lenses in sport mode from now on. The interesting thing is the 24-70 still seems to have similar behavior in either mode, but it is not too noticeable on that lens.
 
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Hot Pixels, at 720 iso in the white surf and ocean back ground at F10 1/4000 ss -0.7 ev cant for the like of me understand why so many hot pixels........i do get hot an occasional couple of hot pixels elsewhere as well but not as much as this last time.

My understanding is hot pixels can be evident at high iso or if the sensor gets hot...............i don't consider 720 iso in day light to be excessive.

I will when in for a firmware update have it checked out.
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HOT PIXEL SOLUTION ?

Hey just found a possible solution to fixing lots HOT PIXELS

Run the sensor clean 3 times consecutively ( very quickly) this supposedly resets the sensor and in 98% of cases solves the issue

Interesting, came from a Nikon technician.
 
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KEEPING THE D850 Unquestionably.

Its the best DSLR ever made by Nikon, its a brilliant second camera, a great travel camera, if i don't want to walk around the back streets of the Bronc's doing street photography with a Z9................LOL
Plus i have a lot of Shutter counts on it so selling it is just not worth it.
 
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This has been my experience as well. With VR set to "Normal" the first frame jumps a lot an is quite distracting but the following frames stabilize very well. With sports VR, i don't see such a behavior.

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Turns out if you set the lens VR to "sport" mode, the jiggle goes away! It is in the manual on page 526, and I did that and it works.
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fcotterill said:
www.digitalcameraworld.com

Wildlife pro’s amazing short-eared owl images captured on the new Nikon Z9

Pro photographer Andrew Mason swapped his Nikon D5 and D850 for two Nikon Z9s and hasn’t looked back
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Nice one.He also clears the air when he says " "Last summer, Nikon loaned me a Z6II and Z7 for several months which I used with the original FTZ adapter on my F Mount lenses. I really liked the Z6II and Z7, clearly they had been designed from the bottom up rather than adapting a film camera to digital. The autofocus on the Z6II and Z7 was very accurate but slower than my D5 and D850s. I could see that mirrorless was the future but I needed the autofocus speed of the D5 and D850.“
 
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Venkatesh VT said:
Nice one.He also clears the air when he says " "Last summer, Nikon loaned me a Z6II and Z7 for several months which I used with the original FTZ adapter on my F Mount lenses. I really liked the Z6II and Z7, clearly they had been designed from the bottom up rather than adapting a film camera to digital. The autofocus on the Z6II and Z7 was very accurate but slower than my D5 and D850s. I could see that mirrorless was the future but I needed the autofocus speed of the D5 and D850.“
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I think the image is a excellent back lit image, well taken, beautiful......

The following opinion is not taking anything away from mirror less tracking technology.
The shot demonstrates how the mirror less focus system can stick on a subject and not let go in challenging situations, something that has been poorly miss-represented by some.

Can you achieve similar using DSLRS, absolutely if you still have your skill sets LOL.

I for the first time yesterday got some impressive Z9 results with 3 D tracking on a surfing shoot, i used small in 3D, and in most cases 7/10 the focus point on review stuck to the subject like glue, mind you surfing is not a challenging subject.

Things will only get better the more time is spent learning how to best use the Z9.
 
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abc123brian said:
If anyone is still looking at CFExpress B card options for the Z9, the Angelbird SX 160GB cards are getting just over 80 shots before slowing as well. At $179 each, they seem like a decent deal.
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Yes i looked at these recently and they seem excellent and much more realistically priced compared to Pro Grade that i already have, i would have got these instead, i don't think they were on Nikon's recommended list........at the time.
 
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