If you would like to post, you'll need to register. Note that if you have a BCG store account, you'll need a new, separate account here (we keep the two sites separate for security purposes).
Actually this is a good thing -- it means the camera is siphoning off heat from the internals as it should. My Z9 gets warm under the same circumstances and of course it's much bigger. Probably not going to see heat-related issues improve much until Nikon and other camera manufacturers move to 3nm silicon.
On the NPS program about the Z8 yesterday Mark Cruz of Nikon said that it was okay for the camera to feel warm. That's part of the heat sink feature designed into the camera. If it is warm, the camera is correctly shedding heat. It lacks the size of the Z9 and incorporates new materials to help get the heat out of the camera.
Mine did the same thing while setting it up. Although I had a Gold Lexar 128GB card in it (same one I used on my D6). I was in the backyard shooting some birds yesterday and it got hot enough to trigger the in-camera warnings and shut the camera down. Wow...wasn't expecting that after just maybe 20 minutes fiddling with some settings and definitely no burst shooting.
I'm quite certain the Nikon engineers didn't include a setting that would literally damage the camera internally.
Is this internal battery charging more relevant when its a new camera?
This is a RED FLAG! image quality my DROP when its hot?! Basically can’t use the Z8 summer. Unless you want a 4K bagel toaster
I'd say you're getting a little ahead of things. Perhaps your camera has an issue, perhaps there's. a card issue but other users aren't reporting the extreme temperatures you're seeing. Maybe there's a design problem for summer shooting but based on a sample of one I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that the camera is a failure with a systemic problem that prohibits using it in typical situations.
Did you charge the battery first or did you start with a dead battery and working while plugged in to PD? If the latter then you were creating additional heat by charging the battery in camera. When I initially charged the battery in the charger it go pretty darn warm. So if doing that initial charge from zero in the camera that would add a lot of heat.
I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying. Did your camera display a ”Hot Camera” warning? The fact the body gets warms doesn’t really mean anything. My MacBook gets warm too. Electronics generate heat and then have to dissipate that heat. My Z9 never felt warm, but I’ve had other cameras that have. My Z8 has felt warm, but not as warm as my iPhone often does. It’s not something I’d be concerned with unless your are getting warnings for “Hot Camera” or ”Hot Card” during standard use.
Fully charged first, then a couple hours later I got the time to set it up
I didn’t get any warning on the screen
You seem to be the lone guy with this problem...as others have noted (including me), their cameras got warm but not hot. If this were my situation I'd be on the phone to Nikon, and my dealer....what you are experiencing is not acceptable, or normal, given what we've seen thus far.
If the camera is warm or hot to touch you can bet the electronics are even hotter. I'm not so sure the warnings are just to protect humans....chips can fail early due to heat...
