nikon z9

Got to photograph a small group of Mountain Bluebirds today (first time for me) - they're just passing through the Lower Mainland on the way to breed in south-central British Columbia. :) Z9 + 800PF. Mountain Bluebird by Luke S, on Flickr Mountain Bluebird by Luke S, on Flickr Mountain...

Stopped for some birding on the way home from my wife's brother Pete's celebration of life events the day before. These were taken about a half a mile from where her brother used to live.

The Black Sparrowhawk, Accipiter melanoleucus, is a formidable, adaptable predator of Africa's denser savanna woodland and forest. The high wingloading of the broad, wide wings favours fast manoeuvrable flight under the canopy. Their long legs and impressive talons are formidable weapons. We...

I cannot get any clarity on this one issue I am having with my new Z9. I am used to my D850 having a menu, playback, live view, display and info buttons to be able to use the back LCD Monitor. On the Z9 – playback, menu, DISP and a monitor mode button. I figured out that the monitor mode button...

This happened two days before the incident chasing Cooper's Hawk at the same location

While a fully loaded battery usually is worth a full day's work, I had emptied a battery using my Z9 and the 800mm S PF after some 450 shots. What are your experiences? Is this normal, because autofocusing this big lens comsumes more? I was out for birds, thus having long distance and closer...

Taken at a community park in Nov. 2022

This might have been shared here previously, but worth a refresh in any case. Here's a neat solution using a custom Picture Control file, which was shared on dpr close to 2 years ago. It should work on any Zed camera, and obviously will show if a blinky(ies) rears its head when shooting RAW For...

Obscure and informative, and these articles were republished recently [22 December] by Nikon Imaging from 'Cameraholics extra issue 100 Percent Mastering The Nikon Z9" by Hobby Japan. The engineers confirm the reasons why the camera has several distinct features to maximize performance and...

I recently purchased a Z9 / FTZ II kit and have found that when I mount the only 2 AF-S lenses I own (a 500 PF and 105 2.8 Micro) onto the FTZ / Z9, a motor like sound starts running. I initially was calling it a grinding sound, but believe it's more like motor sound now. AF is not active...

I have only completed a very few vids for posting on YouTube, and am "having" to use DaVinci Resolve 18 (Studio) ["DVR18"] so I can "film" in 12-bit Nikon RAW (or multiple vid types) and I have discovered that when I choose to "Deliver" using the YouTube preset in DVR18 the video quality looks...

My first trip to Africa was a stunner. Finished up with 5 Leopards in three days. Took more bird images than I expected. What I learned as a rookie is that the sun and animals cooperate as my two Hooligan Bengal cats at home. The land is theirs. Was interesting to note that our tracker was...

Two of the usual suspects at the local city lake.

Focus Persistence holds & transfers the active point of Autofocus - such that it is inherited between AFmodes - so one can switch AF mode without losing the subject. First, this feature automatically detects and focuses on the subject, and hands off the acquired, active focus to a different AF...

Nikon has added a "Full Format" option for compatible CFexpress memory cards. According to page 30 of the supplemental reference guide, this option deletes data from all areas of the card. The guide suggests using this option if one notices a drop in speed at which data are read or written to...

First post here. Curious if you have a preference on the first image cropped or not (second images showing full impact on water)? Any other commentary welcome. Taken at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve. EDIT - I SEE THAT EXIF ISN'T DISPLAYED FOR IMAGES LINKED FROM IMGBB. HAVE TO FIGURE THAT...

Coming back from an rip to Africa with the Nikon Z9 I noticed a lot of my zebra photos with the Z9, with different lenses (Z- and F-mount) have moire like artefacts in them. This can be seen on different parts of the animals. (screenshots of un-edited photos - Left LR Camera neutral, Right Nikon...

I found this branch and really wanted to photograph it with a bird. It took over 3 hours before I got my photo. Shot with the Nikon Z9 and 800mm PF.

I found this branch and really wanted to photograph it with a bird. It took over 3 hours before I got my photo, but I think it was worth the wait 😊 Shot with the Nikon Z9 and 800mm PF.