Nikon Z8 Banks - Really poor implementation of user settings or am I missing something?

[JAJohnson]

The dial is cosmetic though, no? After all banks are used without a dial.

However if there are electronics, ie chips etc that are missing that makes sense. Thanks!

No, it’s not cosmetic. It’s how Nikon has designed access to user settings, and therefore has electronics which are not on Z8/Z9. While user settings and banks are similar in concept, user settings are sticky, unlike banks. And banks provide for photo/video settings which are saved separately from custom settings, unlike user settings.

In my opinion having two concepts for saving camera settings in-camera is unnecessarily complex, but it’s in keeping with Nikon’s legacy DSLR menu paradigm.

 

[mathjak107]

i like the way banks remember my last settings .

i can turn the camera off while nothing is happening to conserve power , then flip it on to shoot and it has all the settings i was using last