My notice arrived in your batch, at 10:54 EST. I’m NPS and bought mine directly from Nikon USA.
Nikon Z8 Firmware 2.0 Released
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Great. Was one of the edges the A1 had.
Fantastic news!
That's something I've wanted for a while as well. The ability to quickly cycle through a circular list of options is really powerful.
Is there a supplemental manual? I can't find it...doesn't seem to be on the manual download page.
Looks like the manual for firmware 2.0 functionality just posted:
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Still no way to assign Subject Detect on/off to a button... maybe next time then.
James C.
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It's great that Nikon got this firmware update out now, well ahead of the Spring bird migrations. This should give us enough time to become familiar with the new features to use them to good advantage when the migrations do start!
John Navitsky
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if you have both cards in the camera, it won’t upgrade from the sd card i think. maybe it should say “primary” instead of “1” or something like that
Yes.
What does this do?
Added [Focus point border width] to a11 [Focus point display]
Added [Focus point border width] to a11 [Focus point display]
Thats waiting for the Z9…
I got my email from Nikon at 10:54 PM - NY
Changes the thickness of the AF point border. “1” is the typical thin border that we’ve always had, and “3” is ultra thicc. Makes it easier to see, I guess.
Looks great. Traveling now so I will wait till I get home
43 items in the photo shooting menu. Need to be numbered at least but preferably 2 levels.
Steve, feel free to merge this thread into your own thread on Z8 update!
Ok, so the Z9 guys that have had bird detect for a while now: I heard Auto Area AF is the preferred mode to use, is that right? I’ve relied on 3D since jumping to ML, but it’s always been a bit shaky, easily gets knocked off subject.
Excited to try this new hotrod out tomorrow!
Excited to try this new hotrod out tomorrow!
Ricci Chera of Nikon UK shows what the borders look like in his YouTube video for the firmware update.
Total customization of non-CPU lens register: you can enter any focal length, aperture AND custom name of the lens instead of simple digit!
No incremental updates, lets just go right from 1.0 to 2.0, but given the amount of updates this one packs a wallop, almost feels like a new camera. Based on Z9 use, sounds like bird AF may be very beneficial for birders, but also looks like AF acquisition and tracking is improved for subjects outside of subject detection which could also prove to be beneficial. Looking forward to seeing how many of these improve performance and experience.
It depends, I suppose. I’ve had better success with wide large or a 19x7 custom AF area. Others have told me that auto area works well for them.
I think it's the same as FX/DX switch
What changes? New behavior?
The wording “Improved” has a wide gamut…
The wording “Improved” has a wide gamut…
- Improved the accuracy of [3D-tracking] for small, fast-moving subjects when [Auto], [People], [Animal], or [Vehicle] is chosen for [AF subject detection options] and no subject of the selected type is detected.
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- • Made other improvements to the autofocus operation and its reliability.
Cycling AF, can that be done like handing over in hybrid AF?
MarcS
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Also in the firmware:
A free sticker with a II to be glued next to Z8 ...
A free sticker with a II to be glued next to Z8 ...