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From one of Nikon's mirrorless critics
From one of Nikon's mirrorless critics
Official Nikon Z9 Launch, Info, and Discussion Thread
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wow an 800PF, that would be awesome
Nikon has been quiet but apparently busy.
Maljo
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Looks very good.
An 800 and 400PF would be mind-blowing! Nikon's knows how to open my wallet!
thelordofthelight
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@Steve
There is a confirmation that the EVF is 120Hz refresh...I think i saw it in a couple of videos.one was by Kai and the other i think Matt Granger
There is a confirmation that the EVF is 120Hz refresh...I think i saw it in a couple of videos.one was by Kai and the other i think Matt Granger
thelordofthelight
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It looks like Nikon marketing is getting its act together and they are trying to offer things no one else has, 400 w/built in TC and adding to the PF line. There may be hope for that high end DX after all.
cohenfive
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I am shocked at the price. Some will say that 20fps is not up to the competition (a1/r3), but for me that is plenty fast enough. I hope there is an option to slow it down below 20fps as well. There are lots of times (most) where you don't need to be taking that many pics. If the af performance is as they say, this camera is a winner. It will straddle the line between the best prosumer body (canon r5) and the more expensive pro bodies (a1/r3). To my eye it makes those two bodies seem well overpriced. I hope nikon has figured out a way to make a lot of these because at the lower price point demand is going to be that much higher. The only advantage I see to the competition (in theory) is 30fps vs 20 in the a1, and eye driven af in the r3. The latter is a big deal imo...
Did I say I am shocked at the price!
Did I say I am shocked at the price!
Nikon seems to have listetned to me
Larry Shuman
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Well at 5500 its way beyond my retirement income possibilities.
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Strodav
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Just got off the phone with Houston Camera Exchange to pre-order a Z9. I'm hoping it won't take as long to get the Z9 as it took to get my D850.
If you could only get 1 lens would you get the Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S or the Nikon NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S and why?
abc123brian
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I think it was in the official launch, but also in Fro’s video, looks like you can select any number between 1 and 20 FPS
sid_19911991
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I would love to see a similar video with some clutter in the background.
Apology or putting it to SOny and Canon. Stealling their business. Z9 will drive glass and lower end models.
sid_19911991
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Wow a 800 PF would be amazing.
The 400 f2.8 Z has a TC. So I am guessing it is longer than the F mount 400 F2.8.
F mount 800 f5.6 = about 18 inches
F mount 400 f 2.8 = about 14 inches
So a Z mount 400 f 2.8 with TC will likely be as tall as a traditional Z mount 800 f 5.6
So the Z mount 800 f5.6 unlikely to turn out to be a PF.
It's exactly up to the competion, at least to the A1. With the A1 you're limited to 20 FPS unless you shoot jpeg or lossy raw files and only then do you get 30 FPS. That's exactly how Nikon implemented the Z9, you get 20 FPS for lossless compressed raw and 30 FPS for jpegs or their new lossy compressed raw modes. They haven't surpassed the Sony full image frame rates or limitations but they've matched them.
[edit]arrrgh, keep having to add the disclaimer that I seem to have mixed up my info and based on what's been released the Z9 appears to only support 30 FPS for jpegs.... That'll teach me to hold off on posting when the info is coming in by the truckload and I haven't digested all of it yet
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Anyone know if the FTZ adaptor will fit with the built in grip? I didn't see any announcement on a FTZ2. Thoughts?
Not necessarily. The 180-400mm F mount with the internal TC was designed so that the switchable TC was inserted before the final lens group and not added behind the lens the way an external TC would be. It's not clear that adding a TC mid-path will extend the length of the lens.
Im confused by what you are saying on this, does the Z9 shoot 30FPS with their lossy compressed RAW format? I thought it was only JPEG for 30FPS
Someone posted an image from one of the test videos showing the existing FTZ adapter in use with the Z9. The Z9 does have a bump along the bottom that serves as the grip in vertical shooting mode but it appears that that grip does not interfere with the existing FTZ.
Yes, Nikon is calling their highly compressed raw in the Z9 'High-Efficiency Raw' and you get the full 30 FPS frame rate when shooting in that mode or at least that's what I gathered from this morning's round of previews. They no longer call it 'lossy compression' but it's pretty clear with the large amount of compression that it has to be a lossy algorithm as true lossless compression algorithms like LZW or ZIP don't achieve nearly as much image size compression as they're advertising. Whether the new compression yields near lossless results remains to be seen.
[edit] too much info too fast for me to assimilate. Folks are saying it really is jpeg only at 30 FPS for the Z9 vs 30 FPS for jpegs and lossy raw in the A1
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