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Seriously, how can you feel abandoned when Nikon never made any promise to pixel shift?
Yes of course what you are saying is quite right and I do have to be realistic and concede that Pixel Shift may not come to the Z9. I also do landscape photography and I recently borrowed a Z8 and played with Pixel Shift and got into some very interesting results. Pixel Shift is something I want to dabble with but I do not want to have to purchase a Z8 in order to achieve it. ........I'm selfish....other Z cameras have it, so why not the Z9? I want. I want.....I want...!
I have JUST heard that Nikon Z9 firmware update 5.1 is imminent........I will not be holding my breath for too long!!!..
You mean another rumourI have JUST heard that Nikon Z9 firmware update 5.1 is imminent........I will not be holding my breath for too long!!!..
It is only a small update over v5.00 so I am not going to assume that Pixel Shift will be included. Still ... I live in hopes...and with fingers crossed
for all any of us know 5.10 is a development update, which was stated in the YT video from Japan.
Hmmm, a bit sceptical but then again, I am ready for it. Just a very general list of FM improvements.I saw some French IG jumped the gun and announced Z9 FW5.1 Should be official very soon now
ps: Don’t shoot me if it’s a hoax!
It sets the required shutter speed for whatever FPS codec you select.
If you shoot video, that's the ideal way to maintain smooth footage while adjusting exposure. Irrelevant to stills.
Checking back in with my old self here to see what I whiffed on: everythingI'll throw my rumor theory into the ring
Nikon is holding back the Z9 firmware until Canon & Sony both announce/ship their new flagships so as to steal some of the hype and convince the weak-willed not to jump ship. Guessing we'll see the FW after Nov 20 and before Christmas, and if we're lucky, before Black Friday/Cyber Monday... so next week.
Z8 will get nearly the same updates, but will NOT get RAW PreCapture due to heat management of the smaller body, whereas the Z9 is built for it. Potentially the Z8 will get PC in HE or HE*, but at the same time I don't believe Nikon will do a half-baked solution. Sorry, Z8 owners, but at least it'll get AF improvements though!
Going forward, I feel they'll begin to differentiate the lines more: Z9 II will drop to 24mpx, get GS and the top-tier AF so as to compete with the other flagships, while the Z8 II will stay in the 45mpx realm with the standard ES implementation we see now, but will be a smidge behind the Z9 II in terms of overall performance (AF, FPS, etc)
Or, Nikon stands pat, lets S and C pull further ahead, and then shocks the world next year with all new bodies with these features.
Not sure about anyone else, but I'd put that into the "little else" category, it's not something I personally feel will improve the camera or the photo taking experience. That's just me though, others may be excited for this feature.
Nikons track record of maintaining cloud things is poor, lets face it Snapbridge is a pig of an application. Nikon Cloud while useful for some has very limited application, and people ask for it, simple because they dont have it, not because they need it.
that and delivering buggy firmware updates ( 2.0 blew away the network features of my previous A1 which was later fixed by a follow up firmware ). And then the AF regression.. my A1 AF became worse with later firmware updates. It was never the same camera , and unfortunately no way to revert to previous firmwares with Sony. So I think Nikon users have it pretty good in comparison
I would be happy with whatever improvements they make wrt AF, only two other items I would like to have is RAW precapture, even 10fps will suffice, as well as MF eye-detect, like what I have on the Zf and Z50ii.Checking back in with my old self here to see what I whiffed on: everything
Revised prediction: at this stage in the game the Z8/9 will probably get some minor new FW that improves AF a little, but little else. Next bodies will get all the good stuff, it'll be the carrot Nikon dangles in order for us to upgrade. It's all good, I'm totally happy with my Z8 as it is, anything else beyond is icing on the cake.
I really want that 50 1.0 for my Zf. It seems like the perfect pair.
I can highly recommend it, Lee, a wonderful optic. If you find it a bit big, the other one I use, is the dual—character 40 f1.2, wide-open it has classical rendering, stop down to >f2.8 and it renders like modern z-glass. It is actually my preferred street-photography lens, light, easy to use, and a gem, paired with the Zf.
Between you and the Nikon sale going on my savings is going to take a hit. I've seen a little about the 40 1.2, that rendering sort of sounds like the 50mm 1.2 AI-S that I own where it's soft and ethereal at 1.2 then sharpens up pretty quick from F2.8 on. I used that lens at a wedding this summer and it was actually those images that the couple liked the most.I can highly recommend it, Lee, a wonderful optic. If you find it a bit big, the other one I use, is the dual—character 40 f1.2, wide-open it has classical rendering, stop down to >f2.8 and it renders like modern z-glass. It is actually my preferred street-photography lens, light, easy to use, and a gem, paired with the Zf.
The 50 F1 though is an excellent portrait lens, especially black&white animal portraits. Whichever you get, you will be happy with it, I am sure. I do also have the 75 1.5, let‘s not go there at this point, don't want to get you into to much trouble
Exactly, if I could only ever pick one lens, that will be it, most likely paired with the wonderful Zf body. I really enjoy it, and the price is far more palatable vs the 50 f1. Let me know how you like it if you get it!
They just added focus bracketing to the A1 even after the A1II is released.I wouldn't put it past Nikon to add a few more features and improvements to the Z8... It's not that old of a camera release . Now, if we were talking Sony.. well, forget about added FW features . Sonys track record is deliver the new features in the form of a new Body
