Z8 AF improvements.

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JoelKlein

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Thom and Ricci confirms
  • AF improvements (dedicated Airplane detection, silhouette focus, smaller face detect)
What does it mean for Z9 users? Is it software tweaking or physical sensor tweaking?
 
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JoelKlein said:
Thom and Ricci confirms
  • AF improvements (dedicated Airplane detection, silhouette focus, smaller face detect)
What does it mean for Z9 users? Is it software tweaking or physical sensor tweaking?
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Well it is the same sensor as Z9 so not "sensor tweaking". Certainly a firmware thing. Regardless it means nothing until we have it in our own hands to see whether it's meaningful to what we each shoot. Airplanes... meh. Smaller faces... meh.
 
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The Z7ii supposedly uses the same sensor as the original Z7. As per Thom its a ‘physical’ tweaked updated version.

I have a feeling the Z8 has been physically tweaked as well. Ricci said it might be. And taking the Z7 to Z7ii as an example it surely makes sense.

Time will tell…
 
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We'll see if the Z8 has been tweaked. At the same time, it is possible that the Z9 will get a firmware update that will close or even leapfrog the Z8's current capability. What I find intriguing is the possibility that the Z9II may be getting ready to launch next year for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The specs may stomp all over the Z8. I realize that this is speculation but the fact that Nikon released a model, the Z8, that is so close to the Z9 in capability that it would make sense for Nikon to restore some distance between its flagship camera and its stable mates.
 
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