I put it in the iMenu and towards the top in MyMenu on the Z9 and will test it out this week at Orlando Wetlands and Lake Apopka…although I'll have to deliberately remember to try it rather than just plan on doing my normal crop in post workflow. Assuming that works…or more likely even if it's not quite as easy I'll learn to do it that way so the Z8 will work the same…because none of the other buttons have functions I'm willing to give up…although I am considering putting FX/DX on the ISO button assuming it will go there since I'm almost always in Auto ISO and the only times I'm not in that mode are for waterfalls and then I'm using ISO 64 but setting it manually via iMenu or MyMenu is easy.
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I'm convinced it actually works better that way…and that the reasons will remain mostly unknown. I've thought about the 'smaller data stream so easier to calculate' idea…but unless the software is designed to work differently in DX and do AF calculations faster the fact that it's looking at fewer AF sites shouldn't make any difference, and I wouldn't be surprised if it does work differently in DX.
Thought about that as well…but then I would lose the AF Area/Mode that's there now. With sticky buttons and the front/back dials switched…tapping that, rotating the rear dial and tapping the shutter is way easier than using the AF switch on the front left, particularly with a long lens. Like Steve…I try to set what I think is the best area mode for the situation…and that changes from now to 10 seconds from now a lot…and I switch areas a whole lot more than I switch to DX. I'll have to look and see what iMenu slot is preselected by default (if there is one) and perhaps move FX/DX to there instead of the slot it's in currently which would quicken the change time using that mode.
JoPoV
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Maybe the buffer size for AF computation does not change from FX to DX, so this could mean that DX is finally analysed with higher resolution on the subject.
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Probably so…I'm just not going to worry any more about the why and just accept the 'because it does' answer. Makes the recovering engineer in me less than happy but if I wait 10 minutes I'll move onto something else.
I noticed that the guy who does the sniff test gets way more views on his vids when he puts “Nikon” somewhere in the title, whether or not he actually has something to say about Nikon. I’m sure he is aware of it as well, and that is the reason he adds it whenever he possibly can. And he always rags on Nikon.
I've changed this up again. I want to be able to do a fairly quick FX/DX switch but almost exclusively with long lenses. Unfortunately my 500/4E does not have an LFn2 button so I had to find a new button. Grrr. I chose the Record button and assigned to it "Choose Image Area". I also limited Image area to FX & DX so it only cycles thru those two areas. I did not choose the FX/DX switch as I was concerned about an accidental bump changing FX to DX or vice versa. The Record button is one of 2 buttons that changes function for me between the Action and Scenic banks where I have it set to toggle gridlines on/off. Now alI I have to do is remember it.
Yep.....I originally had the record button setup like you. But using the side button for that does the same thing so I decided "Choose Image Area" works better than having a redundant button.
So many possibilities and now two cameras with different buttons....my brain is getting full....
Will this card work in the new Z8? Buffer perfect in the D850 with large image setting 9 images per second.
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John Navitsky
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it should work fine it’ll just be slow by z8/z9 standards
Yes, You will be fine except when you lay into it for many continues photos. It is faster than the slot 2 card
I have several of those left over from my D850 and D500 days, they work fine as long as you stay away from long bursts that fill the buffer and 8K NRaw or ProRes video.
Roy
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The Z8 is a great camera - nearly as good as my Z9.
I couldn't get mine to overheat.
I can live without ethernet but I'm less happy about older EN-El15 and dummy batteries not being compatible.
Battery life is about the same as any other mirrorless camera - i've been spoilt by the Z9.
Good job the Z8 has 2 USB ports...
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agrumpyoldsod
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Yes it should - run a like for like and see how it does with 9fps AND then unleash the full 20fps and see how many shots you can achieve in one burst.
Don't confuse lighter materials with build quality. The materials in the Z8 are lighter than those used similarly in the D850 and should be as strong or stronger. The weather sealing is also better than the D850.
We'll see other posts that it is too heavy because it is heavier than a Z7ii.
Look at facts and evaluate for yourself.
fcotterill
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Above and beyond yet more www BS on rumours sites, it's well known that Nikon has been using a carbon fibre composite in its cameras, since it was first used in a DSLR - the D5300 in 2013. Nikon made history (yet again) in being in the vanguard of selecting this composite polymer, including for what the acronym means : “Save the Earth, REvolutionary & Evolutionary carBOn.”
"The LFT version of Sereebo was first used in 2013 on commercial components for D5300 SLR cameras from Nikon Corp., Tokyo, Japan." https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/seerebo-cfrtp-sheets-saving-the-earth
and thereafter repeatedly, including the Mg-Sereebo monocoque design of the D750 and D850 - and now they have repeated this well proven technology in the Z8.
According to Nikon:
"Adding on to the robustness of this camera is Sereebo® P series, a new environmentally friendly material used on the main body components, which can endure knocks and withstand temperatures as low as -10 degrees Celsius. Furthermore, the dust-and-drip resistant7 design helps to prevent dust and liquid from entering the camera."
I recall Thom Hogan answered questions on this topic of the Z8 build quality in his Paul's Camera presentation earlier this month (link has been shared here in BCG somewhere)
Remarkable stuff -
Panasonic has used Sereebo in at least one of its recent video cameras, and it's been used in airliners as well as pickup trucks primarily for its high strength-weight ratio and low environmental impacts
"The LFT version of Sereebo was first used in 2013 on commercial components for D5300 SLR cameras from Nikon Corp., Tokyo, Japan." https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/seerebo-cfrtp-sheets-saving-the-earth
and thereafter repeatedly, including the Mg-Sereebo monocoque design of the D750 and D850 - and now they have repeated this well proven technology in the Z8.
According to Nikon:
"Adding on to the robustness of this camera is Sereebo® P series, a new environmentally friendly material used on the main body components, which can endure knocks and withstand temperatures as low as -10 degrees Celsius. Furthermore, the dust-and-drip resistant7 design helps to prevent dust and liquid from entering the camera."
I recall Thom Hogan answered questions on this topic of the Z8 build quality in his Paul's Camera presentation earlier this month (link has been shared here in BCG somewhere)
Remarkable stuff -
Panasonic has used Sereebo in at least one of its recent video cameras, and it's been used in airliners as well as pickup trucks primarily for its high strength-weight ratio and low environmental impacts
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fcotterill
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Nikon's made history yet again - first camera to use this new version of Sereebo designed for high quality injection molding
teijin-mobility.com
Sereebo® P | PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS | TEIJIN MOBILITY ONLINE
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My personal opinion of the Z8 build is it matches their other prosumer cams. I've no complains on fit and finish and, IMO, it feels solid and well built. I don't have my D850 anymore but I don't think the Z8 is, in any way, a let down from the D850 (I have zero concerns on the Sereebo body parts). In fact the Z8 is going to join my ist of all time favorite Nikon's: F100, D700, D850, and now the Z8!
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I'm confident you won't be disappointed.
JoPoV
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It seems that some people are involved in a lot of ways (emotionnal, financial, marketting ?) when it's about gear.
I always found that talking on a forum cuts the human relationship of a communication and leads to misundestanding the real point of some messages.
More than that a lot of people write in langages that are not their native langage, which can lead to misinterpretation through ignorance of certain subtleties of the language used.
All that is the life of forums ...
Nothing can replace a real handshake (I know some can't culturally do this) and an eye to eye conversation.
I always found that talking on a forum cuts the human relationship of a communication and leads to misundestanding the real point of some messages.
More than that a lot of people write in langages that are not their native langage, which can lead to misinterpretation through ignorance of certain subtleties of the language used.
All that is the life of forums ...
Nothing can replace a real handshake (I know some can't culturally do this
) and an eye to eye conversation.
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JoPoV
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How do you erase some posts of a thread ?
Some have disappeared from this one and my comment has nothing to do here now.
But I don't know how to delete it ?
Thanx for an answer.
Some have disappeared from this one and my comment has nothing to do here now.
But I don't know how to delete it ?
Thanx for an answer.
John Navitsky
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i don’t that you can delete them outright, but you can edit it and remove the content and just leave a note like
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or such