If that is true, then apparently these people do not use banks at all?
I cannot imagine that would be the case, not unless they gave up on them long ago....
In my limited sphere of operations - wildlife mostly, less macro and some landscapes - I find the banks work really well, notably to which a wholesale bunch of settings swiftly. This is simple right-handed via EVF on the Z9. I manage to work with the cumbersome glitches eg changing fps to Single etc.... And judging from the biased and small samples on fora threads, many others also get these Banks to work for them.
As
@Steve and others have pointed out many times, other flagship cameras have more custom options. Nikon is improving, as when one compares D5 to D6 to Z9, but big gaps remain, and in fairness FW 3.0 has now added more custom options eg for QUAL, DISPLAY and a few other Z9 Buttons. Perhaps the difference is - hopefully - that Nikon might be waking up to the need to maximize the options. In fairness, one the articles linked below reports the challenges Nikon faced with Z9 R&D in the pandemic.
The logical solution to improve customization in Nikon's MILCs is as obvious as it's logical. "Maximize the Options" is the mantra for the UIX coding team; particularly as many of us find Nikon has steadily refined the haptics of the hardware ( albeit, a button or 2 might now be needed on the Z9).
If Nikon were to focus a little bit more on how the features would be better implemented for use in field, that would definitely be more useful than having the bunch of features but hard to maneuvere around in the field.
- no dedicated subject detection on/off
- not the most user intuitive bank implementation
- recall shooting functions (hold) will revert even if you depress the exposure compensation button or the iso button...
Being difficult to pull off just mean that its going to be less use if not, not use.
The AI enabled autofocus system of the Z9 is excellent for humans and Sports - as those with experience report - eg
@ajm057 notes. This is true of all camera brands, particularly with AI engines. But it's the features quoted
Above below from
@Joel N [my
emphasis], which wildlife photographers find wanting of modification/improvement [not complete, there's more missing features....
One presumes many features of these flagships are designed for sports and press primarily, as the AFP report linked below underscores. So Clique is an elastic term in this context. Repeatedly Nikon confirms how it relies centrally on selected choices of Sports and Press pro's in R&D -
Oui c'est une clique - Et en fait l'un d'eux est en France
It’s safe to say Nikon’s Z 9 is the company’s most advanced flagship camera yet. Here, you can read into some of the unheard stories from the camera’s development process. This is the behind-the-scenes story of the Z 9 from those who made it. The demand for mirrorless over recent years has been...
fstoppers.com
報道写真の世界を長年支援してきたニコン。世界4大通信者の一つAFP通信とニコンのパートナーシップについてご紹介します。
www.jp.nikon.com
"The Z9 is being developed as a camera that photographers of all genres can use with satisfaction."
petapixel.com
ニコンIJ・若尾氏が語る、「人とつながり、喜びを共有できるカメラの真の楽しさ、美しさをもっと多くの人に知ってもらいたい」
www.phileweb.com
https://info.xitek.com/allpage/attitudes/202111/12-357400.html?_x_tr_sl=auto
How the input from pros was critical in creating the flagship camera.
petapixel.com
This statement caught my eye: “We speak with the Nikon engineers and they’re in another world,” says Thuillier. “....We can come up with the ideas and say what photographers want but the real challenge is for Nikon — how can they actually realize the wants and needs of photographers through the technology they’re creating?..."