The new SmallRig camera cage for Nikon Z8 is finally in stock at Amazon US:
Also in stock at AmazonCA | AmazonUK | AmazonDE | AmazonIT | AmazonES.
SmallRig is also sold at B&H Photo.
For international shipping, check the official SmallRig online store.
Additional information is available here:
Just announced: SmallRig accessory ecosystem for the new Nikon Z8 camera
Matt Granger updated his Nikon Mirrorless Expert Setup Guide for the new Nikon Z8 camera. He now also covers the latest Nikon Z9 firmware update version 4.0. Here are some of the areas covered – the course is 8 hours of 4k video that covers the entire Nikon Z system:
For additional information, visit this page.
|
Maximum PDR |
Low Light ISO |
Low Light EV |
|
| Nikon D6 | 9.18 | 5772 | 10.85 |
| Nikon D850 | 11.63 | 4115 | 10.36 |
| Nikon Z 6II | 11.28 | 5298 | 10.73 |
| Nikon Z 7II | 11.60 | 4157 | 10.38 |
| Nikon Z 8 | 11.32 | 4224 | 10.40 |
| Nikon Z 9 | 11.30 | 4144 | 10.37 |
PhotonsToPhotos released their latest photographic dynamic range and other sensor measurements for the Nikon Z8 camera. As you can imagine, the Z8 and Z9 charts are identical:
The Nikon Z8 is the best-selling camera in all five major stores in Japan: Phileweb published an article “Nikon’s new product Z8 is doing great. First appearance in all 5 camera specialty stores.” Here is the mirrorless camera best-selling ranking for May:
The SanDisk 64GB Extreme PRO CFexpress Type B memory card is currently on sale for $60:
A few other SanDisk CFexpress cards are also on sale.
Here are some Q&A related to the Nikon Z8 cameras service advisory/recall – please note that the answers are not coming directly from Nikon:
Just a reminder: I have been reporting for a while that Nikon is rumored to announce one more camera this year (2023) – possibly a new mirrorless full-frame retro Nikon Zf model (not confirmed). If true, this will be the real Nikon Df replacement and it is expected in the August/September timeframe.
Last week Nikon issued a Z8 service advisory/recall describing an issue where the lens cannot be locked to the camera. A reader sent me this email regarding what and how many serial numbers could be affected:
“Had some time on my hands, and did a little anorak-ing on the Z8 recall serials until I got bored typing in numbers! I think it might be a single assembly line that had the problem. The serials aren’t sequential, most European models 6000973 to 6005225 show as affected – but there are random both higher and lower that aren’t – and vice versa.”
@nankadaione in Japan also examined the impacted serial numbers and determined that 6630 units were affected by the recall (2002516~2009146):
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