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My football season is winding down with Friday/Saturday contests this weekend, next weekend and maybe beyond.

Friday night's game was in an older stadium with ancient lighting that required !SO 12,800/16000 but last night's game was under state-of-the-art LED lighting that allowed ISO 6400 but played under a constant driving snow and temps in the lower 30's however I just show up where and when I am told and photograph what's on the field at that given time.

I did find out that the D6 is a much more reliable camera under wet, cold and snowy conditions over the Z9 which conked out on me after the middle of the first quarter but the D6 didn't miss a play up until the final whistle.



© Lee Woolery Speedshot Photo 2022

  NIKON Z 9    VR 120-300mm f/2.8G lens    125mm    f/2.8    1/1281s    16000 ISO    0.0 EV  





© Lee Woolery Speedshot Photo 2022

  NIKON Z 9    VR 120-300mm f/2.8G lens    300mm    f/2.8    1/1272s    12800 ISO    0.0 EV  





© Lee Woolery Speedshot Photo 2022

  NIKON D6    400mm f/2.8D lens    400mm    f/2.8    1/1600s    6400 ISO    0.0 EV  





© Lee Woolery Speedshot Photo 2022

  NIKON D6    400mm f/2.8D lens    400mm    f/2.8    1/1600s    6400 ISO    0.0 EV  





© Lee Woolery Speedshot Photo 2022

  NIKON D6    400mm f/2.8D lens    400mm    f/2.8    1/1600s    6400 ISO    0.0 EV  





© Lee Woolery Speedshot Photo 2022

  NIKON D6    400mm f/2.8D lens    400mm    f/2.8    1/1600s    6400 ISO    0.0 EV  





© Lee Woolery Speedshot Photo 2022

  NIKON D6    400mm f/2.8D lens    400mm    f/2.8    1/1600s    6400 ISO    0.0 EV  





© Lee Woolery Speedshot Photo 2022

  NIKON D6    400mm f/2.8D lens    400mm    f/2.8    1/1600s    6400 ISO    0.0 EV  




Nov 13, 2022 at 01:00 PM
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Nice shots Lee!!! Why did the z9 conch out on you? That isn’t good. Not what I want to hear.


Nov 15, 2022 at 11:28 AM
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eorlando wrote:
Nice shots Lee!!! Why did the z9 conch out on you? That isn’t good. Not what I want to hear.


Thanks...already had to send my Z9 back to Nikon for repair with the error message making the camera inoperable and one of my associates sent his Z9 back for similar issues but he received a new camera. The error message still shows up on my Z9 from time to time and that is very frustrating.

The Z9 quit working when the snow increased and camera just died but was able to use it later (with extreme reservations ) after it became colder.

The D6 is reliable as a camera gets but the Z9 has failed me more times than any pro style camera I have used the last 18 years.

Manual exposures with strobes (even outdoors) are so unreliable with the Z9 that I will have to use the D6 for the remainder of my winter team pictures ( indoors ) starting today.

With 2 regional football finals and hockey this weekend, I am hoping the Z9 will still work but the D6 is on my side ready to take over in a seconds notice. I am looking at game time temps Friday and Saturday in the high 20's and by end of contest, the low 20's with wind chills in the single digits so the Z9 will be on a short leash if it flubs up one more time.




Nov 15, 2022 at 12:00 PM
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That is crazy. Do you think it just an issue with your specific camera or are colleagues of yours having similar issues? I haven’t heard of people having this issue in cold weather before. Thank god I live in Florida so I don’t have to worry about the cold. Lol.

leewoolery wrote:
Thanks...already had to send my Z9 back to Nikon for repair with the error message making the camera inoperable and one of my associates sent his Z9 back for similar issues but he received a new camera. The error message still shows up on my Z9 from time to time and that is very frustrating.

The Z9 quit working when the snow increased and camera just died but was able to use it later (with extreme reservations ) after it became colder.

The D6 is reliable as a camera gets but the Z9 has failed me more times than any pro style
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Nov 16, 2022 at 02:49 PM
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eorlando wrote:
That is crazy. Do you think it just an issue with your specific camera or are colleagues of yours having similar issues? I haven’t heard of people having this issue in cold weather before. Thank god I live in Florida so I don’t have to worry about the cold. Lol.


Yikes!!! I just got my z9 a couple weeks ago. 😳



Nov 16, 2022 at 04:33 PM





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