Re: Nikon unveils the highly anticipated Z8 camera!
snapsy wrote: arbitrage wrote: ArizonaImage wrote: EltonTeng wrote: ArizonaImage wrote:
Nice.. but not the camera most Nikon users were waiting for. They release a mini Z9 that few wanted, while most were waiting for a Z6 III. The Z8 has the same hand me down monitor and EVF. Not sure why Nikon put so much into this camera when the market for it is far smaller than the Z6, R6, A7IV market which is majority of Nikons sales.
I was trying to figure out the market segment for the Z8 as well. Looks like a great camera with a crippled battery.
Just acquired a Z9 so I am back to Nikon again.
Don't buy those "official" shots. We saw that the Z6 II had a quoted 300 shots per charge yet people got WELL over 1,000. Even the Z9 numbers were far under estimated with people getting 3000-4000 shots per charge.
The actual shot numbers mean nothing. One could pick up a Z8 and hold down the shutter at 20FPS in HE* and fill their card with 1000s of images in just a few mins. The battery would barely tick down a few %.
What is useful is the relative number between cameras. Whatever someone is getting regularly out of Z9, they will probably get less than half of that out of a Z8.
Agreed. The Z9's CIPA rating is about 2x the Z8. CIPA takes a photo every 30 seconds while leaving the EVF or LCD on (Nikon quotes both) between each photo. They cycle power after every 10 shots.
Would you are kind enough to post a couple of links so that I (we) can understand all of that?
May 13, 2023 at 08:11 PM
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