Really just posting this so that maybe this gets seen and fixed, but I've had this happen on two shoots recently and it would be easily avoided with a minor firmware tweak.
When switching between burst modes, if high speed raw is set to 15fps, there is no indication whether the camera is in RAW 15fps or JPG 15fps burst other than the number of shots remaining. This wouldn't matter as much, except that it is just one extra turn of the dial from 15fps RAW to accidentally put the camera in 15fps JPG. Once it's there, there is no visual indication. The display still just shows "15."
I never shoot JPG, and don't want to ever shoot in JPG except in very rare conditions. Twice recently, this has happened and negatively impacted the final product I'm able to deliver. Nikon either needs to add an option to disable these burst JPG modes, or at minimum more clearly indicate in the top display that it's in JPG, not RAW. I feel like these JPG burst modes are just a marketing gimmick anyway, which is fine, except when they get in the way of a professional RAW workflow.
Nikon, please offer the ability to disable these JPG burst modes. I love my Z8, but really despise this quirk.
Oct 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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