Z9 is coming

WestEndFoto

I won't do that, but you will probably get more than a couple of thousand.

mhedges

Look it's not going to be as good as that. If that's your need then I guess mirrorless isn't for you. But it should still be fine for almost all situations.

As an aside how do you manage to go through so many images in post? I find going through ~700 images from a single soccer game to be pretty miserable.

photobunny

I don’t think a mirrorless can currently keep up with a D6 battery life. But I can and will put 3-5 batteries in my backpack for a multi week trip into the wilds.

snakebunk

I really like that it doesn't have a shutter. No oil on the sensor and it will probably last until you break it. It looks like a very nice camera!

mhedges

As far as battery comparisons - it's likely not all from the mirrorless form factor. You also have to take the file size into account. The Z9 files are over twice as big as D5/D6 and it takes more power to move that data around, write to card, etc.

photobunny

Now the £329 question; when will Capture One support the RAW files.

DenverShooter

mhedges said:

Look it's not going to be as good as that. If that's your need then I guess mirrorless isn't for you. But it should still be fine for almost all situations.

As an aside how do you manage to go through so many images in post? I find going through ~700 images from a single soccer game to be pretty miserable.

I shot 17,416 images over the two days of the Club Race. I use CaptureOne and it took about 3 to 4 hours to go through them and I sent the magazine editor just about 1,100 images.

At 14 FPS on the D6 you can shoot a lot of images very quickly.

photobunny

Looks like we need not just CF Express cards but fast ones to get the best out the Z9. Ordered a pair of 325 GB ProGrade Cobalt which should let me run a unlimited buffer vs 500 or so images on the Sony Tough cards I currently use.

DaveyJ

Can the Z9 be efficiently operated with only one 325 GB ProGrade Cobalt card, as I begin with the Z9 I will be using a bare minimum of horsepower, but I know it is what I need due to the superior focus tracking....

photobunny

DaveyJ said:

Can the Z9 be efficiently operated with only one 325 GB ProGrade Cobalt card, as I begin with the Z9 I will be using a bare minimum of horsepower, but I know it is what I need due to the superior focus tracking....

Yes. You don’t need two cards. I have only bought one ProGrade car and have a number of slower Sony tough ones for when I need redundancy.

DaveyJ

Thanks Photobunny!

My average subjects at my farm are Red Fox, Whitetail Deer and my MoJo My Sieberian Forest Cat. All of which are very fast runners at times! I am using the Z 6 II, The Z50 very often usually with the 50-250, and the Z fc but when it is serious often the D7500 and the 200-500 F5.6.

BUT the Z9 eye detect and focus tracking looks what I would like to have as often as possible. Getting a long zoom lens is going to be quite a cost, I'd LIKE the new 100-400 WITH the 1.4 Teleconverter!

photobunny

DaveyJ said:

Thanks Photobunny!

My average subjects at my farm are Red Fox, Whitetail Deer and my MoJo My Sieberian Forest Cat. All of which are very fast runners at times! I am using the Z 6 II, The Z50 very often usually with the 50-250, and the Z fc but when it is serious often the D7500 and the 200-500 F5.6.

BUT the Z9 eye detect and focus tracking looks what I would like to have as often as possible. Getting a long zoom lens is going to be quite a cost, I'd LIKE the new 100-400 WITH the 1.4 Teleconverter!

That 100-400 with a 1.4x is going to be a popular choice. It has long been favoured on the canon side as a portable pro ready setup.

DaveyJ

I am pre-ordering the 100-400 today from B&H photo and Video

NSXTypeR

So who else is getting it?

$5,500 is cheaper than I expected honestly.

DenverShooter

I am going to wait until the MK II or MK III or MK IV.

WestEndFoto

I will get one, probably when the 85 1.2S comes out. And I will want a second body eventually, so I suspect that a Z9ii will also be in the cards.

donaldejose

WEF. Hopefully, your second Z9 body will be a Z9x with a high readout BSI sensor in the 80 to 100mp range (but the readout speed can be the same as that of the Z9 sensor since a Z9x won't be for sports action and wildlife photography). Maybe a base ISO of 50 for improved dynamic range? Maybe some computational photography "tricks" adopted from cell phones?

WestEndFoto

I would hope so to. And if the resolution is not available in a Z9, but Z8 say, I could see myself buying that to.

But the Z9 is a piece of history. I just “gotta” have one.

photobunny

WestEndFoto said:

I would hope so to. And if the resolution is not available in a Z9, but Z8 say, I could see myself buying that to.



But the Z9 is a piece of history. I just “gotta” have one.

You should buy two. Keep one in the box and sell it for a killing later... If it works like iMac G3's

rmp

I am in the "mob" of pre-orders. Maybe by 2023.

photobunny

I just got a call. Been bumped to 15th instead of 18th and I got £80 back as I missed a promo on the FTZ2.

WestEndFoto

photobunny said:

WestEndFoto said:

I would hope so to. And if the resolution is not available in a Z9, but Z8 say, I could see myself buying that to.



But the Z9 is a piece of history. I just “gotta” have one.

You should buy two. Keep one in the box and sell it for a killing later... If it works like iMac G3's

Tow bodies - one Z9 and one Z8. Sure. They would likely be too different kinds of cameras for different uses. I also like to have a backup and preferably the ergonomics are near identical.

photobunny

WestEndFoto said:

photobunny said:

WestEndFoto said:

I would hope so to. And if the resolution is not available in a Z9, but Z8 say, I could see myself buying that to.



But the Z9 is a piece of history. I just “gotta” have one.

You should buy two. Keep one in the box and sell it for a killing later... If it works like iMac G3's

Tow bodies - one Z9 and one Z8. Sure. They would likely be too different kinds of cameras for different uses. I also like to have a backup and preferably the ergonomics are near identical.

I'll be keeping my Z6 as my small body and a fc. When I am out with a purpose I'll have the big body, when I am taking about town the Z6 or fc are better options.

mhedges

Good luck to everyone who's ordered one - I hope you get it in soon!

MrFotoFool

I thought I didn't want a Z9, but then I saw this video. Well done Nikon - every wildlife photographer in the world will want one after seeing this.