I take no credit for this, as I just copied what I saw on a Japanese blog.

Cheap base plate from Aliexpress
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32889615664.html?spm=a2g0s.12269583.0.0.66d3447emFO3Fy

JHT Nikon 'leather'
https://japanhobbytool.com/collections/camera-leather

Due to the shape of the hand grip it is necessary to use two pieces of 'leather'. I chamfered some of the 'leather' edges slightly to take away the hard edges.

Arca base plate, and an optional side plate. The only real bummer is the poor quality of the mounting bolt on the base, so I swapped it out for the sexy one from the Gariz grip.

I have no idea how long it will take for the leather to start peeling - but I have a lot left over! :-)

I am very happy with this. It feels less ... 'soft' than the Gariz grip, and feels nice in the hand.

MAP Camera published an interesting interview with Nikon on the new Nikon Z fc camera :

https://news.mapcamera.com/maptimes/zfc_interview/ (in Japanese but Google translate works well)

Of note is that because it has no grip (which usually houses the battery), the battery had to be moved so there is very little space inside the camera. That meant there was no space for IBIS. Nikon is considering an FX version based on customer feedback.

the shutter sounds rather noisy, now i know that it was intended to be that way

i was at the park yesterday and i saw a youngster with a Zfc, looks like it hit the intended market
very tempted to buy but i could not justify its use and expense at the moment.
still looking for a Nikkor-N 5cm f/1.1, if somebody has one to sell me please give me a nice offer.
Nelson (unrelated to me) really likes the 45/2.8P it seems.

I realized that my sample suffered from a fairly pronounced field curvaturre which makes the landscape shots tricky.  Stopping down to f11 already softens the image a bit.  Wide open or f8.0 seems to be the sweet spot.

As its color correction, center sharpness and flare/ghost resistance are impressive, I will try to shoot the sun with this lens fitted with my Kenko PRO ND100000 filter.  For the super-telephoto landscapes, a m4/3 body can be the best match.

https://richardhaw.com/2021/07/04/review-nikon-z-fc/

i am liking it a lot! looks like adding an mb-12 to it is a nice project

Very nice observation, but what made you think that migrating from 24/2 lens on FF making it f3.0 on DX body? Do you really mean DOF? THX!  LZ

MAP Camera published an interesting interview with Nikon on the new Nikon Z fc camera :

https://news.mapcamera.com/maptimes/zfc_interview/ (in Japanese but Google translate works well)

Of note is that because it has no grip (which usually houses the battery), the battery had to be moved so there is very little space inside the camera. That meant there was no space for IBIS. Nikon is considering an FX version based on customer feedback.