Z9 Failure

[Erik Lund]

Thank you for sharing!

[Gone]

Not too bad then - I see Nikon refer to it as a shanding unit (sic)  - I wonder if that should be shading!

[Dogman]

The unit did do its job after all.  Protected the sensor and prevented damage.  Too bad it was so expensive but it's sort of like the cost of replacing the bumper on a modern automobile--very costly but less than replacing other body parts.

[golunvolo]

Menos mal...uf.
 

  Not bad at all.

[MFloyd]

I still have the D6 and D850 as my daily workhorses. A couple of months ago, Nikon Switzerland (NPS) loaned me a Z9 kit. Although everything went fine, I was a bit concerned about the overall ruggedness of the piece of kit. Particularly the battery door. Not sure if the Z9 would be as resilient as my D’s.

[aerobat]

I have the same feeling and therefore keep my D850 as my rugged workhorse. But it's possibly more of a perception we get from holding the Zs. I once dropped a Z5 on hard floor and other than bending the aluminium sunshade of the mounted Voigtländer it still worked fine. Holding a Zf is also special as you can feel the sensor unit moving when the camera is off. I don't particularly like this as it suggests you to be super careful. But I'm sure this isn't actually required.