Z9 Release Thread

[MILLIREHM]

Latest video by Morten Hilmer on assignment for Nikon - Svalbard using Z9 with 800 f5.6E FL and its bespoke TC1.25

lovely images and footage of a confiding Arctic fox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJhQk7M78PE

Well 800/f,6 (and TC 1.25) is one of the preferrable lenses to use a Z9 with. In this video he is also using a 180-400/4 which gives a perfect companion for the 800.

[richardHaw]

maybe its time for me to molest the Z9 and make a small article about it

[golunvolo]

maybe its time for me to molest the Z9 and make a small article about it

  Yes, please

[ColinM]

maybe its time for me to molest the Z9 and make a small article about it

From what Snoogly wrote, anyone who can get into Nikon Towers in the Nikon Motherland can get hands-on time to play with a Z9.
Sounds like Akira or maybe Richard are also in with a chance.

Let the betting begin on who gets there first

[richardHaw]

well, it's just 35min walk from my house

im lazy these days, didnt even update my blog for weeks

[Jan Anne]

Here’s a webinar with Ricci talking about the Z9, 100-400, 24-120, Angelbird cards, etc:
https://youtu.be/Do7JDQhEw9o

The Austrian company Angelbird is testing their cards with a Z9 for maximum compatibility and speeds. They also recently introduced a new made in Austria USB-C 20Gb/s CFexpress reader which should be compatible with all USB and Thunderbolt devices; https://www.angelbird.com/prod/cfexpress-card-reader-mk2-type-b-2877/?category=241

Ricci claims btw that the 100-400 is sharper than the 500PF when cropped to the same FOV

[chambeshi]

Thanks for sharing this discussion.

Well, many who following this thread and the new flood about Z9 will find Ricci has covered much of the material here (as have other writers etc). Nevertheless, IMHO he confirmed - underscored in fact - many key points. These features included for my planning etc EVF (no blackout / adjustable brightness to get close to OVF), 2-eyed shooting, Bird AF, IQ of RAW files compared to Z7 and several other top-tier specs - the new 14bit RAW image formats especially.
And again we hear the AF performance with FTZ I is excellent for widely used F mount telephotos Ricci has tested... IMHO this confirms absolutely ZERO worries about adapting AFS glass using a FTZ (again nothing new for those who have relied on their FTZ with the existing Z cameras).
Above all, it is clear Nikon have designed a cutting edge Pro camera in the Z9. With all the new Z mount and 94+ F AFS Nikkors all the options are almost endless. So many choices get confusing (fiscal reality permitting obviously).
Above all, it is clear Nikon have designed a cutting edge Pro camera in the Z9. With all the new Z mount and 94+ F AFS Nikkors all the options are almost endless. So many choices get confusing (fiscal reality permitting obviously).

And we wait.... the countdown continues to using this new AF system in the wild.....
(fiscal reality permitting obviously).
slide at about 4:20:

[chambeshi]

Brad Hill has published his first take on the Z9 ~ 6 days testing after receiving a prototype. he's positive with a few minor criticisms, not surprisingly. A few new features not yet mentioned (at least in my reading). Two include that is now possible to"...copy an entire shooting (or custom) bank to another bank.";
the expanded scope of Recall shooting Functions is another.

It's also not surprising the EVF strikes him as excellent.... contrary to negative condemnations by spec-obsessives, despite never even touching a Z9

http://www.naturalart.ca/voice/blog.html#anchor_Z9_Earliest

[chambeshi]

Thom Hogan has started his Z9 testing Blog
https://www.zsystemuser.com/z-mount-cameras/the-z9-blog/

And Brad H has 2 more updates since last week 2nd, 3rd Dec http://www.naturalart.ca/voice/blog.html#anchor_Z9_OneButton

[chambeshi]

As mentioned previously, it is now official that Nikon is using TicoRAW technology in the Nikon Z9 high-efficiency RAW recording

https://nikonrumors.com/2021/12/07/ticoraw-technology-from-intopix-is-behind-the-nikon-z9-high-efficiency-raw-recording.aspx/

[Jan Anne]

Very small channel but a very informative Z9 review, puts a lot of the bigger review channels to shame on production value as well:
https://youtu.be/MUoL9hORWH8

[Hugh_3170]

Agree.  He mentioned that he will be making follow up clips once Z9 Raw converters become more common place with editing software.

Very small channel but a very informative Z9 review, puts a lot of the bigger review channels to shame on production value as well:
https://youtu.be/MUoL9hORWH8

[John Geerts]

As mentioned previously, it is now official that Nikon is using TicoRAW technology in the Nikon Z9 high-efficiency RAW recording

https://nikonrumors.com/2021/12/07/ticoraw-technology-from-intopix-is-behind-the-nikon-z9-high-efficiency-raw-recording.aspx/

An advertorial for TicoRAW.  What are the drawbacks?

[John Geerts]

Very small channel but a very informative Z9 review, puts a lot of the bigger review channels to shame on production value as well:
https://youtu.be/MUoL9hORWH8

Lots of info indeed. But is the focus here mainly on a video/film-camera.?

[Ilkka Nissilä]

An advertorial for TicoRAW.  What are the drawbacks?

I guess no one apart from the developers knows at the moment. But traditionally Nikon's compressed raw formats have been compressed in such a way that it has no visual impact on the results (basically reducing least significant bits in the highlight pixels, where they are buried deep under photon noise). I would expect this to also be close to visually lossless, since they chose to use it. But time will tell, I am sure people will attempt to find the difference between lossless and high-efficiency compressed raw as the cameras are reviewed.