Z 8

After photographing youth sports for over 10 years and utilizing various D bodies and the Z9, I decided it was time for a change and downsized to the Z8 so I could turn my focus towards wildlife/birds. Same great image quality and performance but in a much smaller & lighter package. So much of this camera reminds me of my old D850 that everything about using it brings out a bit of nostalgia. Love the camera and look forward to seeing what the next version looks like.

I own a few Nikon cameras , every one I have is great at certain things . The Nikon z8 has it all in one . It’s a beast !!! Killer auto focus ! Great wildlife . Pictures ! Great landscape pictures.portraits of my family or friends are so detailed . What a great camera ! at a great price . I also love how Nikon updates it’s firmware to make all my camera’s better . Keep it up . Z8, z6iii,z7ii, and the old beast d850 owner .

Absolute monster of a camera. I am absolutely impressed with it. Completely leveled up my ability for wild life photography with the auto focus/subject detection. Crisp images with my 600mm.

I've been shooting action sports and events with a D850 since its debut. This week was my first time shooting a job with the Z8. I was able to get up and running quickly since the controls/settings are similar to the D850. I have a full slate of sports jobs including portraits this week, so I'm looking forward to taking advantage of some of the Z8's additional capabilities. I appreciate the fact that Nikon concentrates on minimizing the effort required to migrate to newer technology.

As a past D850 user, with lots of top quality lenses, the decision to finally go "completely mirrorless" was, and is, difficult. So giving a "great" review this early into the switch (just got my Z8 and lenses last week). The multiple shooting banks, and lack of instructions for setting them up was a problem for me. But my first trip to my local birding park, with the Z8 set up like I had my D850, showed me that the image quality was very similar. and the lighter weight of the Z8 and Z lenses is a super big plus. So, in my opinion, it's too soon to give a realistic review. Maybe in two months, after my trip to British Columbia, I can better respond w/ some images to confirm my revised rating.

The camera performs great! It’s solid and the grip fits well in your hand. Fantastic purchase. It was a learning curve tho. The introductory Nikon video was helpful, slightly. It doesn’t go into depth on actually using the settings- functions 1 and 2. The instructions are too fast to follow without stopping numerous times.Turning to YouTube for help was confusing. Being an amateur trying to break into the professional world, will be challenging to find my own preferred settings on the Z8. But the as for camera- WOW!

Moving from a D800, to the z7ii…. I thought about the z8 and all the features it had to offer I returned the 7ii , I am very satisfied with this upgrade.

Excellent feel and great camera overall

The Z8 is an amazing camera. But I prefer the look, feel and touchscreen of my Zf. I would love to see Nikon produce a retro, Zf-style, 45 megapixel Z camera.