Z 8

80,000 images of all kinds of genres. The best Nikon I’ve ever owned. The versatility and customizabilty are superb. Feels great in my hands and is rugged as hell. My 8th Nikon and it is the King of them all !

I still have a D500 which uses the DX format. The D500 is great for telephoto but not so much at wide angle. The D500 can not really shoot movies but the Z8 can. Of course the Z8 has a better autofocus with native lenses.

Very happy with my Z8. Upgraded from the 6II for the autofocus and increased resolution and blown away with the easy and accuracy of subject detection and tracking. The design and quality of the camera build is spot on. Been a life long Nikon shooter this camera exceeded my expectations. There’s nothing that I dislike, Nikon have delivered an awesome camera at good price.

No regrets buying the Z8 as a lifelong hobbyist. The Z180-600 kit price was too good to pass up! If you are familiar with the Nikon ecosystem, the menus are vast but make sense. The reference guide Nikon publishes online is very useful, especially for amateurs like myself, and is surprisingly good resource for making sure you are aware of all features that you may never know you needed. Coming from the Z5, the autofocus and low light performance alone are leaps forward. This camera won’t improve my skills by default, but it is an absolute joy to use and l love continuing to learn and explore with this fantastic new tool!

I have been always used Nikon cameras. I purchased them personally and for work. I was always satisfied with performance of the cameras. I have been using the Z6 II for the past three years. The auto focus sometimes would not lock in and I missed the shot. I recently purchased the Z 8 and I am amazed at it's performance. The Z8 is in a class of it's own. I believe this camera will serve me well for several years.

The camera is amazing but takes a lot of effort to learn how to use all the features. You combine it with lightroom and photoshop and your creative ability has been amazing to me

This is the best camera I have ever owned because of the functionality. Getting really good photos.

Excelente cámara, me gusta el tamaño,

I haven't encountered a photo subject yet that couldn't be successfully dialed in to the camera. As a studio camera on a tripod, I'm able to tackle tricky subjects and lighting situations with the right combination of settings (exposure and focus), lenses, and light. The menu can be long and daunting, but once you understand the logic upon which it's based, everything becomes clearer. I save the settings which eliminates the need to hunt for what I need. As a field camera, it's light enough (although not the lightest against the competition) to carry all day. Dynamic range at low ISOs and high mega-pixel count give results that are very usable without substantial time in post. HDR and focus stacking features are really valuable here. I use the HDR in-camera feature sparingly because it only produces a JPG at the end of the process. I've used the highest ISO setting and noise is an issue that's not unique to Nikon. That's one area that I'd like to see improvement from the industry as a whole. Overall, the lens to camera balance with many Nikkor Z lenses is almost perfect; much better than when using current 3rd party glass. Kudos to the latest version of the 24-70mm that keeps its balance internally. Weather sealing is excellent for both the camera and lenses. I've shot it cold and wet conditions that the camera handles better than I do personally.For event and portrait work, the camera is again very adaptable. As a still photographer on movie shoots, I able to get all the video takes and BTS candids without being noticed. The silent shutter feature is truly silent. Only a very, very brief blip in the viewfinder indicates that the image was taken. The only challenge I've encountered again is in low light action scenes where noise can become an issue. There are several excellent noise reduction processes/software out there that mostly solve the problem. Teamed with the 85mm f/1.8 or the 135mm f/1.8 Plena, and you've got a powerful combination for people pictures. The crispness of images using the 85mm, and the subject isolation and bokeh of the Plena, are absolutely stunning. For event photography, I'm not concerned with start-up time because the camera is ready faster than I can lift it to my eye. I really like the feature that places a blind between the lens mount and sensor which prevents dust, dirt, and fingers from accidentally going where they're not supposed to. As a result, sensor maintenance is almost entirely eliminated. Just remember to turn the camera off first when changing lenses.Another feature on my wish list is to have a fully articulating LCD. While the added movements to the Z8's screen is helpful, I really like the fully articulating screen that's been on the Zf and most Coolpix cameras over the past decades. Can't be that big a deal I would think.Finally, while I appreciate the fact that Nikon makes continuous improvements and fixes to the camera's firmware, the major changes that sometimes occur means that I'm back on the learning curve. On the plus side, these major updates deliver so many new and needed features that it's worth the short term pain for the long term gain.