Z 9

Fantastic camera. I bought it for my 70th birthday..... i could use it for a few days and it is the best camera i ever had. I had Nikon for my all life of photography and now i'm set up for my future.

I've been a Nikon used ever since my teens. After attending Professional photography school, I moved up to the Nikon D800E, then the D850. Both are amazing cameras. I've been itching to move to mirrorless but wasn't convinced until the Z9 came out. I wanted it so bad that I took on a second job to help pay for it along with the S-line of lenses (24-70mm f/2.8, 70-20mm f/2.8 and the 400mm f/4.5).I've never owned a camera Antin like the Z9. Coupled with the amazing lenses, it's truly incredible. The more I learn with this camera, the more I realize I need to learn. It's capabilities are darn near limitless. And the images are astonishing! I hope to have this camera for many, many years. I don't know how Nikon can improve on the Z9.

The Z9 works like a good professional full frame camera, I which the camera builds was stronger, the frame rate wheel on the top left broke, checked baggage in a hard case with the airline on the way to location. Camera still works, but I don’t have access to change frame rate etc. working with the 58mm f0.95 Noct lens is a privilege, it’s the very best still photo lens I have worked with.

Loving my Nikon Z9. I am a wild life photographer, and one who embraces the traditional artistry of photography. I do not do any major editing on my photographs. I am getting great photos right out of the camera. I love that I can monitor my histogram through the viewfinder, and I can make adjustments on the fly as needed. I love the auto focus and 3D tracking.

Fantastic camera for video and stills.

I have been extremely pleased so far with the Z9. It was purchased for birding and it is working great with my Nikon 200 – 500. First full frame, high speed and eye detection for me. Photos are looking great and the keeper rate has gone up. Looking forward to my first Spring migration.

The auto focus is lacking

The body feels great in the hand. The banks, my menu, i menu, and custom buttons are customizable in a way that is super helpful. The speed is excellent. The camera is dead silent. The back screen is nice and convenient and helpful. There are some great video options available. There are a lot of things to love. But in my opinion the camera could still be improved in two major ways. The EVF at times gets jittery. I think it happens mostly when you start panning a fast action sequence, before you even start shooting images. It’s weird and annoying. I also think the EVF could benefit from a higher resolution. Secondly, the AF could still improve. I’ve missed shots of low flying ducks that took up my small AF box. The camera was slow to grab focus. I’ve also had the camera grab the background, looking past the subject regardless of whether the background is busy or plain sky. Interestingly, it doesn’t do that if you are in Dynamic. So for some reason the AF likes backgrounds more in wide area and 3D vs Dynamic, possibly because subject detection makes it search around for a more recognizable subject and then it grabs the background. So it’s not a bad camera. I’m glad I bought it. But it could definitely be improved with firmware fixes and an EVF upgrade. I’m running firmware 3.1.

Great camera and worth every penny. For legacy users the adapter to use old Nikon lenses is perfect!