Z 9

I've been a nikon shooter for many years, and this is truly the best that nikon has offered ..Certainly a wise decision on my part. focusing system is very solid, have missed focused a few times, but nothing that couldnt be recovered.

Took away one star because of a feature I use almost always. I am a professional photographer and at present primarily photographing products for a retail/wholesale store. The feature I use extensively is the Shutter Lock and Aperture Lock. The problem I am having is anytime I switch Z mount lenses the Aperture Lock is deactivated and I have to remember to re-lock this setting. My D850 and D810 never had this problem. Also with F mount lenses the Aperture Lock does not function at all. I am hoping a firmware upgrade will be available to fix this issue. The Z mount lenses I use are the 50mm f/2.8 macro, the 105mm f/2.8 macro and the 24-70mm f/2.8.

Fantastic camera! My first mirrorless camera. Have been with Nikon digital since D200 and owned a lot of them! This one I purchased for Bird/Nature and landscape photogtpahy. however, am also using it for IR and macro work. Very happy with my camera!!!

Been buying NIKONs for over 20 years. My first one D100 then D2x, D3, D4, D5, D850, D6 and I have the Z9. The D6 was for sports and action and D850 for everything else. When Nikon anounced the D6 I was hopping that it would be the D5 and D850 combined but it wasn't. The Z9 is the combination of the D6 and D850 and I could not be happier. I have a second Z9 on order which will allow me to have my 24-70 on one camera my 70-200 on the other. The Z9 has a faster shutter than the D6 and the resolution of the D850. EVF has a learning curve but once you get it, it is incredible. You can display 4 different displays and you are able change them on the fly, the button can be reached with you right thumb and you can make each display display what you want to see in the EVF. With the fast memory card I have yet to fill the buffer. The rumor is that you fire at full speed (20 frames per second) for 50 seconds.Never shot video with a camera before and I was asked at the last minute if I could video my nephews wedding. Told my bephew I never shot video with the camera before but I went ahead and videoed the wedding and reception and the results were incredible.

I had the misfortune of falling into a creek. With the impact, the front end of my Tamron 150-600mm g2 broke. The Z9 and the lens were submerged under water for about 3 secs. When I pulled myself out of the water, the Lens and the camera were covered with muck. It was another 15 min walk back to the car to clean the equipment. Keeping my fingers crossed, switched on the camera....and it worked! Thank you Nikon for building such a Rugged Professional Camera!

This camera after the 2.0 firmware update is as sweet as it gets. Don’t understand the 40 yr pro bad review. I to have been been behind a lens for over 40 years. Yes, the camera has a learning curve even for the most experienced photographer. Welcome to new technology. If your a pro or super advanced amateur you won’t be disappointed by the z9.If you want something to throw around your neck and take on vacation you might consider the z6, z5, or zfc. I use them all.

I have had the Z 9 for about 1 1/2 months. I have owned 35mm, medium and large format. I also use a Sony A 1 with several lens my son and grandson own. The Z 9 is fast to focus beyond belief, has with the 2.0 update an ability to do both great stills and video. If you shoot both stills and video this is an amazing camera. I have still every D100 to most recent DSLR DX cameras, still have a working F5 with 20-35mm lens, and I have Z 50 and Z fc and Z 6 II cameras to compare it to. The Z 9 has enough size to balance the excellent new Z S lens, and with the controls on the camera allow handling that cannot be matched with any camera. The focus speed and image quality are world class. The Nikon Hot line was very helpful in helping me down load the 2.0 firmware. I have used from 14-to 400 mm zoom lens with this camera. The redline around †he video now is perfect.

I tried one of the Z9 at a Demo by Nikon in Edmonton. While I was impressed by how well it appeared to be built, except for the Flimsy Screen Hinge, I was less than Impressed with the AF, in the continuous mode, it couldn't keep up with a car driving away at about 25k, the focus was locked on the License Plate, but blurry, Shutter Speed was 1/2000 sec. The Nikon Rep set the Camera up to Standard in Picture Controls, and the Images have lots Halos and Mosquito effects along any Edge. It is even worse than the D850 I have, and think is a Piece of Junk.

Coming from someone who has been shooting a D500 and D850 for years, the Z9 is a step up, but not night and day like most reviewers in here and other places are making it out to be. Yes the video features are great, and the animal tracking is real nice, but not perfect, will get to that in a bit. In regards to the AF is real good and not so good "it struggles with small subjects like birds when they are close, the AF system just does not want to focus on the subject, you have to focus bellow the subject to a high contrast area for the AF to wake wake, then recompose to where your subject was and hopefully still is there for the AF to acquire focus, and this is not just me, it's an issue many photographers are talking about, it's all over youtube" I believe this is one of the shortcomings of the MIL systems, which for many photographers is not acceptable. The DSLR does not have this issue, another reason why DSLR's are not going away any time soon. Especially pro to prosumer bodies.