Z 8 with Zoom Lens | Professional full-frame mirrorless hybrid stills/video hybrid camera with 24-120mm f/4 lens | Nikon USA Model

Upgraded from a Z5, and have been using this Z8 camera for 2 months now, shooting north of 7,000 photos since, high res JPG, no RAW, mostly scenes in interior halls and rooms, think VIP's, surrounding people and gatherings. I change some basic settings in the setup, throw the camera in fully automatic mode and just focus on finding the best angles and capture expressions and interactions discreetly, without having to worry about the technicalities. The fact that you can change your audible shutter options is a wonderful upgrade from the 5. The Z8 stacked image sensor is amazing, capturing images that are arguably sharper, better color, greater pixel count resulting in more detail, excellent dynamic range, and almost miraculous high-speed performance. Really impressed. The included kit lens is very good, but will give you depth of field distortion at higher zoom values, more so than on the Z5 with it's NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR kit lens. But the F4 all the way on this lens is great, giving fantastic shots. The natural light setting allows for really amazing shots indoors without flash, with excellent results. Battery life is as expected. Not much of a learning curve if you come from the Nikon family of cameras, everything is intuitive and so customizable. The Speed of the autofocus is outstanding, so is the sharpness of the images. Love the "touch the screen, focus and take photo" feature in one easy finger movement. Definitely heavier than the Z5 but the results are worth the extra weight for sure. I use a wrist strap instead of a neck strap, that helps with weight support. Not a fan of the XDC-card slot, as I don't use the camera to capture video at all, but the SD-card slot is what I prefer. Miss the dual SD-Card setup on the Z5 but worth the tradeoff. Price here was right, and the 5 stars are definitely earned by this lovely, well built piece of equipment. Well done, Nikon.

Excellent Z8 PRO CAMERA but at a high price. Superior focus, great sensor, and super video. Reasonable size and weight for travel photography. It offers an array of modern technology and produces top quality still and video in the hands of a serious photographer. Battery life is less than optimal but fine with an extra battery on longer shoots.

Great camera with an enormous amount of great features. Solid build!! Fun to use and no as big as a Z9!! I highly recommend finally making the switch to mirrorless if you are a Nikon shooter!

I was a bit hesitant to order it from Amazon, as it is a high ticket item and I've seen some badly beat up Amazon packages. This one arrived on time and without any damage. It was in a brand new condition, although unsealed, but this is how Nikon sends their cameras. As for the camera - it is Z9's little brother with nearly identical specifications. You may want to get a vertical grip for it if you are used to flagship professional bodies. I've used a Z9 for a few jobs to test it out and didn't like it due to constant underexposure (which I had to compensate for, but it was annoying). The Z8 does not have that issue. I am not sure if it is a difference in the firmware version or if, perhaps, Nikon improved the camera for the Z8 release. Overall, a great camera!

The camera and lens go well as a kit, they give you super fast auto focus with very good pics. The camera feels just the right weight to be sturdy yet nifty enough to use with hands. I have used other Nikons before and this one just feels great. Please go try it out at a local electronics store, you will not regret it. If you are getting a mirrorless Nikon, I suggest to go with their mirrorless lenses. A professional team of photographers I know of swear by the Nikon lineup due to accurate color rendering when the pics are developed. I haven’t even tried the video feature yet, but so far I am happy with the purchase. You get what you pay for in general with Nikon. The reliability history of the brand is top notch.

Very impressive indeed. Slightly lighter than my old 810. The zoom lens is also lighter than similar older Nikon lenses. The pictures are sharp and (of course) very high resolution. Autofocusing is fast and accurate. The faster sensor makes high-speed shutter possible making even hand-held shots sharp. On the downside, the camera is very complicated. Many controls "main selector", "subselector", "multi selector", "main command", etc. making it difficult to remember where your choice lies. Most of the in camera image processing seems unnecessary and would be better left to the software. The battery life is surprisingly short. Make sure you have a spare fully charged. Finally, because it's mirrorless, the viewfinder is actually a small display. Unfortunately, the resolution is pretty low making fine tuning of focus difficult, especially on patterned subjects. You can zoom the display, but one more bit of tedium there. Hopefully more experience will relieve some of the startup issues. At any rate, a fine camera.

Stellar camera. Massive upgrade over the lower Z line cameras. The 24-120 is a phenomenal lens as well. 3D tracking is a game changer

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