Fred Mueller

The question is why disable the flash.  To quite the strobe pop ?? That like an engine kill button in an airplane.  Great lots quieter but now we’re going crash.

Even a speed light “pops” very audible. So far I can’t discern anything that the menu item actually attenuates. I have to say I’m am really appreciating how nearly silent the Z8 can be. People ...

I can'r figure what silent mode actually silences, aside from muting "camera sounds" ... I don't hear any difference in focus motor noise using my 24-120 for instance ... it has no effect on the ...

Thom, Why does the sensor shield have to drop when you go to a menu? ... I think it is dropping ... makes for quite a bit of noise ... same for time out ... silent mode does not seem to have any ...

Isn't a Z9 always in silent mode ?? Isn't this redundant? ... When I turn it on I still hear the sensor shield, aperture blades,  and even the IBIS ... what else actually changes ? Silent mode on ...

Does not multitask on your phone ... if you leave the program to answer your phone or do any other task, you camera drops the wifi connection ... so you are back to square one. If your camera ...

prime ... or to get really small I put my 16-50 DX on the Z8 and have a "small" Z8 experience ...

Expeed 6 and Expeed 7 ... Don't bother with Expeed 6 The Z glass lives up to the hype ... I'll be interested to see how you react to EVF experience ... I'll bet the color shifts and blown ...

24-120 is considerably larger and really extends quite a bit zooming ... partly why I have kept the 24-70 that came with my Z6ii kit ... choices are nice ... I even put the 16-50 DX on the Z8 ...

I have both ... I'll take the 24-70 along for weight/size .... But - the 24-120 has the extra reach, a really nice focus ring in addition to the programable function ring, the Fn button ... very ...

Mike, What you say makes sense, but if there is a gross lack of light, the AF system falters ... making the finer distinctions probably moot ... so for instance Sony wisely allows for open aperture ...

The top LCD is not illuminated except if you flick the on/off collar and then only for a few seconds as are some of the buttons. A PIA if you are in dark shooting conditions.  As ambient light ...

surely a version for Z cant be far off  ...

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Might be the finest photographer to ever lift a camera to eye.

I put my little 16-50 on my Z8 ... nutty crazy performance ... 19 mpx is plenty ... + big bright Z8 full EVF projection; one of the real advantages of EVFs and especially the Z8. And I can put my ...

As others have said better than I , the Z is better optically - not by miles, and not by so much that you would even notice necessarily, but I would not forgo the additional 4mm based on that ...

More to the point. Global shutters in devices that have massive processing power are the actual game changers.

Cell phones

I own a 14-30 and have owned an 18-35 and used both extensively for property photography. The Z lens is sharper but truthfully the older lens is more than good enough, esp since you generally ...

As noted with the 45 mpx Nikons you get 19 mpx files in DX mode, the image is fully projected on the EVF... so for instance I have been using my 16-50 on my Z8 from time to time ... to I get as ...