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Nikon F with full as native like electronic control is the big one for me. FujiFilm X mount is also available now with full electronic control. Limited to APS-C by the nature of the lenses of course. Dumb mount MFT is also available. Again, limited image coverage but OK up to APS-C as most of the MFT lenses you'd want to use offer that wider coverage. In theory, there is enough space for someone to do a Hasselblad XCD adapter but no one has actually done it as far as i'm aware. There are a couple of other interesting ones between the Z and the RF as well, most notably Canon's own EF-M and of course the RF mount itself !

Are they Sony lenses? Or are you including things like the autofocus adapter for M mount? Which other lenses can be adapted to Z mount that can't be adapted to R?

I considered the same dilemma myself a few months ago and it boiled down to this: My need for pro-video features = less, I am a purist when it comes to shooting moving images - no peaking, no zebra, no elaborate extras, no clutter on screen, I have very basic audio needs, far more need for a fast operating nimble camera that can switch quickly between the highest possible video specs and nicest possible ergonomics for stills, so for me the EOS R5 was a better deal than R5C, far less money used, it behaves in a more nimble way for smaller scale creative endeavour and filmmaking, with better AF and is a superior stills camera, the overheating aspect is much improved vs the launch, and the hardware was never really limited very much by raw thermals anyway - it was all silly firmware trickery. So I recently went R5, but the mount just doesn't do it for me. With the Nikon Z8 I can use many more adapters, many more of my existing lenses, far more comes off my shelf and is happy on the Z8, especially for stills. So it really boils down to lenses and whether you'd be happy with a normal R5, before considering the Z8 as a step up from that.

Flexible Colour Picture Controls. I have been waiting a long time for this. A Z6 III feature, first the Zf got it, now the Z8. It's effectively a full grading suite on-camera, bringing in-camera colour profiles far ahead of what Nikon offered before. The latest NX Studio Software used to create profiles and export to camera. It is much more advanced than the Canon Picture Profile creator software too. As good as having real-time LUTs. Pixel Shift + Focus Shift at same time is also pretty mega. Like having a 200MP medium format camera for macro, close-ups and product shots.

Now its even a better camera

I'm not aware of any existing generative AI model that could be even remotely considered to be ethical in its construction and any of use of the generated results should be considered generally unethical. Any use of Generative AI is using an unprecedented amount of stolen material. The AI companies even admit as much, saying that being obliged to require permission from the rights holders to use their existing content would be fatal to their business model. It's like a thief saying that the invention of locked doors presented an existential threat to their business model. And keep in mind that the end game for most/all of these AI companies is not to make your life better unless you are one of the huge businesses that are financing their development or a totalitarian government.

I had that camera for about 1 month and then sent it back to Amazon because the GX80 came out at the same time. Still, I recorded some great moments on it. One of the videos is so precious that I have it on my desktop at all times.

I think you should. I think you’d be pleasantly surprised at the degree of enhancement the accumulated knowledge of these intervening years brings. It’s a camera that has always appealed to me and I’ve been waiting patiently to pick a used one up for £200 for years now. Still waiting ! Which is likely a testament to how many people have held on to them and are still getting great results .

Man, I lost my GX7 years ago --and when I look at that 1080 footage I still find myself coveting it.