Switching to the Nikon Z8

[Video Hummus]

On 6/11/2025 at 6:08 AM, Andrew Reid said:

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.

They also fixed their horrible n-log view assist. Nikon is really killing lately with their value for money, firmware, and camera offerings.

[stephen]

Auto focus adapters stacking - now you can use Sony and Minolta A mount lenses on Nikon Z bodies with auto focus 
https://nikonrumors.com/2025/06/16/megadap-to-release-a-new-etz21-pro-lens-adapter.aspx/

This Boryoza adapter claims compatibility with Sony LA-EA5 and TECHART LM-EA9
https://www.ebay.com/itm/286366368166?_skw=BORYOZA&itmmeta=01JYT46VRXBY4FAGD5NCK30AG9&hash=item42acc401a6:g:KDEAAOSwhPxnwDMQ&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAAwFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dFj0mM6EhbKtm2lYZj5jubCkvL5au4XyCXT1PLIS%2FzhkgvvlkkxknBA%2FAZxa%2Fos4mvQSNLijTgKGBUPQ%2FVLodAnXLzlRTI2NyMDwEvsQfnatF1MapHjnn2UmaTU6beK4uTVHEKe5mWm3R2p%2BQ3%2BuEAMx0Tbe9TkLihPa3aLELvcn556rDTHU%2F6NuyQGV1Xxwz1XbjxvHGpqruu1RViXDGi5otoYXZO5BB%2Beeg2Bqm8TA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR868m8T2ZQ 

Those adapters  fit perfectly my strategy to have both a Sony and a Nikon camera but use mostly Sony lenses. Now this can be extended to some vintage auto focus lenses too. Cool. Sony LA-EA5 is mostly for photos

One negative about Nikon Z cameras is lack of 3rd wheel in the back. According to a review I watched recently you can't reassign some of the other 2 wheels for ISO change. Changing ISO manually is not that easy compared to cameras that have a 3rd wheel.