Nikon Z8 or Canon R5C to combine stills and video

[D Verco]

On 6/10/2025 at 9:08 PM, kayasaman said:

the negatives for me is that there is no fully articulating screen and I have heard reports that like the R5, the Z8 can potentially overheat while recording video.

unless you're doing selfies, the Z8 has a better screen mechanism. Also it won't overheat. 

[Ilkka Nissila]

1 hour ago, D Verco said:

unless you're doing selfies, the Z8 has a better screen mechanism. Also it won't overheat. 

I completely agree. The fully articulating screen on the Zf is a pain to use, as in order to use it tilted, I need to fold it out to the left (rotating it on its axis 180 degrees and then 170 degrees to the left on the other axis), and at least for me the camera strap gets in the way often when doing this, and can also block the EVF proximity sensor which then turns off the LCD. Further, the LCD is then off axis vs. the optical axis of the lens.  The LCD folded out gets in the way of supporting the camera when doing macro work on the ground (low to the ground).  The Z8 two-axis tilting screen keeps the screen appoximately on-axis for all orientations and can be adjusted to different angles for vertical and horizontal shooting (including even mixed tilt angles) easily. I think the Z8 system is better for everything except photographing or videographing one's own face. However, I can believe that the fully articulating mechanism may be lighter and less expensive to make.

[Simon Young]

2 hours ago, D Verco said:

unless you're doing selfies, the Z8 has a better screen mechanism. Also it won't overheat. 

Agreed on the screeen, but as a former owner of the Z8 which is all in all a lovely camera I found it to have two flaws that made me sell it: Moiré and overheating, especially when exposed to a little bit of sunlight.