Or a refurb Z9 from Nikon for even cheaper.
Thanks Steven.One of the top performers and a real bargain is the Delkin Power 128GB... it's what I'm using in the Z9. Too small for any real 8k video work, but I've never come close to filling one shooting photos.
The larger Delkin Power cards do not perform to the same level...
The ProMaster Velocity Cine cards (also by Delkin) are also high performance bargains.
So are Panamoz a reliable company to buy from and what about warranty
I was actually answering Petrolhead
Yeah sorry - I said Panamoz but actually meant E-Infinity ...doh !
But from Nikons business point of view they have just lost thousands of sales on the Z9's.
I doubt Nikon will lose to much from sales of the Z9. The Z8 was always going to be a FF camera, as it's what D850 owners have been waiting for, and the D850 was primarily a landscape camera. As regards dual slots, for the life of me I don't see why landscape/cityscape shooters need fast cards, so SDs would of been fine, having said that it appears CF express are the future, so there was always going to be one in there. I think a mirrorless version of the D500 with 2 CF express slots won't be to far behind though, to compliment the long Z lenses.
Nope...
I'm glad you got a price you are happy with. It's hard to stomach losing so much on kit but unfortunately it's just the way, especially when they release a new camera.
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I've handled a Z9, and whilst it's pretty big, it's still not too bad. One of the cons of the Z6 is that it doesn't handle well with bigger lenses; the D600 with grip was far better ergonomically. I found I left the grip on the D600 because it handled so well with it. The Z6 is very nice when a small camera is preferable, especially for travelling. Much less tiring to lug about. The Z9 is somewhat smaller than the D6, which in turn is actually slightly smaller than a D600 with grip, or indeed any of the D7xx or D8xx range, plus respective grips. So, considering I used to happily travel with a D600 and grip, the Z9 wouldn't be so bad really. The Z8 doesn't appeal to me so much. It's like when I bought a F100 to be a smaller version of my F5; yes, it was 90% of all the F5 was really, but it just wasn't as good. I found myself suffering the extra size and weight of the F5, because I preferred it.
A perfect example of what I said in an earlier post not only will Nikon lose thousands of sales on the Z9, we even have people selling their Z9's to buy Z8's.
No gas. It’s needing a lighter weight setup that’s caused me to move from the Z9 to the Z8. And since it’s a straight swap for it I’m happy with that.
Can I ask how it was 'painful'? I understand that the AF on the Z6 isn't the absolute best ever, but to me, it's bloody incredible. Of corse we all have out own way of working, but a lot of what I shoot is 'events', very often in less than ideal light, so I'm interested in how the Z6AF system is in any way inadequate.
I have to say I've never had any major issues with the focussing system in my Z6; I will use the system best suited to the kind of situation I'm shooting in, and I find that the 'self selecting' mode isn't always reliable, because it can't possibly know what I want to focus on if there's multiple objects in a scene. But I wouldn't expect it to be. I prefer to use my own intuition and skill to anticipate where to focus, and use the little toggle thingy to move the focus selection point around. I have to say I use that a lot less since the introduction of eye AF; that to me is just incredible. But for context; I'm coming more from a background of manual focussing, and very basic single point AF, So I'm used to having to anticipate focussing. I find that discipline serves me quite well, and together with the camera's AF systems, have a much higher success rate these days. I'll never rely on a machine to do things 100% to what I want. Perhaps you're expecting too much from it?
1. I’m using XQD cards as I had some from my D4. I don’t need the extra speed of the CF Express, you may find it beneficial depending on how / what you shoot.
I'd far rather have a few SD cards. So, as said, unless you need the speed/are doing video etc, then SD will be fine.
Yes; I did that with my D600 with dual SD card slots. The single XQD slot in the Z6 is it's biggest weakness, I think. That, and the fact it can't take a control grip, is annoying. Would have been nice if Nikon had got the Z6/7 'right' from the beginning, really. But neither are all that big a deal for me in real world usage.
