Nikon is back in the game! For my needs.. its the best camera there is today.

Out of the channels posting Z9 vids I chose yours to watch first. More reputable information than some others 👍🏼

@manilamartin1001

2 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@DrRussell

2 жыл бұрын

100% agreed

@tofulosophy

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@crystalous

2 жыл бұрын

Dp review is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Smoothblue90

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto.

I’m not a Nikon shooter and will probably not buy this one. But I’m super excited that Nikon finally seems to catching up. Huge cred to Nikon. It’s a beast and I take my hat off! Congrats to all the Nikon shooters 🙂

@bencollins7684

2 жыл бұрын

Catching up? They've overtaken!

@taylorhickman84

2 жыл бұрын

@@bencollins7684 lol by what metric?

@Joelsfilmer

2 жыл бұрын

​@@taylorhickman84 They may not have overtaken but have definitely caught up. There are really big improvements to autofocus and video features here. Releasing the first purely electronic shutter camera to work is a pretty big leap in itself. A bit like when the D90 introduced video to DSLRs.

@chrisvig123

2 жыл бұрын

@@bencollins7684 Hardly….this camera is evolutionary not revolutionary….this should have happened years ago. They need to apply the new tech to they’re other camera lines fast as very few will buy this one. They’re on they’re way to being a viable company again…good to see

@klackon1

2 жыл бұрын

Well said.

So good to see Nikon alive and well. Cut my teeth on a Nikon F2. Like a lot of folks, went to Sony when they came out with the A7, but still a Nikon fanboy at heart.

I can't believe it, competent Nikon marketing! First time ever!

@ichiromichael

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you!

@BeaverFernandez

2 жыл бұрын

It's second time ever brother, don't forget the D3 Moment😌♥️📸

@seantomlinson3320

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeaverFernandez good point. And there was a cool old video about a flagship film camera and it's speed too. But yes, rare enough to be noteworthy.

Huge congrats to Nikon for pulling this off. Very impressive camera and I look forward to more reviews.

Impressed and really happy this worked out as expected.

video and picture quality looks out of this world!

It's such a great pleasure to see the high end mirrorless market heats up! High end camera is always a good indication of what the rest of the lineup looks like and this looks very promising😀

This is the best looking video so far on DP review. Colors looked very pleasing, dynamic range looked amazing and highlight roll off was so smooth. Most of that could be due to cloud coverage but it looked great.

Tracking the two athletic sprinters is cool and all but it remains to be seen if it can track a Jordan Drake at full speed

@thatjordandrake

2 жыл бұрын

Saving that for the full review.

@kalvin.

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatjordandrake need to see the eye AF tracking when you’re in the fetal position as well!!

GO NIKON!! 😁 I always appreciate your honest, neutral reviews. As a Nikon shooter, I’m really excited about the improvements they have made. I don’t mind the slightly heavier weight because I like the balance it give me when using heavier lenses. Nikon is showing that they are still in the game with this competitive camera and I could not be happier!👍🏽

You guys and Kai-my top go-to guys, I can’t stomach fro nor that asinine couple-thanks for timely vid drop. You guys rock!

@dragonnyxx

2 жыл бұрын

I love that just "that asinine couple" is enough for everyone to know exactly who you're talking about.

@Joelsfilmer

2 жыл бұрын

@@dragonnyxx Edutainment drama shills the lot of them. Glad to have DPReview!

@DeeRosa

2 жыл бұрын

Fhkk the Northrups but you should actually see Fros first look. Nikon shut him up and he owned up to it.

@jamesryan1939

2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100% Fro and dummy couple are worthless, they jump to the platform with the latest release, hey look I'm Sony, hey look, I'm Canon, hey look no one cares, and no professionals jump platform every year.

@DeeRosa

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesryan1939 this really is the perfect response man.

Many thanks for the great review here and in all the other vids too. Best channel when it comes to reviewing anything photography equipment. Been a fan for a long long time. Greetings from Down Under!

Thanks Chris!! Can't wait for the full review!!

The return of the king! This will be an exciting machine! Nikon is about to rise!

was waiting for this one. Thanks for the presentation!

Last year, after testing several hi-res cameras I switched to the Z7II for my fashion and beauty portraits. Next to my H6D. The Z glass is phenomenal and the raw files are hands-down the best in terms of tonality, dynamic range and color accuracy. Only the S1R came close. It’s great to see this Z9 being a such a leap forward, even though it is not a camera I need in my workflow.

@stefanweilhartner4415

2 жыл бұрын

maybe the Z7 III will then be the next thing, having the expeed 7 processor of the z9 inside

Ordered... NPS Priority purchase... I knew the videos would roll out today! Nice review, thanks as always!!!

@FrederickDunn

2 жыл бұрын

The ability to swap and switch batteries from the D5 is helpful to me. I was curious about those much higher shutter speeds they listed? well past the normal 1/8000 of a second and up to 1/30,000 of a second? Anyone test that out yet? The quiet shutter is perfect for the quiet environments I find myself in where the shutter noise has worked against me in the past. Looking forward to it. The cards are pretty pricy too but should last many years. You synced your flash at 1/200, are you saying that the Nikon cls doesn't provide high-speed sync with this? I hope that's not the case :)

@jbird7782

2 жыл бұрын

Never did i think my bee keeper following and camera following would intertwine, but here we are! Lol

@Maxime-ho9iv

2 жыл бұрын

Well done! Now you can brag « hey I have the biggest and heaviest mirrorless camera around » !

@RambunctiousHamster

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maxime-ho9iv and you can get the keyboard warrior award for being an ass.. I also ordered one, and am happy it weighs less than my D5 though I've never complained about the weight of it. They weigh a lot for a reason..

@bhargavsharma9241

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrederickDunn In Jared Polin's preview video he states that the highest shutter speed is 1/32000.

Still rocking a D810, mainly because most mirrorless features don't impress me enough to sacrifice the body/buttons/heft/natural view finder etc. But, this is the first mirrorless that impresses me, I hope they make the next Z7 body a bit heftier with a few more buttons, remove the shutter as well and in one or two years I might upgrade when all the stars have aligned. Until then, I am still in love with my D810.

Thanks for a superb overview and pointing out strengths and potential issues in a professional unbiased manner! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I'm so excited for this camera!

Finally someone thought about protecting sensor from dust during change of the lens.

@youknowwho9247

2 жыл бұрын

Sony and Canon have had that feature for a while...

@JuanSanchez-zz3me

2 жыл бұрын

@@youknowwho9247 a lot of people don't use their feature because it's slow and can take several seconds to close the shutter, which is too long if you just need to change a lens quickly during a shoot

@lilnape2604

2 жыл бұрын

@@youknowwho9247 Sony and canon use actual shutter. It’s slow and shutter is delicate.

@mluu83

2 жыл бұрын

@@youknowwho9247 True, but the Z9 only uses the shutter only for protection. Sony and Canon still need to use these for their mechanical shutter which means they're very delicate. So I'm guessing the Z9 protection shutter is more robust since it doesn't need to function as a mechanical shutter. Regardless, good to see Nikon offering this feature.

@youknowwho9247

2 жыл бұрын

@@mluu83 I'm not sure how robust the sensor cover needs to be. Nobody changes lenses work the camera facing up in a hailstorm. It's pretty much just about keeping dust off. Don't think there's a need for anything heavy duty.

I always love your honest and to the point direct reviews Thank you

@prokremelskidezolati1426

2 жыл бұрын

"honest" :)))

You guys have done an amazing review! A great camera from Nikon!

Wow Nikon, I'm impressed! This camera looks amazing. Thanks for posting this video and providing real time camera shooting examples. 🔊💯📷✔🔥🔥😎

I like the look of the video overall. I'll go back over it later and look in more detail, but the colours in particular have a very nice look. The gradations also have a nice smoothness.

You guys are the BEST!

What a killer camera! Can't wait to get my hands on this one.

Best review here and Nikon has finally made a camera to talk about

For the algorithm. Great review. Directly from sunburned to tanned, impressive!

Another silver award from DPReview :) .

Great video guys! So much detail and information for a pre-production camera. Love to see cycling used as an AF test. I shoot bike racing and the different disciplines are such a challenge for autofocusing with small-ish subjects clustered together, fast movement, tons of colour, and indoor velodromes have awful fluorescent lights. Canon R6 was a wise investment!

So glad to see this win for Nikon. They needed a win and we need this as competitors need to step up their game.

@taylorhickman84

2 жыл бұрын

I may have missed something, but I feel like this is a lesser camera than the R5

@anonym5510

2 жыл бұрын

Ya I agree with taylor, the A1 and R3 are still better for sure. Nikon is doing better, but still not beating the competition!

@Maxime-ho9iv

2 жыл бұрын

A win? What!? Did you see how much this camera weight? This feels like going backward.

@qiyuxuan9437

2 жыл бұрын

@@taylorhickman84 Z9 is definally better than R5....

@taylorhickman84

2 жыл бұрын

@@qiyuxuan9437 how so?

Just had a flashback! One of the reasons I purchased the D5500 was from Chris Nichol's review from The Camera Store :D. Great review, excited!

Outstanding review. Thanks.

Thanks, very balanced and detailed pre-review, appreciated!

Thanks Chris - best reviews you two guys! I only wished for a better light with these photos...

Thank you very much, Chris. It was a very nice review.

The colors 😍

More on flash usage! Especially HSS! That is the bread and butter for anyone as a working photographer that this is aimed at. So great to see Nikon finally having a great camera and catching up and surpass the other’s!

@newforce5699

2 жыл бұрын

"so great to see Nikon finally have a great camera"... Mate.. their cameras have always been the best. Full stop.

@hunglemed

2 жыл бұрын

@@newforce5699 why bad sale?

@newforce5699

2 жыл бұрын

@@hunglemed Because Sony and Canon have dominated the marketing and advertising sectors, and have set themselves out to destroy the competition Nikon. Easy question to answer 😂

@JK-photo77

2 жыл бұрын

@@newforce5699 There is no reason to be absolutest. The Z6/7/II are not to the level of Sony or Canon. I didn't like shooting with those at all. Canon's were the same but the R5/6 are really good now. I have shot Sony for the last few years (along with a D800) and the Sony still better than both. The Z9 Looks like it will give it a run for the money although it is late to the game. I have always loved the files from Nikon the best but always loved shooting with Canon's Glass options better once you get out of the trinitys. Canon's flash system is a bit more evolved/refined but Nikon is right there as well. Sony's AF is amazing and everything else is "good enough" but the system with all the 3rd party support, shared accesories between bodies and the afordable glass, just takes the pie right now. We won't see a Z9 for 6months+ and the trickle down bodies for at least a year. My gear will be replaced before then. Unfortunatly that means Sony for now.

There's nothing like being thorough. Even if I am not interested in the latest videos hardware, I can still appreciate the presentation. Keep clickin' boys.

King comes back!

@mdsegara101

2 жыл бұрын

What king..?

Very cool ! Order placed. Thank you !

Best looking video so far..

I would have to say I love the quality of the video…I know you normally use a Panasonic for video, but this Nikon looks great

the nikon colors really make Chris look amazing!

this looks really great I am pleased to see this performance

So, we're finally at the point where the camera's only flaw is its different opinion on subject that's suppose to be in focus! Right? BRAVO NIKON! Marvelous!

Greetings from Thailand. You have me thinking about Nikon now. Great video.

@Chris really loving the discussion of easily changing settings in the heat of the moment at 15:50, including a workaround and how that takes up the only menu slot at the very top. I'd like to see this discussed for every review going forward, including common switches for event photography, such as between (1) auto ISO aperture priority for ambient light (2) base ISO full manual for flash (3) shutter angle priority for video (potentially including built-in ND). How many button presses for each switch? If we start to measure it, manufacturers will start to improve it.

Wow...so happy to see such a beast... I'm a Nikon Fan boy ✨🔥

Great review. Thanks for the objective view you aim for.

Excellent very well balanced Review. Kudos guys.

Promising first look for Nikon. Their mirror less cameras have been very good imo. I currently run Sony but really like the Nikon bodies, the way they feel, the tech (af, colors, sensors) are keeping up and the images are impressive.

Ahh, you're killing me at 11:21 with how you're using the Z9 as an arm rest!

Video looks awesome. Part due to a great camera, part due to Jordan, I assume :)

Everything is looking good so far for this camera.. Cheers to them. I'm not a Nikon user but if i was I'd be all about it..

@__-bk6mm

2 жыл бұрын

It’s the D3 moment again! Totally pumped!

As a wedding photographer that sure beat a D3s and D4 to the ground, seems like I'd be going back to full body. Twin Z9 for sure, also the new adapter seems slimmer too.

being lucky enough to have shot one of these cameras already.. I agree it was extremely impressive and redefines the flagship tier at that price point. As far as the buffer goes we uses Pro Grade Cobalt cards which we didnt run into that shorter buffer issue at all to be honest. As memory progresses itll just keep getting faster and cheaper which is great

@OkwyUgonweze

2 жыл бұрын

Seth I trust your opinion. If you can do the test on your channel and to clarify this situation.

@LastXwitness

2 жыл бұрын

@@OkwyUgonweze check Ricci channel he just did an in depth video on it. Any camera will bottle neck with slower cards and cf express b will jsut keep getting faster and cheaper as we go along

The real deal guys well done excellent review !

Ah yes, the mighty picture box. I love your guy's sense of humor.

Very cool! Nice job on the video. :) Hopefully Nikon back ports some of the software/firmware advancements of this down to the Z7/Z6/Z5.

I'm glad Nikon is catching up. Watching this it's fun to know that I'm still a Nikon fan. But I'm afraid for small travel and hobby photographers like me, Fuji has me. But I'm open to change as they fill out the range of cameras.

Exceptional review. No Jokes, BS, and bolstering like some other reviewer that I will not name. Just professionalism and facts. Keep up the good work.

i like the colors most of all your videos!

The Nikon Z mirrorless camera system is far superior than any other camera system on the market. Nikon has really outdone themselves with the Z9.

Great video thanks Chris😊👍

I may not shoot Nikon anymore, but I’m so glad this camera came out. I’m sure they’ll listen to the critiques and tweak them to make the Z9 even better than what the preproduction is now.

Top drawer video many thanks guys 👍

What a machine.

Impressive picture box!

Obviously you people are under enormous pressure to give tons of accurate information on a tight schedule - who wants to be the last to post, even if it's only by seconds. Awesome to see that you still have aesthetically most pleasing scenes. Like Jordan with the 2 sportives followed by Chris. Or Chris with the cyclists, from below @15mm and the cyclists like silhouettes!

Thanks for the great video.

I do like that Canadians say zed not zee. Keep up the good work

@JetBen555

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure everybody say Zed except the USA ... as usual

@logitech4873

2 жыл бұрын

​@@JetBen555 Where I live we say "Sætt". Most people don't speak a variation of English, so Zed is unusual too.

@CakeorDeath420

2 жыл бұрын

But they do say Nai-kawn and not Nick-on as the Japanese, who named it, say it. :) Either ways, Its good Nikon has come out with the Z9. Glad for them.

Great informative video, and thanks for giving your body to science for our benefit on that velodrome track 😅

Hi guys - which cards did you use? I note you got 40/70/150 in the different raw modes. With Prograde Cobalt I got X/550/1860 shots (didn't take note of lossless sadly). That's a huge difference. BTW - I just saw this part of your video - the response video I made was not aimed at you, FWIW.

@thatjordandrake

2 жыл бұрын

As shown in the episode, we used a Sandisk Extreme Pro 1200MB/s max. Not the fastest card, so definitely the limiting factor. I do think people should know if they plan to use budget cards or especially XQDs that the buffer will be enormously reduced.

@mattgranger

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatjordandrake 👍🏼 sorry I missed that. I can’t wait for the day manufacturers start to write the guaranteed MIN speed, instead of theoretical MAX speeds.

@enricomarconi8358

2 жыл бұрын

Well I would have commented the same hadn't you done it already... I think a lot boils down to the card you're using although CF Express type B should be already moving a great deal of data usually... but yes, I think one should try ALSO with the fastest card. This is like saying 'use the top grade fuel' when testing a car's performance.

@enricomarconi8358

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatjordandrake you're right but when one can afford a camera well over 5K it would be nonsensical to use a 'so so' card... I mean you buy a Ferrari, you use top oil&fuel. Question is: is this a Ferrari?

@Photographersforyou

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your input...this is not a buffer problem BTS of it and cards always get faster, by this time next year when this camera is flying this wont even be a problem.

A seriously solid review on the Z9. Wow. Thanks for showing us what its capable of!

That seems like a great camera-thing! ;) Thank you for saying "ZED"!

Nice review as always. Can you comment on the lack of RAW output file format from early Z models, and how it is implemented in Z9?

I hope this channel single handedly makes "noct" an actual unit of measurement.

@biggidousthethird2672

2 жыл бұрын

I try to use NOCTs as much as I can.

I love the general look of the z glass. Now we have an impressing tool to feed. Nikon wow. As a fuji shooter you have my attention

@stefanweilhartner4415

2 жыл бұрын

with the wide z mount, the really designed it for a long lasting future.

Canon shooter here, Bravo to Nikon for having the balls to say "mechanical shutter ? naaaaah, overrated" Can't wait to see the reaction of the market, also, so so so happy that the "shutter" closes on shutdown, one thing from canon that deserves to be everywhere

Great overview team. Thanks for always being fair and not clickbaity.

Well done Nikon!

Idk why I'm watching this, I only just managed to stump up the cash for a 98k- shot-count d700 a few weeks ago. And the function/ DOF buttons were glued in place. .... Still bae tho...

Insane!

Great preview; look forward to the eventual deep dive. I can only hope 3D Tracking migrates down to future Z models. But please, Nikon don't forgo SD just yet.

Bravo Nikon!!!

Does the EVF refresh rate speed up while you are focusing? I've noticed my Z6 EVF does that.

Nikon colours are great.

One of the things that has impressed me with Nikon with the z series is the firmware updates. They are really supporting this new series. I hope my z6 II gets some of the society's for tracking from the z9. It also gives us a glimpse of what might be in the next z6 and z7. Will they have a stacked sensor and be mirrorless as well? I would also be interested in a crop sensor version that might replace the d500.

@stefanweilhartner4415

2 жыл бұрын

the processor speed of the z6/7 II is not fast enough to have these focusing algorithms working. that was the problem from beginning of switching to mirrorless. they underestimated the needs of "serial" processing speed for object detection and focusing compared to image processing that can be easy speed up by parallel processing. the z9 is the first camera from nikon that has an expeed processor that fulfills that needs. and now it works brilliant. i expect that to trickle down to a z6/7 III at the end of next year. for the z6/7 II there is not much room for improvement because the processing speed of the expeed 6 is too low.

@carlmcneill1139

2 жыл бұрын

@@stefanweilhartner4415 I'm not expecting an update that does it the exact focusing algorithms of the z9 but I do think we will see some improvements. Remember, the z6 II and z7 II has 2 processors unlike all other cameras. They have more room than you think. I'm not expecting all the different object tracking the z9 has but I would like for the overlay to be better and maybe pick up the subject further away than it does. I do think we will see improvements soon.

@morrisjonesjr.4560

2 жыл бұрын

No

Man the colours coming out of the Z cameras are gorgeous. With the new 40mm and their f4 zooms, I'm seriously tempted to switch up from MFT in the coming years - amazing results at not much more size at all.

@Kolegu

2 жыл бұрын

I'm on MFT too, for me MFT is good but I already tested the limits on AF and ISO that's the main reason that I want to switch to Nikon or maybe Canon.. 😅 the iq, dynamic range, evf and controls on my G9 are more than great, the prices on lens are unbeatable, but as I said before, when it comes to low light, af and iso...

@Eltargrimm

2 жыл бұрын

Having shot on Olympus MFT cameras before switching to Nikon, today was the first time in almost 2 years that I thought my Z7 felt like an Olympus (and I mean that as a compliment). It just so happens that today was also the day I picked up my 40mm from the store! No disrespect to MFT, I still love what they stand for, but with the 40mm on Z7, it was a similar experience with all the advantages Nikon offers.

@JennyDarukat

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kolegu I feel you. I'm using a G85/G80 since about two years ago when I switched from Fuji (X-T1), and before then a D600. I love this camera and my lenses for it, but I do wish I had more dynamic range at non-base ISOs and more ways to get bokeh other than putting on a portrait prime. My go-to is the 17 1.8 due to its size and it doesn't isolate quite well enough, plus I just love 40mm. My 12-40 2.8 takes amazing shots but sometimes you'd just want something a little bit more shallow without having to swap to primes, and the Z f4 kit prime would do nicely for me there together with the extra pixels to crop on a Z6 - add to that the 40 as my favourite FL and an actual f2 in terms of bokeh and I'm a really happy camper for 99.98% of everything I shoot. If they bring out a 70-200 f4 with the kind of compact design that Canon have shown with some of their R glass, it'd be my perfect system all in all, no questions asked. AF is something I'd like improved but is honestly perfectly good for me 99% of the time on Panasonic already, though I don't need AF-C almost ever.

@RAKITHA9

2 жыл бұрын

I jumped from the MFT ship a few months back , my guess is that once lower priced bodies arrive - full frame will dominate the entry level markets and wipe the floor with smaller sensor models

@mirrorlessny

2 жыл бұрын

@@RAKITHA9 good point, Canon RP is least expensive right? then Sony a7C, Panasonic S5 & Nikon Z5

High efficiency RAW, can preserve image quality similar to RAW, but a 1/3 size.

This camera is a Beast.

Great video. very aducating, thanks. I wonder How well does the Z9 do with high iso files. is it possible to shoot in 6400 iso or higher and still get clean enough resolts?

I really hope that the Z9's processor makes it into future generations of the Z6/7 lines. I don't need a heavy sports camera, but even doing portraiture, my first gen Z6 gives me the middle finger if I want to capture an actiony photo where the model is moving around.

Just as I am seeing it, the Sandisk 128Gb card isn't fast by any means, it's actually one of the slowest cards of that type that I have tested. With many card brands, the versions with less than 512Gb are MUCH slower than the rated speed, so you should get a lot more raw files with a different card.

@OnTheLeftHandSide

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. What they've tested is an uncommon combo, who would buy an expensive camera like that and then cheap out on cards? It's like buying an iPhone Max then don't bother with any paid apps.

@carter_is_here

2 жыл бұрын

@@OnTheLeftHandSide I have an iPhone 11pro max and I’ve never paid for an app

@leomckillop1077

2 жыл бұрын

Really wish they would have tested the buffer with a prograde cobalt card, until someone does we won't know what the buffer is with compressed raw.

@hautehussey

2 жыл бұрын

@@leomckillop1077 granger did and he got 20,000 shots in a row. More than you’d really need in any of the formats probably.

@leomckillop1077

2 жыл бұрын

@@hautehussey granger got 1,869 shots in compressed raw efficient, not lossless compressed raw. Supposedly compressed raw efficient is 1/3 the file size of lossless compressed raw

Hi Chris. Are you going to review the Tamron 35-150mm f2-2.8?

Awesome video guys. That Z9 looks great. Nikon really needed a slam dunk to save the brand. Will this do the trick. Only time will tell. Looks like a great camera right out of the gate.