NIKON Z 26mm f/2.8 on Z8 | 2nd LOOK | DAY TIME Testing | Images and Video | And Chris Thomas

[@josephsworkshop75]

Beautiful Matt. Chris would be very touched. He held you in the highest regard. God bless Chris and his family. Rest in peace my friend Chris.

[@LynneH-ej6rx]

So sorry for your loss, thoughts and prayers to you and to his family.

[@lukes5533]

Thanks for the video Matt , and so sorry for the loss of Chris .

[@alainreyers]

Sorry for your friend , My deepest condolences. Courage and respect to the family during this difficult time.(belgium)

[@debramercaldo4945]

Lovely remembrance Matt.

[@csc-photo]

Beautiful tribute to Chris, my sincere condolences to everyone that knew and loved him 😢🙏🏻

[@marc316]

What very sad news to hear but boy, what a wonderful man to have met and laughed with! My world was brightened when he would pop in. Rest well Chris.

[@Interbeing_CDN]

My condolences go out to Chris’s family and friends. May he rest in peace.

[@keithsandercock1412]

Heart felt tribute. Nice.

[@prl105]

Matt Sorry to hear about Chris' passing. Nice tribute. Condolences to his family and friends.

[@smkunder1]

So sorry to hear ! Always hard to say goodbye to a friend. May his transition be blessed and peaceful.

[@ronaldpollard8990]

First Class All Around Matt!!

[@artsilva]

Chris seemed like a great and fun guy to hang out with who can teach us old hats some things. Sorry for your loss but what a great dedication. The sun shown bright that day to match his spirit and gave you some amazing shooting conditions for you to capture. That moon rise said it all.

[@SwanSycorax]

Thanks Matt, really enjoy your evening / night photography of cityscapes and the waterfront. The 26 f/2.8 pancake certainly looks a very useful addition to the kit-bag.

[@Johnd3s]

Very well done Mat (RIP)

[@dominiclester3232]

Brilliant and respectful, Bravo!!

[@rgorji]

Love my Z8. More and more everyday. Sorry about your loss.

[@leonardotonin6201]

Sorry for your loss. .

[@cotswoldphotographers]

Sad news about Chris Thomas and sincere condolences go out to his family and everyone that knew him personally. I remember your your video with him and he came across as a beautiful human being. Thoughts with his family 💙

[@jorsetti]

So sorry for your loss of a good friend Chris, peace be with you and his family. Nice video Matt! you are inspiring me to go out and shoot with that same combo of Z8 and 26mm Z. Loved he urban landscapes and post processing. Peace.

[@AndyMillerPhotoUK]

Great vid Matt -no was trying to count how many red lights you jumped - none of course.

[@johnd5244]

My thoughts and prayers to you and the family for your loss🙏🏻

[@prios61]

Sorry for Chris, that Rest in Peace 😢❤❤❤

[@laurelb8372]

Interesting to see how the 26mm went, moon shot looked good. Very sad news about Chris, condolences to his family & friends

[@JRodPhotoArt]

I do like the scooter video !! Oh and the 26mm is a very nice lens.

[@waynerm002]

Sorry to hear about Chris Matt, my condolences. The 26mm looks great. I thought about that lens for vlogging use but was worried about a crop. I forgot that this is something Sony does on their lens for their stabilization and active stabilization, not Nikon. Although, if the electronic stabilization is on, you would need to crop some in post to hide that. The video I recently posted on vlogging with the Z8, I used Sony’s 16-35mm f4 and the ETZ21 adapter (got it after watching your review of it) and it showed the Z8 to be quite stable when shooting handheld. It’s great to see someone on the professional side show that it is possible to do that with the Z8, even without an articulating screen, when you have the autofocus setup correctly. Most of my lens are f4 as they are lighter then their f2.8 versions, now this has me thinking of picking up that 26mm.

[@vintonm2989]

R.I.P Chris!

[@detectivejonesw]

Rest in peace Chris

[@MrTSAS]

🎉Cheers from Guyana 🇬🇾 South

[@skydj100]

Stunning ❤

[@MattIrwinPhotography]

Thank you! 😊

[@JasonLorette]

What an evening, very nice! Is this heavy on the vignetting, am I crazy, or is that a creative choice in editing? Can you maybe give this a spin on a Z6II so we can see it on that? RIP to your friend. 📷

[@johnhjic2]

Hello Matt, Not sure about the Z8 I have not seen one yet... But I have. just take in my last but one F mount camera and 5 of my F mount lenses swell as an Z7ii just to get the Z8 on order. I will see how long that takes? But I do love the 85mm f1.2 on my Z9 just amazing bits of kit. Love your image from down under.... Keep well, keep safe and thanks for been so nice.

[@TaipeiGeek]

Great video, Matt. I was thinking whether to buy this lens or not for my black Zfc and now I'm leaning towards getting it. The images are gorgeous, and I just love the small size. I just wish it wasn't so expensive. Do you think the build quality justifies the price? Will it last?

[@MattIrwinPhotography]

Cheers Geek, I think it is very well made, and the only thing to keep an eye on is the part of the lens that extrudes ever so slightly when close focusing.

[@prios61]

Very good for a pancake ❤

[@shawketyalda7009]

Beautiful 👍👍👍📸👍📸👍👍👍

[@MattIrwinPhotography]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@batsta3d]

RIP Chris

[@TheMiniD3]

Another great Vid Matt Now waiting for the scooter review :) They have banned them here, except for hire?????? Thinking this 78yo may also use one of these for photography? Regards, ..............Gary ......................AU

[@stimon89]

Hi Matt. First, so sorry for the loss. Second I never thought how good lens is the 85mm F/1.2 for landscape, I have seen your photos in this video and i am impressed. Can you give us more videos for landscape, seascape, or cityscape and 85mm F/1.2. Third, I've seen you use it the peak design clips. Is reliable? Is good for lenses? maybe this is not a good position for the lens when walking and shaking, maybe creating a problem inside the lens. I don't know, I'm asking because i am interested in this product. Thanks for the video!

[@debramercaldo4945]

I wonder how these pancake primes stack up to the Z 17-28 2.8 lens.

[@MattIrwinPhotography]

hmm that is a good question Debra, I will have to go back and look at my files, or perhaps get my hands on a copy again... let me come back to you on this one :)

[@melbournepixs]

Rest in peace Chris. The free bowel screening kit seems to be hard to get at the moment, I turned 50 this year and nothing mailed to me. I sent off an email but it seems they are in short supply.

[@foxhound8843]

I love your video , Wich country and city it is ?

[@MB-dq2gz]

You can shoot 8k 10bit raw to a UHS-II card? Which did you use? 🤔

[@waynerm002]

Did I miss something? I didn’t see any information about the video recorded in RAW format. He listed 10 bit H.265, not RAW. The Z8 quality out of camera is great, for most use cases, you don’t have to shoot RAW and can get great results.

[@MB-dq2gz]

@@waynerm002 I haven't had time to play with my Z8 much, but I thought anything about 8bit was raw.

[@waynerm002]

@@MB-dq2gz I understand. With the older Z cameras lacking 10 bit, it may have seemed like a much higher level codec but, it’s not. There are many levels to the codecs, 4:2:2 10 bit can be done in H.265 all the way up to 8K30 UHD, on the ProRes (non-RAW) side you can do up to 4K60 10 bit 4:2:2 HQ. For RAW you are in the 12 bit region up to 8.3K for N-RAW, ProRes 12bit RAW goes up to 4K60. The 10 bit looks great from the Z8, give it a try. Check out the reference guide as well, it has a lot of useful info on the camera.

[@MB-dq2gz]

@@waynerm002 Thanks for the clarity! Yes I have been meaning to get by a cafe and just go through the reference guide and the free Nikon classroom video I got from buying the camera.

[@waynerm002]

@@MB-dq2gz Now that you mention it, I did see an email about that but deleted it. I was perusing the Z9 manual and the Z8 Reference Guide, when NikonRumors posted the link. Still testing out the camera, posted a couple of videos on what I’ve done so far and have some more in the works.

[@davidroberts6766]

Condolences on the loss of your buddy, Matt…. two thoughts….One, I have the 26mm pancake….I love it. On my Z6/7 its a super light walkabout wide prime. On my Zfc its my “normal” lens….so fun. Very glad I bought it. Second, is it not supposed to be winter in Australia? My early December equivalent winter in Ottawa 🇨🇦 usually already includes a metre or more of snow! I saw dudes running in shorts! That is not winter, brother!

[@pierreblattner4527]

sad

[@ronaldmoravec2692]

Take a course in movie photography. They will teach a movie camera allows the subject to move, not zoom fast and reverse or pan one way and then reverse like you can not make up your mind. Whole thing makes me dizzy. Yes I love my 26 mm.

[@Testprinz]

hehe matt, this video isn ´t good, because your change with your roller and your picture is permanent skippi troubleshooting

[@jpdj2715]

Matt, do us a favour. Go back to your video editing software that you used to generate this video. Now look at the audio track and the volume levelling in it. There's music blasting and more softly spoken human voices. For this Pete's sake, please turn that around. You are not soft spoken metaphorically and I do not want to annoy my neighbours with music at a basting volume caused by my setting the volume for your softer voice recordings. I live in a detached house, by the way. It's all over the KZbin place and annoying as F (not fotography). Seems you are grown up enough to handle this feedback and I know you can lead the way in this respect. Someone needs to start with it. Really.

[@MattIrwinPhotography]

Funny I thought I did ok, but I will take another look. We all like difference things, and I like the highs and lows. Thanks for the feedback.

[@jpdj2715]

@@MattIrwinPhotography - and thank you too. My simple rule of thumb is, if I need to adjust playback volume between voice and (background/support) music, then it's wrong. You're unique, but not alone - there are loads of YT creators out there that do this wrong in the sense of my rule of thumb.

[@jimbolic0809]

@@MattIrwinPhotography I watched this using my AirPods Pro on my iMac Pro, and I thought the volume and sound balance was fine. No problems at all.

[@thisisbenji90]

@@jimbolic0809 I agree, volume balance seems spot on to me as well.

[@jdelarosa89]

This is perfect. Don’t change a thing.