Nikon Z 8 & Z f Pixel Shift Demonstration!!! (First Impressions)

In this vide, Todd and Aaron test out the Pixel Shift shooting modes for both the Z f and Z 8 to see what kind of results they could get. They did this experiment with no prior experience or knowledge. Have you given Pixel Shift shooting a try?

[@Tornado.EOS.Software]

Aaron thank you, Nikon is the best camera. I started using software for Tornado NKN cameras, updating the firmware, looking at errors and mileage.

[@AaronSpieler]

i apologize, but I am not sure about what you are talking about. what are Tornado NKN cameras?

[@Tornado.EOS.Software]

@@AaronSpieler Original software for Nikon cameras

[@JacobG-M]

Nice review! Thank you. A lot of the issues being described are issues with the merge software rather than the Pixel-Shift process itself. So… nothing to do with either of the cameras. Any technology has parameters to work within. In this case, the caveat is movement within the subject, as you demonstrated. Also, any technology has its intended purpose. With Pixel-shift, it’s primarily a boost of pixel-count. Depending on the software used, it also helps to reduce noise. Your Drone pics demonstrated this nicely. All in all, it’s a tool for a purpose, with its own limitations. The fact that Nikon was able to implement it retroactively with a firmware update is nothing short of brilliant!

[@AaronSpieler]

Thanks for the feedback! Always appreciated. This video was honestly born out of haste and not quality. The Z 8 received the firmware update and my buddy has the Z f, so I figured the sooner I could get a video out about it, the better it would do on KZbin. And due to some technical and personal issues, it took much longer to publish then originally planned. Also, neither of us did any research or planning before this experience. We just went and did it, but little did we know that we weren't really doing things correctly. Since all of this happened in real life, I decided to still post this video out of honesty and I figured someone still might benefit from it. I do have plans to make an updated version as well as a "all you need to know" about pixel shift style video here soon. I have read nikons guide quite extensively and there are a lot of things I could do better now that I understand it more.

[@toddfoisy4306]

Definitely gonna be trying this out in more of the “proper” scenarios!

[@AaronSpieler]

Absolutely haha

[@vincentc7818]

Aaron thanks for comparison to the pixel shift between Z8 & Zf. As I heard a lot of Nikon users said that, in term of the manual focus performance with manual lenses, Zf has better usage experience than Z8. Will you consider to make an other deep comparison on manual focus with manual lense to Z8 and Zf?

[@AaronSpieler]

I would be open to doing a video like that. Is there a particular question you are trying to answer? Or are you just more curious to see if there is a difference?

[@KibbitUpIt]

Thanks for the test!

[@AaronSpieler]

For sure! I think we are going to do something similar. But now that we know a bit more about it, we can do it a little better I think

[@ArminHirmer]

same what I thought, better take one shot and use AI noise in LR :)

[@AaronSpieler]

Yeah, still been playing with it and haven't found a great use for it at the moment.

[@avnerbenzvi8757]

I used my Z8 to test the Pixel shift with Landscape/ Macro/ Product and food Photography. I must say I didn't see a significant difference, or a good reason to keep using Pixel-shift Technology. The noise can be cleared (I use TOPAS De Noise) nice tool but useless

[@AaronSpieler]

It has 4 advantages on paper. Moiré/color fringe reduction, improved color reproduction since the pixels don't have to interpolate, higher resolution, and noise reduction. Of course noise and resolution are the two features that will grab attention first, but I think each component has a purpose for specific scenarios. With that said, I would agree with you that the benefits often times do not outweigh the rewards. And with nearly 1 gig file sizes, this isn't a feature that I will be using often.