Nikon Z8: The Best Pro Hybrid Camera?

[@Bigcookfilms]

I just got this camera and it's the best camera I've ever owned

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

It’s hard to choose between this and the Z6 III

[@Bigcookfilms]

​@@JasonMorrisphotocinemaI took this because the Z6iii was too close to my S5ii to justify the switch

[@RamonLinares]

It’s a beast of a camera. If they add a screen like the Sony A7RV, open gate and IBIS like LUMIX it would be perfect.

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

Open gate would be massive

[@deanlowe2580]

I changed over from the Sony a7iv and it has only been upside, much better video and for still it's insane, absolute beast of a camera.

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

This is quite significantly better than the A7IV in many ways

[@dje7917]

Why for still? (Real question)

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

@@dje7917 120fps in jpg and pre-capture. Could be great for sports photography

[@mattricci2981]

⁠@@JasonMorrisphotocinemajpeg come on man

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

@@mattricci2981 pro sports photographer only use jpg. They don’t need resolution. They need speed and efficiency

[@marqman05]

Good review and great videos. I am shifting to learn videography and I am amazed at how good your videos look from the Nikon z cameras ( and all cameras you use) . Keep up the great work.

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

Thank you. The color grading process takes a little to learn with different log systems but I love it

[@thomasjmcclure]

Nikon has really been tempting recently. I think if they release a ZF mk ii with basically the z6iii specs in it, ill be hopping on!

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

Not sure which one I prefer. Z6III or this Z8

[@Hsyunē]

Great recap on a Great Camera.

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

Thank you for watching.

[@jerrtinlsc]

hmm.... Nikon trying to clear inventory of Z8 before they release a new camera?

[@jakilahmoulien9070]

caught them RED handed

[@sunrisesunset8843]

Why, are you a rep for a competitor spreading disinformation?😂

[@jerrtinlsc]

@@sunrisesunset8843 no lol I’m a guy who’s been wanting the Z8 for a year but can’t afford to make the change yet.

[@marqman05]

@ right now the z8 is off 600 buck and if you go to Nikon use website you can also trade in an old camera towards a z8.

[@NetvoTV]

What you do in life that you want a Z8 and not a Z6III or Zf?

[@Flamamacue]

Such a good camera. Excited to see where Nikon goes from here after the RED acquisition. My only complaint is for the love of GOD give us a proper LUT preview/import option. The built in "viewassist" is hot garbage and something you'd expect to see on the entriest of entry level video camera. When I'm at exposure levels I like for the recommended CST grade the built-in viewassist makes it looks 3 stops over

[@hunterhart1]

I switched a few months ago. The only thing I hate: you cannot access the full sensor if you’re using an S35 lens, but you can do the inverse.

[@feodorbobkin]

Great video and great camera! How was your experience switching from photo mode (A) to video mode (M)? It seems like the settings are retained automatically between the two. Setting up custom profiles feels a bit cumbersome. Also, have you noticed any processing in RAW images when importing them into Lightroom? I’ve observed slight changes in highlights and shadows, along with a noticeable amount of noise reduction in the RAW files.

[@Bigcookfilms]

I had the custom modes setup for video on no time

[@SteveWB]

What a Beast. That song was used in a HBO show called Trueblood. It was about vampires.

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

Oh really? Haha I had no idea

[@RICH_Photography]

Crazy to see the modes. Most people shoot 3840 x 2160…and to get no crop you only have 422 10bit. Kinda weird modes…never seen anyone show all that so massive thanks for that 💪 Was a huge Nikon fan for years, was an NPS member even, and this is still a beast of a camera, Nikon is becoming the camera all of us creators look at, but never buy…still love my lumix cameras more. 😉

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

Thanks for watching. Yeah limix are doing some pretty impressive things

[@TapMyButtons]

The only downside is the fact that you can't record on two memory cards at once

[@PeterDiBussolo]

z8 all the way!

[@kaiwestensee]

Die Kamera ist toll, fast so gut wie die Canon R5 Mark II und die Bedienung ist ja bekanntlich individuell. Die Japaner bauen definitiv die besten Kameras für diesen Bereich!

[@visionz_n_media]

You definitely made the Z8 shine with the video image quality and the RED Lut was great. I’ve had the Z8 for over a year and still learning new features on it. It’s probably my favorite Nikon body ever, as of now.

[@Ben-cx8de]

How do you find NLOG compared to SLOG? I had the Z8 for a short while but found the footage to be lacking in dynamic range and it was so noisy!

[@Coatsey007]

Jason, you just get better and better and you make great videos. The only thing I would say is come on mate, get with the program and start doing HDR workflows and explanations. This is an amazing camera offering 12 bit so why crop it to Rec.709. And before you say, it’s hard, and things don’t display it, both KZbin and Vimeo now display HDR content really well knowing what the user device can deal with and delivering accordingly. iPads, Mac pros and even iPhones all display in a way that you can edit in HDR and all TVs these days can deal with it. You should give it a go like Pascal did. He’s a KZbinr in Thailand who initially gave me the response you want to give me but now he’s producing all his videos in HDR. Just my humble opinion and given on a Muppet in skill level, if I can do it, you certainly can mate.

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

Thanks for the feedback. I’ve had people talk about how much they dislike HDR content as it “looks weird” to them. Might be something I consider when it’s more wide spread

[@Bigcookfilms]

I just use the snapbridge app to see myself but great video showcasing the Z8

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

Oh right! Thanks for commenting this. I didn’t know about snap bridge

[@DeanAmirHussain]

10:28 you guys visit Malaysia?

[@flann5802]

It’s clearly Indonesia, around GBK complex in senayan

[@DeanAmirHussain]

@@flann5802 i see, no wonder. salam kenal dari Malaysia pak!

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

Was Jakarta

[@M7i_fr]

Z8 😍😍

[@johnrpittenger]

Best camera I have ever shot with was the z8

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

I do prefer the image out of this compared to the Z6III

[@zenphotocraftmedia8326]

Please test video z8 in night life

[@Bigcookfilms]

Check me out...I just got the Z8 and I'll be testing it in Nightlife soon

[@taslimahmed2992]

What Lens Did you use to shoot this Video?

[@MTBD80]

I'm probably going to buy the Z8 over the Z6 III just because it has the tilt screen. I have a Z6 and Zfc and the flip out screen on Zfc is annoying as hell to use vs. tilt screen on Z6. Also I have a D300s which is slightly heavier than Z8, and D7100 which is lighter at 759g and the heavier D300s feels awesome to use!

[@Coatsey007]

Feedback for Nikon, I’ve just bought the Sony A1 mk2 for one reason only, had the raw included iso I would have converted.

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

The Sony A1 II is brand new so it is hard to beat that’s for sure. 8k 60fps is a plus for this Z8 compared to it

[@germancreatives88]

im thinking to switch to nikon from Lumix or maybe i wait for S1Hii, Lumix is very slow

[@ajad6969]

I had 8k 24 on a sony xperia phone14 years ago

[@robin-comments]

I had 720p on the Samsung Omnia HD i8910 in 2009. Bring it!

[@amermeleitor]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jakilahmoulien9070]

I had stereoscopic HDR retina viewfinder on my Nokia DSLR since 1990

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

Absolutely not the same. Not all 4k, 6k or 8k is equal

[@jakilahmoulien9070]

@JasonMorrisphotocinema he was joking

[@PeeGeeTips]

What cf express cards/speeds do you recommend for the 8k 60p, I’ve a Lexar gold 128gb but wouldn’t call it value for money storage wise

[@deanlowe2580]

If you want good value, look at the Delkin Power 512 GB. It's usually on offer. I got one for around £150, and it works fine in all codecs and frame rates.

[@deanlowe2580]

Scrap that they've gone back up in price, £234 now though they may be on offers still where you live

[@0xBlurryface]

I’m using Angelbird 1TB and 512GB.

[@johnrpittenger]

Angel Bird 1 TB

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

I have been just using prograde type B cards with this and the RED Komodo X

[@carlosazevedo7748]

Until they don't map a pre-set configuration for video directly to the record button without needing to switch to video mode while you are in photo modo, this isn't a true hybrid camera.

[@omererdim]

Lumix best. Because 43 celsius 4k no overheat direct sun. İ love s5ii and gh6.

[@Boer82]

I am the owner of Z8/Z9. For me, Z8 is a perfect device for taking photos. But Z8 has several flaws in video. 1: Overheating of CFB card. Its heat dissipation capacity is really not exaggerated. As long as you install CFB card in the camera, even if you take photos but not videos, you can feel the heat at the handle after a while. The weather is getting hotter and hotter all over the world. If you take it to work outdoors in summer, the temperature will be prompted in yellow within 20 minutes. For process-based work, it is not competent. PS: Overheating problem does not exist on Z9/Z6III. Z6III 2: In NRAW-NLOG, the waveform display is defective. 0-15% of the information is locked. The information of your waveform cannot be displayed 100%. Simply put, your shooting content is before 15-100%. Not 100% In H264 H265 ProRes or In NRAW, as long as NLOG is used, there will be such a problem. PS: Same for Z9/Z6III 3: The support for external monitors is very strange. Red has recently developed 4 LUTs. It has at least fixed the problem of restoring materials in DaVinci. There will be no overexposure problem after applying LUT. But the strange thing is that these official LUTs cannot be used on external monitors. You can install and use them, but the official LUT will make you see very strange pictures. The entire output feels like it is coated with a layer of gray. But you can apply Sony's LUT or Panasonic's LUT to use it. This will cause errors in the waveform graph you observe in the monitor. But if you don't apply LUT, although the information of your waveform graph is correct, you can't use the gray film to confirm whether the on-site shooting starts with the correct required picture effect. PS: Same for Z9/Z6III Thanks to Jason Morris for the video introduction. I also like Nikon. The reason why I haven't sold my Z89 is that I hope it can eventually update a good Log and solve various problems with monitors and overheating. Otherwise, I can only use it to take pictures.

[@EddieZArt]

8k 60ips ! 😵‍💫 Do you think the upcoming Sony Alpha 7 V will outperform this one in terms of video capabilities?

[@amermeleitor]

No way. Sony haven't access to raw. Maybe ProRes raw, but not real raw

[@josecalibecerra]

No

[@anfalshams]

A7V is base model.. Z8 competes with A7RV .. Even A7RV can't match the specs.. Z9 competes with A1... If you are looking for the 2500 dollar price range, get the Z6III.. A7V won't be matching its specs anyway. Everyone will go on about the Sony AF, but Nikon is good enough now. If you don't get good photos now, it's your fault now and not the camera..

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

Really similar to be fair. 8k 60fps is quite nice in this. The A7RV flip screen is a champion feature though