Nikon Z8 Firmware 2.0 | HERE NOW🚀Bird AF | Pixel Shift | Nikon's FANTASTIC FW Strategy | Matt Irwin
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
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Firmware 2.0 is here for Nikon Z 8, and wow !!!
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00:00 Intro 12 Apostles
00:42 New Firmware highlights
01:00 A first for EXpeed 7
01:47 Features from Z9 and Zf
02:10 More FW than any other company
02:30 Making the Z8 as good as possible
02:55 Dedicated Bird Detect for Z8
03:27 Auto Capture for Z8
04:00 Pixel Shift for Z8
05:20 Pre-Release expand to 300 secs for Z8
06:10 Auto focus improved in Pre-Capture same as Z9
06:20 Expanded N-LOG for Z8
06:45 Expanded increments to High-Res Zoom and Control Ring functionality for Z8
07:21 Sponsor Read
08:15 New Picture controls Flat and Deep Tone Monochrome
08:25 Auto Capture in DX - Z8 Only
08:37 Rich Tone Portrait for Z8
09:32 Auto Bracketing new step for Z9
09:42 New shutter sounds and volumes for Z8
09:52 Exposure delay mode has been added to Z8
10:02 Update to Non-CPU Lens Date for Z8
10:12 Support for 12-28 PZ for Z8
10:22 Improvement in EVF brightness during playback for Z8
10:32 Focus Indicator can now show meters or feet in Z8
10:42 Focus Point Display now comes in 3 sizes for Z8
10:52 Increased Magnification in live view for Z8
11:02 Even More Updates …
11:35 The Z8 in on its own journey
11:45 What might be the future firmware strategy?
12:20 Will this be the last update for the Z8?
13:00 Will there be more new ideas added via firmware?
13:45 Is this a new way of thinking about the value of your camera?
15:00 Will the Z8 firmware take the same journey as the Z9?
15:50 YOUR TURN TO COMMENT !!!
16:10 Crazy bang for buck !!!
16:20 OUTRO
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I gotta say as a Nikon shooter, I feel like Nikon is really taking care of us. Nikon continues to deliver spectacular updates, all for free!
Except for z6ii users feel bad for them not one major firmware update since launch despite 2 processors.
@@Youmemba yes, I was in their camp until I replaced it with a z6ii, although I prefer the z6ii body to the z8
So so much better that the past .
@@YoumembaI just bought a Z6II. I hope they support it more. 1.60 is the last one, and it seems like a good update.
@elboogie2324 actually they have 1.61 out but it was just a minor bug fix
Love how Nikon is taking care of their customers! Thanks Nikon!!
I ❤ my Z8
This update is the cherry on the cake, thankyou Nikon and thank you for your great TH-cam channel
Nikon is supplying great products with meaningful features that enable greater creativity. They’re back. Thank you Nikon!
This is a huge relief. The Z8 was a large expense for me, and knowing it will continue to be upgraded is reassuring.
Out of the park. Love my Z8 and now will be supercharged. A+++For Nikon and this is excellent to hear the photographers who, in the end will use this excellent upscalable product until the hardware permits it. Again 💪💪💪💪💪 for Nikon,you are the best!!!
This was more than expected! Thanks. As a user of Nikon and Sony top cameras, I just love how Nikon has released these major improvements in such a short period of time. Sony however just refuses to give its users (especially a1 users) minor improvements. That is why I’m looking to part ways with Sony. Sony can learn a great deal from Nikon in this area.
Believe it or not, yesterday I was thinking about "when will I see a new FW update for my Z8?".... I woke up this morning and there it is. Superb! And I was not expecting the Pixel Shift as in my new Zf. I'm so glad I kept on trusting Nikon!
I shoot Sony now, but have been looking at the Z8 for a bit now. I'm so jealous! I hope Sony is watching what Nikon does!
Well , I have been hoping for an upgrade to my A1 since 2021!!
For Sony, you need to BUY NEW cameras ifv ou want to upgrade. 👈🏻
Nikon is now like Fujifilm who keeps updating their cameras through firmware🎉
I am anxiously awaiting the next Z9 firmware update!
Today my Z8 will arrive at home. I’m so exited to unbox my new camera. And the first thing after charging the battery is to install the new firmware. Next weekend, I will start a few photo projects in my beautiful home area in the south-west of Germany. Thank you Matt for the exiting news in this video. Best Regards, Thorsten.
Total pleasure and enjoy Thorsten. What lenses will you be capturing with? Cheers Matt
@@MattIrwinPhotography Hi Matt. Most of the time I’m shooting with the 1.8 S prime lenses (20, 24, 35, 50, 85mm). But I have also the holy trinity zoom lenses as part of my gear. I love your channel. It is always a pleasure to watch. Greetings to Australia!
Fantastic collection !! and thank you @@Thorset1
You will Love it! For those if us that hung in with you Nikon, well Done...
Great that Nikon have delivered this in Windows as an unzipped .BIN file. Much more straightforward to apply and better for other OS such as Linux.
I just received an email from Nikon Canada about the firmware update. Awesome news.
Yes I own a Z8 and am excited. Cannot wait to try the bird tracking
More than I expected ❤
Great news! Thanks for the heads up - going to install it after work tonight. :-)
Thanks for the overview Matt!! I updated my Z8 today. The update is filled with great new features!! Thanks again!
Thanks Matt. Excited to upgrade this firmware and try out these new features!
Hello Matt, SO GOOD TO hear about this amazing update to a great camera. Well done to Nikon for both a great System in the Z system and giving us all such a great update.
Absolutely brilliant from NIkon Love it
Awesome, thank you Matt!
Total pleasure
Fantastic news - many thanks
Thank you too!
Have been after pixel shift for awhile for archival stuff and it’s finally here.
Thanks Matt great update waiting for the trickle effect to reach my Z5 😉
My Z8 firmware is updating as you speak. Thanks Nikon!
Thank you for all that you do for photography and for those of us who are passionate about it!
BTW, I’ve been using a Z9 and S lenses for two years and absolutely LOVE IT!
Thank you, again.
I have the Z8 and love it. With this new FW, I am very excited to try them out.
Have a Z8...love the camera and the support that Nikon is providing.
A brilliant video, Matt, thank you, and I love your enthusiasm for all things Nikon. It's infectious. The only glaring ommision for me as a video shooter is shutter angle. I really hope this is top of their list on the video side in the next firmware update.
Thank You Nikon, love my Z8. Now it’s even better!
Great news for my Z8.. Only 1 month old ! Loving the pixel shift. Don't know what Pre-Capure is yet, but sounds exciting. Thankyou Mark and Nikon ! Well done !
3D tracking is improved
Yes, I own a Z8 and I am excited to receive firmware 2.0. Thank you for explaining the features of this new firmware package.
Just updated my FW. Going to test some things out tomorrow. Nikon ftw!
I own both the Z8 and Z9 and I'm very impressed that Nikon continues to update the firmware on these great cameras!
I've owned my Z8 for a few months. I was looking forward to this update and it exceeded my expectations. This is very exciting!
Exciting updates. Just updated mine.
Yep it is a big deal :)
Great Video Matt .. I am so excited about Bird AF and I downloaded 2.0 today >> been using Animal AF up until now fantastic after the Z7.. Bird will be next level >>Good times
A fantastic update for Nikon Z8 users and I am so happy to keep on with Nikon for years, the bonus is now!
I am thrilled with my z8 especially now with this fabulous firmware update. Brilliant! Thanks for your videos Matt; I really enjoy them.
Glad you like them! And yes what an update !!!
I have a loaner from NPS currently and thought about updating the firmware just to give Pixel Shift a try. Thanks for the update.
As a Z8 owner I love the upgrade!
I’m so happy about this and truly grateful to Nikon for looking after their customers. I was going to buy another Z9 as a backup but now most definitely going to get a Z8 and save money to put towards glass. Itching to get my hands on the 35mm 1.2 when and if it arrives 😍
This is awesome. I guess there still is no “real” love for the Z6 ii. The latest update was just a bug fix. 😢
I know right not one major update since launch
Like a kid on Christmas opening up my 2.0 updates making the Zed 8 a whole new camera!! Thanks Matt and thanks Nikon!
Fantastic rundown of this fantastic firmware update, Matt! I can't wait to try in out tomorrow with some stills and video. I know we have most of this with the Z9 and Zf ... but it's so great to have it in the Z8, which has become my most-used camera overall.
Yeah Ray it is rather EPIC !!!
Looking forward to these features creeping up into the Z9.. Nikon camera as a platform is the thing. Z8 as a remote is now a consideration for me with auto capture, I was never comfortable leaving Z9's out on the range..
I have got my Z8 since the end of May now, and I'm really happy to see that there is such a huge update. Especially since I own a Z 180-600 for 2 weeks now. The only drawback is still that my portable studio flashes don't work in HSS with the Z8 anymore. But I am on a business trip at the moment, so I couldn't test the flashes with the new firmware. But I don't have high hopes that they will work flawlessly now.
Thank you for your great video, Matt!
Thank Matt. Thanks Nikon. Z8 now really feels like a baby Z9. For free... love it
I have a Z8 and look forward to testing some of these new features, particularly auto focus and the bird auto focus.
I upgrade now my z8 to 2.0, Im so exited about the new features
I love the firmware update, the bird subject detection mode and the new cycle AF mode feature are game changers. Now if we can just get RAW pre capture it will be a perfect camera for my needs.
Good spin on this. Glad to see that Nikon finally has caught up to my three-year-old R5.
Totally agree Matt, I shoot Nikon, Sony and Fuji for lots of different reason . Nikon is unquestionably the best in this and other respects at the moment . I can’t comment on Canon as I have never had a desire to own one . Thank you for a great video again 🙏
Thanks for the Information 👍 I love my Z8 🤗 Greetings from Germany
My pleasure!
Super exited because recently got my z8 and now I got more features ti play with
Would be nice if you make a video using this updates especially the pixel shit and the auto capture!!
I would have been happy with Shutter Sounds and Exposure Delay 😂 I’ll need a whole day to go through this list 😳
I did not expect Auto Capture and Pixel Shift - amazing! 🤗
Great as always Matt, Z8 users will be very happy with getting features from both the Z9 and Z8. Now everyone can start complaining about when the next major firmware upgrade for the Z9 will occur. Wish you well - Jeff
Nikon is being SO smart. $4000 is an upper limit for many hobbiests - the large majority of us will not bump up to the Z9 prices. But it’s in Nikon’s best interest to boost the hardware available for the hobbiest because as we have more features, we love photography more, and buy more lenses. You’ll always have the business of the professional photographers. Nikon is doing a great job of giving the serious hobbiest the best tools … keeping photography alive by investing in the hardware for those who are NOT professionals.
The bird mode is appreciated and the pixel shift addition is shocking. I didn't think the hardware was capable. It looks like Nikon designed for it and just had to wait for the software to catch up. I'm looking forward to taking some 180 megapixel landscapes this summer.
Nikon customers are no doubt starting to feel like partners with the development team - it’s a great strategy from Nikon.
Hey Matt, another great video! Have my Z8 updated already, and it is just great! being a Landscape first, then wildlife, they answered 2 "wish list" items off the bat with exposure delay, which I really liked on my Z7ii in doing tripod landscape shots, and then bird detect, which is better than the "auto" detect subject detection. This was a giant WIN for Nikon in my book, and I am really happy they are back either near the top or on top. For the nay sayers who were touting Nikon was going to go under...they are way behind, etc......stick this in your pipe and smoke it! :-). Again, great video Matt. Cheers
I recently purchased the z88. And I think that camera is absolutely amazing I have the d5600 and the z6. And I'm letting my friends use the Z6 and the d5600 to get into photography. The fact they brought these amazing features to the Z8 definitely does increase the value of the camera. I've even used pixel shift a few times and it's amazing results
Yes I am!!
These shutter sounds are so nice and crisp🥺
I have just bought a Z8 and love it coming from a D810
Awesome .Thanks
Cheers
As a Nikon Z user (Z6ii, Z7ii, and Z8), thank you very much Nikon!
Z6ii hasn't had one major update since launch pretty sad
@@Youmemba Yep, figured that one out because of the Xspeed 6's limitations. That's why I got the Z8 and my Z7ii is now just a backup landscape camera and my Z6ii was converted to full-spectrum for Astro and infrared photography.
@ThePinoyAggie you would think that there would be at least one major firmware update considering the 2 processors like making the tracking box smaller or improving the af algorithm algorithms don't require any extra hardware capabilities just like I don't need to update my brain to learn new things who knows maybe firmware 2.0 is in the works
@@YoumembaCommunication between the two processors is likely a big bottleneck making AF improvements infeasible.
Very happy with the update! Lovin' my Z8 even more now. It almost feels like a Z8ii. Glad they added Exposure Delay Mode. I use it for my landscape photography when using a tripod.
Totally agree!
Just finished installing the new 2.0 firmware.
😎👍
Great news, from the comments I've seen there are no issues so I'll do my Z8 later, some really cool stuff there I think I'll use. One thing I would like to be able to do (and really don't understand why I can't) is to output in-camera multiple exposures in RAW. Used to love doing this, you never really knew what you were going to get but I produced some great stuff this way. After all, my 17yr old D200 has always been able to do this.
Brilliant news, great video, thx! It’s very clever, for a couple of reasons, that the Z8 gets the upgrades first...Z8 owners were probably feeling left behind on updates and now they have several things Z9 users don’t, perfect. The other reason may be that any new cameras to be released are bound to have pixel-shift etc included and to have features that the Z9 doesn’t have will make their release seem particularly special! I’m pretty sure in time the Z9 will probably get everything. Exciting times.
Nikon is dong what Fujifilm used to do, which is a good thing to build customer trust and satisfaction; call it Nikon Kaizen .... great to see.
Wow… I love my Z8… this firmware update is amazing. I need to go to bed, but I will be doing this update in the morning. You know that square box line thickness surprised me. I really need that for baptism photos I take at church. The currant line weight disappears in the horrible lighting and dark colors. Nikon continues to surprise me. 😂
So glad this improves your real world photography. What lenses are you using in the church?
Excellent update. If you could have a word with Nikon, Matt. Ask them for RAW pre capture and a temporary fps boost button (A9III). Thx for the video.
I've been a Nikon user for going on 17 years, my latest is the Z8 & was never ever tempted to switch brands.
Brilliant stuff Matt. Yes, really love the way Nikon is putting the Z8 & Z9 at the forefront and keeping them there with these firmware updates. The one feature I really wish they would include is the ability to use Pre-Capture with RAW, not just JPEGs. Olympus are doing this, I understand, with their ProCapture on the OM-1 Mk1 & II. I would rather have Nikon Pre-Capture with RAW at 30fps than 120fps JPEGs.
Allright, now the Nikon firmware team can go on to the Z6 II!
This is very exciting for me. I just picked up a Z macro lens (the cheaper 50mm MC) and pixel shift for macro is super super super super super super super excitingly super! A few weeks ago I started building a little macro studio in the corner of my home office, and BOOM, now I have pixel shift?!?!?! This is exciting. Also, the improvements to Tether NX?!?!?! This is perfect. Coming from the Z6ii (ie., almost no updates), this is new territory for me. ❤❤📷📷
Thank you Nikon, yes thank you - that's all I need to say !!
Woah! I find the numerical focus distance a really big improvement for my Z6ii🙏
some exciting stuff, and yes, some serious disappointments too ... where's that miaow sound then? eh ? come on Nikon!
But a great video Matt. I love your enthusiasm.
Great to see some new improvements and features.
The big miss for video was not adding shutter angle so you can lock your fps to a shutter angle. To many times I have quickly switched from 24 to 60 fps and for got to change the shutter from 48 to 120.
Or to have the ability for go from a 180• angle to 270• or 135• to get a different effect without having to do math.
Hi Matt, right now I am so excited, as I do own a Z8, I have been waiting for this new firmware update since auto capture & bird icon was released to the Z9's version 4.0 update.
Yes, I do shoot wildlife and this is a huge big deal for me, as I am waiting to plan my next African Safari for 2025. I am also waiting on my Burnt Orange ZF camera to arrive. I am a huge fan of your channel and you have definitely had a major influence on my Nikon purchases and future choices. Thanks for all the hard work that you so diligently put in for us to enjoy and chew on. 👍👋😊😊
Thanks Brian, a pleasure, and that means a lot to me :) Where are you heading in Africa, and which are your current lens choices for the trip?
Hi Matt, I went on my first Safari to South Africa in 2014, to Kapama Private Game Reserve, in a place called Hoedspruit. This was absolutely brilliant, but I wasn't a wildlife photographer enthusiast . I will probably be heading to Pangolin on the Chobe in Botswana. I have acquired the Nikon Z 70-200 VR S lens, Z 180- 600 F5.6/6.3 lens, 24- 70 F/2.8 lens and a 14-24mmF/2.8 lens.
Wishfully thinking I would like the Z 135mm F/1.8 Plena or the Z85mm F/1.2
As you can see Matt, I'm an enthusiast who loves good glass especially when the end result is satisfactory, and you've helped me see that.@@MattIrwinPhotography
Amazing collection. Amazing adventures, you certainly have amazing tools, and I can see the Plena and 85 having a place in your kit. Very good for lowlight situations :) @@Brian-xo3mk
I bought my z8 at Christmas. Nikon had a one day sale going and the deal was just too good to pass up. I am excited about this update. I bought the 180-600mm lens last year and I've been using it a lot. I got my first picture of an owl and an otter on the same day with that lens on my z8. If I can get this firmware today's today I may go back to the wildlife refuge tomorrow and give it a try. 46 mp is enough for me. I don't know if I really need the pixel shift. I don't even know if my computer can handle a file that large.
The Z8 was overkill for my needs and the specs of the Zf were basically all I wanted for upgrading/adding to my Z6ii kit, but FW 2.0 for the Z8 does intrigue me towards the Z8. I really appreciate the accelerated speed of FW updates and how much they have been adding in the past. Probably waiting to see the potential Z6iii before getting anything but great to see the Z8 growing
I must save for the Z8 now...!
Nikon!!! Don't forget the older cameras like a z7II....there must be potential in hardware for updating, come on Nikon!!
Don’t expect anything AF related - the Expeed 6 processor has already seen massive improvements over time and most likely they did already everything they could. A lot of the processing is done in hardware and there’s only so much you can do with software - and no, having two processors doesn’t change the capabilities of the hardware pipeline. I don’t see however why pixel shift wouldn’t be possible.
Hi Matt! Really enjoyed your video! Keep them posted! There is one update I would like to see next: removing the file NC_FLLST.DAT written on n every folder.
Need to add exposure highlight warnings in the EVF... for manual shooters.
I love my Z8. This is a great firmware update
I’d still like to see
1. Focus Shift, the ability to specify start and end position so the camera calculates the number of images based on step size
2. 30 and 60 fps RAW shooting
3. Image recognition and tracking for Insects. Wishful I know
I have the Z9..Z8…Zf…Z50… this firmware update is a welcome thing I’m completely overjoyed…Nikon Rocks…. Thanks Matt
Pleasure Stephen, we are truly in an amazing place at this point :)
I think this firmware update might just be the tipping point from my D850. Thanks Matt
Great video -the Image at 13:51 of the person playing a guitar in the surf with the soft background is spectacular - will the become a print?
Wonderful new features!! Especially the bird AF!!
Would love to see multiple exposures in RAW instead of Jpg. For several competitions you need to make them in camera. But it gives me so much less options in post production. I could do them in raw on my D850. Too bad not on my Z8. Hope Nikon listens!! 😊
And to think, a lot of folks had written Nikon off a short while ago. Don't hear much from them any more !! Glad I stuck around........
Cheers,
yes, we all would have doubled our money when buying the stocks at 5 $
Thank you for the review . I know you are also using some of the Sony lenses with an adaptor. Just wondering if everything still working well with the adaptor after update . Thank you so much
ECSTATIC TO BE WRONG Not long ago on this channel I lamented what seemed to be a lack of updates for the Z8. while the Z9 press head with several updates, and the ZF did the same. As a Z8 owner I am super excited as you would say that all these great features have come to my camera. I actually started to wonder if I would sell it or trade it in for a new Z6 III because the Z8 seem to be forgotten. It now looks like those worries can be set aside.
Can't wait for a major firmware for the ZF!!
How about the forgotten child the Z50 ? 😮
Awesome review! Does pre-release work with back button focus too?
I don't use back button focus, but I suspect it does :)