The following Nikon Z 9 review was conducted with a pre-sales camera with having the final firmware installed. I was fortunate enough to play with the new Nikon Z 9 for a few days and I’m happy to share my first impression with my fellow filmmakers and content creators. With up to 8K/30p and long video recording times next to internal 4K ProRes HQ, this new camera is promising enough to shake the ever-evolving mirrorless cameras market. A future firmware update scheduled sometime during 2022 will enhance its video recording capabilities by adding internal ProRes RAW recording next to N-RAW (for easy editing in DaVinci Resolve). We titled the Nikon Z 9 as our mirrorless camera of the year for video – 2021, so let’s dive into it and see if the title is justified… Who would have guessed that Nikon, a company known for its traditional business behavior would be the first to introduce groundbreaking video features like Internal 10-bit 4K ProRes HQ, next to soon-to-come 8K60p 12-bit ProRes RAW, and 12-bit N-RAW video recording in their flagship camera. Top this with long 8K recording times and no immediate evidence of overheating issues and we might have a winner here. Logically speaking, Nikon is one of those companies that have no higher video market to cannibalize, yet, in all honesty, I did not imagine they’d go as far as including these video specifications simply because of the full-frame Nikon Z 9 camera is aimed at photographers. Now, before you...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 29 December, 2021