The Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera is in a smaller, and lighter body, and is engineered with top-performance features for both videos, and stills.
The Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera is in a smaller, and lighter body, and is engineered with top-performance features for both videos, and stills.
Compact, Lightweight, Powerful
Built using Flagship DNA, the Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera is a Compact, Lightweight camera housing much of the technology from the Z9, but in a sleeker, more portable package.
Dubbed the ultimate hybrid camera, the Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera features the same proven, Powerful Sensor, processing, and AF capabilities of the Flagship with a new body design that better suits gimbal use, event shooting, and other handheld applications.
Flagship Sensor and Processing
45.7MP Stacked BSI CMOS Sensor
Featuring the same Sensor that debuted in the Z9, the FX-format 45.7MP BSI Stacked CMOS Sensor of the Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera offers a useful combination of resolution, fast readout speeds, impressive clarity, and minimal noise.
The Stacked design contributes to a reduced rolling Shutter while the BSI designation ensures improved noise levels when working at the top end of the extended ISO 32-102400 range.
Also, the 45.7MP resolution and full-frame Sensor size hit a sweet spot that benefits photographers working in detail-oriented genres as well as enables recording video at resolutions up to 8K.
EXPEED 7 Image Processor
Complementing the Sensor is the EXPEED 7 processing engine, which offers speeds approximately 10x faster than a Z7 II. This engine works in conjunction with the Stacked Sensor design to realize impressively fast AF speeds, burst shooting rates, a high buffer capacity, fluid video performance, and quick all-around handling.
- Top continuous shooting speeds of 20 fps when shooting in RAW, 30 fps when shooting in JPEG, 60 fps when shooting 19MP JPEGs using a DX area, and an impressive 120 fps shooting rate when recording 11MP stills, with all rates supporting full AF/AE performance.
- Able to buffer over 1000 RAW images in a burst, meaning RAW image sequences can be recorded for approximately 50 seconds continuously. Also, during playback, you can skip to the first shot of a given burst to expedite the on-camera review process.
- Pre-Release Capture helps make decisive moment shots easier by recording frames in a burst for up to a second prior to actually releasing the Shutter.
- When this feature is activated, burst shooting will commence when the Shutter is half-pressed and the buffer will retain up to a second's worth of frames prior to fully pressing the Shutter.
- Electronic Shutter affords a top Shutter speed of 1/32,000 sec for working in the brightest conditions with wider apertures.
- Stacked design reduces rolling Shutter distortion so fast-moving subjects, like a golf club, tennis racket, or baseball bat, do not appear distorted when working with Shutter speeds up to 1/32,000 sec.
- AF calculations are done at a 120 fps rate to keep up with fast continuous shooting speeds.
- High-Efficiency RAW file format maintains image quality akin to uncompressed RAW files but with file sizes approximately 30% smaller for faster reading/writing to the memory card.
- Stills can also be saved in the HEIF file format; a useful evolution from JPEG, this 10-bit format offers 1 billion more colors for greater realism and dynamic range when viewed on HLG-compatible displays while still retaining the small file size as a JPEG.
- Motion Blend Retouch feature can be used to produce an in-camera composite that depicts a series of subject movements within a single frame.
- Long Exposure display includes a live exposure timer on the rear LCD, along with the ability to dim the viewfinder to better preserve your night-adjusted vision.
Electronic Shutter-Only Design
Relying on the speed, and Stacked design of the Sensor, the Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera completely forgoes a mechanical Shutter and uses just an Electronic Shutter for all capture modes. The speed of the Sensor enables recording at up to 1/32,000 sec, and the Stacked structure reduces motion distortion for an accurate depiction of fast-moving subjects, like golf clubs, baseball bats, and automobiles. Also, despite the absence of a mechanical Shutter, flash sync up to 1/200 sec. is still supported as well as high-speed sync functions.
By removing the mechanical Shutter, the Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera can also operate completely silently and there is no worry over mechanical Shutter wear or breakdown. A Shutter release sound can be added for awareness when a photo is being taken, and the volume can be adjusted to suit different working scenarios.
More Beautiful Portraits
Perfect for portraits, the Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera improves on the Sensor's inherent capabilities with a series of processing tools and shooting functions to improve portraits:
- Fine-tune hue and brightness while shooting for more precise control while shooting.
- Skin softening can be used on up to three subjects in a shot and slightly blurs the skin for a more pleasing texture while still retaining essential sharpness on eyes and hair.
- Manual white balance control is more intuitive when making adjustments and Auto WB has also been optimized for human subjects.
Fast and Intelligent AF
493-Point Phase-Detection AF
Covering the full Sensor area, the Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera uses the Flagship 493-point phase-detection AF system to realize fast and accurate focusing performance. This system is benefitted by the high-speed communication of the Z interface along with the speed of the Sensor that enables AF readings to occur at up to 120 fps.
This focusing system also supports working in low-light conditions with a Starlight mode that permits focusing down to -9 EV to greatly benefit astrophotography, concert, and other nighttime shooting applications. Also useful for working in difficult lighting conditions, Backlit AF uses separate pixels on the
