The first and only review that anyone looking at the Z 8 will ever need.

This was about the 10th Z8 review video I watched, but the first to answer all my questions. Thanks.

This is the perfect Nikon Z camera for me. I gonna buy it soon. :)

as a D850 pro user- this is exactly what i need. this is a 100% take my money moment when it's upgrade time.

Nikon nailed it with the new Z8.... Seriously no compromises....❤❤❤

Finally a Z8 video with some actual information in it. Thanks Ricci.

Thanks for this, Ricci. I really love the still pictures you show - they’re great.

That sequence with the squirrel was WILD. I had to pause on each frame. Excellent pairing you and that Z8.

Great to see you guys settling into your new home - and a great first review of the Nikon Z8, which might be the first mirrorless camera to tempt me away from the Nikon D850!

Amazing fast-action-small-subject shots! Very impressive indeed!

Congratulations, Nikon, on the Z8 release! And thank you, Ricci, for the always-concise first-look and great, specific information. You are my favorite source of Nikon camera and lens information, because of your straightforward method of discussing the various features. Take care!

Thank you, Ricci. You’ve done an awesome job as usual.

Wow thank you Ricci, fabulous photographs and review of course. Once again I must look at my penny supply!!! Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful photos!! Mind blowing.

One of the BEST reviews I've seen on the Z8. Thank you.

Great mini review. Loved the squirrel images, especially the reflection ones.

Stunning images wow! Well done.

A beauty! Well done Nikon!

Thanks for the video and providing a comparative analysis. I am planning to add a new body to my Z7II and several Z lenses and this video made very clear to me add Z8 as it does meet my requirements. 👍🏻

Amazing pictures! Those squirrel shots are just flawless!

Many channels are going to have reviews but as always for the straight story, I always search for your uploads. Again you proved the important points with clarity and knowledge....Now all I need is someone who wants to bankroll my future Z8.... I have been so happy with my Z6 orginal version that gets used for commercial work almost every day, that my D850 and D800 sit idle 95% of the time. Maybe it is my cooperative subjects but AF has never been a problem for me but I am not tracking Swifts in a 120mph dive. People, and events. with some architecture. Most of my work is actors and more video than I like. So my savings set aside has about 1/2 the amound needed. A lot of demand is going to cause the crazy wait times that the D800 had when it was released. The big mail-order stores had 7-9 month waits to fill the orders. By luck I was in the US for 1 week during which time that model was released and somehow, I ended up getting one before I left. The D850 was much easier to get off shelves.

I appreciate your thorough review, providing detailed insights and explanations for each area.

Gorgeous images; well done!

Great review nice pace, very informative and very interesting! Your shots are amazing!

Fantastic video. Great information. Stellar images.

I have ore-ordered the first day, and have watched this Ricci Talks several times!

I've never thought of keeping both eyes open while looking at the viewfinder to help track better...brilliant

Great video and very informative and honest review will order asap thank you 😊

Excellent review -- best I've watched! Amazing photos really help. You are now partially responsible for me pre-ordering the Z8. I've been waiting to go mirrorless, but didn't feel the Z7II was quite there yet and the Z9 was just too expensive. The Z8 seems really to be in my sweet spot as an outdoor photographer who also does some cityscapes. For now I'll be using my F mount lenses on an adapter. Hoping someone gets a Z8 compatible Arca Swiss quick release or L-bracket to market soon. Again, great job.

Excellent review!! Thanks so much for sharing your experience and knowledge!!

Great review. The squirrel action pictures are amazing !

GREAT Video, I preordered one at the first chance my photo store opened.

This is an excellent review, in fact it's probably the best I've seen. Thank you very much

26:05 the squirrel “looking at its reflection”! Wow. Just wow. I hope you’re going to make and sell prints of these. Absolutely epic shots in here; what an amazing couple of months you must have had!

Nice overview Ricci - as always. Very appreciated. Thank you :) -PD

Love the Squirrel looking into the water :) The Night sky was also amazing

Thanks for teasing some days ago beauty of a beast the Zed eight

Very detailed review indeed. Makes my buying decision easier. Thanks 👍

Damn what an amazing collection of truly fantastic photos!!

Great video and review. Thank you!

Thanks Ricci! Great review!

Hi! Finally Nikon made a prime camera, that is small & pack with a lot of punch like the Nikon Z9. It will very good for travelling, thinking to add Z8 in my arsenal n the future. Thanks for the video review. Keep up the good work.

Great illustrations, thanks!

I cannot wait to buy this camera 😍 OG Nikon pedigree in a state of the art mirrorless body. This was absolutely with the wait, chapeau Nikon 👏

Well done as always sir!

Fantastic video, appreciated

Epic shots with the squirrel and the birds ❤❤❤

Your unique (on KZfaq?) comments on the importance of viewfinder brightness at the 10 minute mark earned you one tiny sub (with notification 🔔) from me. As someone born with less than amazing eyesight, the EVF on my Z6II has been a revelation. The concept of being able to photograph indoor at night in comfort ... 🥰 Electronic image intensifier or bust. I'm never going back to SLRs. I have no idea why nobody else has mentioned this ... 'tiny' detail before in the plethora of mirrorless camera reviews found here on YT. Maybe they don't actually use the cameras they review in real world situations? Nah, surely that cannot be the reason. 🤔

fabulous review and the images were amazing!!!

Agree with others Ricci, this was a great walk though of the camera. Preordered right away Wednesday morning. Jumped with joy when you said it can Identify military aircraft at a distance. That will be great for me. One of the things making me really want this is the AF. Thanks

Gonna love this camera!

Pre-ordered and deposit in. Fits well with my requirements.

Good review, Ricci. Thank you.

Amazing, comprehensive review!

Thank you for showing it next to the Z 6II. Too many other reviews are comparing it to the Z 9 which most of us don't have experience with. It still looks a little on the large side where the 6 & 7 are more portable.

Excellent review….and images

Amazing sample shots in this video.

Thanks Ricci, Best review so far. I just ordered one and now its going to be loooong waiting for delivery :)

Great video Riccki

Thank you for being so unbiased 🙏🙏

Hi Ricci, I recently sold my D5 and upgraded to a Z9. I also have a D850. I was considering waiting to see what the Z8 was like, but I think I've made the right choice with he Z9. The vertical grip and battery life make all the difference for me.

There is going to be huge demand for this camera. But I cannot afford it at the moment in any case. Great in depth review and lovely photos showing the potential of the new Z8. 👍

Thanks for talking about the buttons and ports. Those details are vital. With my z7, I can barely plug a remote in when I’m vertical on a tripod. The placement of this 10-pin adapter will really help that. I’m looking forward to the bright viewfinder.

Very impressive what you are showing here ! Still shooting DSLR D800 for over ten yrs now !

Jesus, were you filming this with a 1.2? The DOF is so shallow.

Perfect review. Thanks

Thanks so much! Great insights!

Amazing pics Ricci. Thanks. So, about the Z6III 😄

This is probably the best review of this camera i have seen and i have seen a few. I am rhe weirdo that still shoots with a d750 and that has postponed upgrading for years now. You are also the first i see tested the camera doing some milkyway shoots. I do a lot of astrophotography, how was the noise on your milkyway shoot? As a subjestion It will be very useful if you could share links to the raw files of some of the pictures you took so others can check them our in detail, specually the ones taken at low light to see how the camera performs. Thanks for the review.

Really nice to hear some honesty about some little nagging details like the card door popping open accidentally sometimes, and the less than ideal ergonomics of the AF-ON button. Most reviewers or reps would not dare to say such things. Truly seems like the goldilocks camera, maybe even among all 3 brands. Great move for Nikon bringing it in at the $3999 US price point.

Hi Ricci, it was good to meet you at a couple of Nikon Schools recently. I certainly learned a lot more about my Z6 and I was pleased with the results from the Z 2x converter that you recommended for my 70-200, but the day at the Hawk Conservancy confirmed my fears about the suitability of the Z6 for shooting fast-moving objects. I have pre-ordered a Z8, I think it will be my ideal all-round camera, and I appreciate the way in this video that even as a Nikon employee you are still able to talk about features you consider to be weaknesses.

Hi Ricci, great video - just sold my Z9 (too heavy und cumbersome for my needs) and got me the Z8. SInce I already own a Z6II I now have 3 batteries for 2 cameras, nice side-effect. But what I discovered as difference to the Z9 is: - The Z8 offers two additional menu items for portrait photography (not sure how they are called in english since my settings are german): Skin Smoothing (Off, Low, Norm High) and Balanced Portrait Impression (Off, 3 individually configurable modes for balancing luminosity and colour) - The current Z8 firmware does not yet support the new powerzoom lens - Some tester wrote, that the storage interface performance is only half of that of the Z9 so that the CFexpress Cardslot only supports up to 500 MB/s and that the SDXC slot barely reaches UHS-I level. I found nothing whatsoever concerning these technical specifities neither for the Z9 nor for the Z8. Can you shed some light onto that matter?

Wow, that owl!

Great video Ricci - very informative. The Z8 gives you everything you want in a camera, but also at a more attractive cost for those who can't budget for the Z9. I love the way the camera design and locations of buttons etc. are mirrored (no pun intended, well maybe) in most cases as there's nothing worse than trying to locate a button when you change camera - hope Nikon has enough stock for the forthcoming demand :)

Ricci - Thanks for making both videos Z8 and MB-N12. I was thinking the Z8 would make a great 2nd camera to my Z9 but after watcing your videos it became crystal clear to me that the Z9 is and always has been the perfect camera for me. I was waiting to see what the Z8 specs were and it just does not make sense for my use case. I am one of those shooters that likes the larger ergonmics of a flagship and those EN-EL18d batteries. For shooting events having idential cameras has always been the way to go for me. So I bought another Z9 today. The Z8 also reinforces that after a year and a half the Z9 is very current with the Expeed7 and Sensor. Now I am curious how many others were waiting to see what the Z8 was going to be and ended up going down the path I did. I am sure Nikon might be suprised in which direction existing Z owners went and those entering into the Z System for the first time. I am 5 years in so it really was a no-brainer for me. Either way its a win-win for Nikon. Thank you for your videos! You are the most trusted source on Nikon Camera Equipment.

GREAT video, it shows the differences between Z8 and Z9. But in a way that's a strange comparison as well given the fact that the differences are so small. I would be interested in a video comparing Z6ii/Z7ii with the Z8. Especially because the Z7ii is the high resolution one and the Z6ii is supposed to be more alllround and better video.

Excellent review thank you. Would really like to see you complete a Z8 battery life test for stills using super telephoto lenses.

As always, great content -- and I'm not a prospective buyer of the 8. Hoping any beefing up of the 8's AF is extended to the Z9 in a firmware update (coming very soon). I was also hoping subject detect would be expanded to Nikon's super primes so I could finally capture my long ago ordered 600 TC :)

A fully detailed review, thank you Ricci. Are there any recommended memory cards for the Z8 please?

Those squirrel and bird shots are absolutely gorgeous

The only channel which I trust for Nikon

Hey Ricci, as always very informative video and thank you! I do have a question. Does the Z8 have the same 4 bank settings support as Z9?

The quality of your photos … a lot of respect from me

Great Review!

Another great video Ricci! Considering the two USB-C ports, I wonder if in the future it's possible to have external recording to an SSD? A firmware update could give us that option or there's a hardware limitation? It's an amazing camera, but still nothing new or "extra" in this 2 years since Z9's launch. They have all the hardware there, but still so many software and UI options missing for video. It would be awesome to see some different video resolutions/ratios, open gate, zebras+peaking at the same time, B-Raw... Btw, is it possible to change function of the top left buttons?

Thanks for the impressed informations.

Great report - My Z8 is on order. The big question is whether to sell my Z6 or Z7ii - particularly because the Z8 is almost always going to be the primary camera.

Excellent review

Ordered

Great images

Nice review mate!

My Z9 and Z7ii just enough for me...as hobbyist photographer. Z8 may be a good option for those upgrading from D850

Thanks for the wonderful video and the always useful insights. Please convey to Nikon that as soon as they announce the 200-600 I´ll buy one to replace my d500 ;)

Terrific review. I might be the very first person to get my pre-order for the Z8 registered at the Camera Store here in Calgary. It’s replacing - actually not exactly because I never sell my old cameras - my D850 and Z6ii. I’m not sure if you mentioned it but just to clarify, will it take the FTZ1 adapter? I’m assuming so because it doesn’t have the integrated vertical grip. Not a big deal but nice if I can save the money using the original adapter - and keep using my beloved 500mm 5.6 pf for birds and wildlife.

I think your honest explanation of the af button might mean I get another z9 and not the z8. You’re absolutely right, it’s so important that that feels right. I’m going to check how my z7 af button sits /works before I commit though. Ps thank you.

As always an excellent and informative video. I for one will be buying the Z8, for me it’s lighter than the Z9 and every bit as good as, so that’s good enough for me. Could I ask if the DX aspect ratio is offered, I can’t see why it wouldn’t be but I can’t find it mentioned anywhere. I’m also a little surprised at how many folks were expecting a 61mp sensor? Not really needed in a Z8 and a Z7 upgrade would have been made redundant if it had been.

The 8 would be a good choice for many photographers.

I got my Z8 yesterday. I have come from the D850 and it is a big jump. I am looking forward to some more instructional videos, especially around the focus modes and subject tracking.

Thanks so much. Great comprehensive video. I suppose you could affix a 1mm thick plastic dot on the back button so that it would extend out a bit more from the camera body.

Great job Ricci! Can you recommend what the CFExpress card minimum write speed has to be to be able to take full advantage of the Z8's video features? The speeds and prices are all over the map. Thank you!