Nikon Z8 and Z9 Cameras: In-Depth Features

Nikon’s full-frame Z8 and Z9 mirrorless digital camera bodies offer best-in-class features, performance, and technology. Nikon’s flagship Z8 / Z9 camera systems are for every type of photographer including landscape, architecture, night sky, fine-art, portrait, sports, wildlife, documentary, and street photography. Frequently updated with significant upgrades to both models, Nikon has delivered new technologies and a host of ways to program and make each camera specific to your needs. Now is the perfect time to take an online workshop designed to give you the skills necessary to take advantage of this extraordinary camera system with the help of Lindsay Silverman, a longtime Nikon team member and photographer who has worked with the Z Series cameras since their introduction and was a consultant during the Z9 launch.

This workshop helps you understand the best ways to use the technology and features found in the Z8 / Z9 to achieve maximum results for your creative image-making. If you own a Nikon Z system camera or recently purchased a Z8 / Z9, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to explore the advantages of using mirrorless technology.

This four-session practical online program takes you deep into the customization and controls of the camera including the ability of the AF system to automatically detect and track a large range of subjects; people, dogs, cats, birds, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, trains, and planes—in stills and video. For sports and wildlife photographers, learn how to set up the myriad of buttons, dials, and menu options so that you can maximize your chances for success in the field. Learn how to take control of your cameras in high-stress situations with confidence. Landscape photographers can program relevant settings including shooting in multiple RAW (NEF) file types to maximize image quality, setting Picture Controls, and when and why for Pixel Shift and Focus Shift shooting.  

Lindsay moves you beyond the instruction manual and helps you find the hidden gems that lie within these two models. Topics covered include i-Menu customization, camera My Menu customization, programming buttons, and dials to suit the situation, maximizing the EVF, best AF Area modes to use situationally, best modes for capturing BIF (Birds in Flight), Focus Shift shooting and Pixel Shift shooting. He guides you to setting up Shooting Menu Banks and Custom Settings Banks for fast switching between genres. 

Lindsay discusses all aspects of photography, basic video settings including in-camera Slow Motion video capture, NIKKOR Z lenses and the FTZ mount adapter, control ring features on NIKKOR Z lenses, and in-camera VR image stabilization using NIKKOR Z lenses versus the FTZ mount adapter, to name just a sampling of the subjects covered in this information-packed workshop. He also covers the differences and similarities between the Z9 and the Z8. In addition, Lindsay reviews the recently added settings and technologies from the latest Firmware upgrades.

If you are ready to get the most from your Nikon Z8 / Z9, there can be no doubt that this is the workshop for you!