Nikon Z9 Review by Ken Rockwell

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[Bishnu_Deb]

This is the best review I have seen on Nikon Z9. Thanks Ken for sharing this video. Love from India 🇮🇳

[mcrazza]

The Z9 is not a camera for me. I'm not the target audience, but wow, do I want it! It's an absolute beast. I'm looking forward to seeing the Z9 tech trickle down to upcoming Z cameras.

[jackworsley]

Nice to see someone honest and enthusiastic about top tier technology.
There seems to be a current trend of deliberately focussing on small negatives with YouTube channels just to try and obtain more clicks from the perceived controversy. I much prefer this style, honest and very informative. Heading over to your website for the full review 😄 have a cool day and hello from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[realnikonlover]

Thanks so much Ken for a great review. I have had my Z9 for a few weeks now and just grasping the magnitude of what it does. This helps immensely. I am a long time follower of your online website and appreciate your years of dedication to us Nikon users. Keep on doing what you do so well. Jim

[davelemieux]

Always appreciate your no BS reviews- thank you!

[HD-tyng]

Thanks for in depth review. I've been coming to your page first for years whenever I purchased anything new and this video once again showed why.

[giovannymartins]

Thanks a lot Ken for sharing ! You are far beyond these YouTube "specialists"! Wish you all the best from Brazil!

[ronaldsand]

As usual a very comprehensive unbiased and balanced real world review
Many thanks Ken

[michael-k]

Love Ken! I have a Z9 and other Nikons. The Z9 is fantastic, Ken is right 11MP are more then enough. I don’t use the 120fps because I wind up with so many pictures it’s difficult to go through them all. It’s hard to go back to the Z6ll after using the Z9 for a while. The only down side is that the Z9 is heavy

[karlotto]

Hi Ken, This is by far your best review ever. You are back to the real thing of talking pictures with great cameras. Every point is well taken. Awesome!
PS: Nikon has different rotating design teams, with different views on all those thousands of possible options for each team. That makes changes later on not very likely due to a lot of sensitivities. As you mentioned - Don't hope for future software upgrades with any camera.

[victorlim]

What a beast the Z9. Hopefully the technology will trickle down to the upcoming Nikon Z cameras.

[DamonBates]

Thank you sir. Being born (near) and raised in Manhattan, I appreciate the speed at which you talk; it's feature not a bug!

[bestbass]

Ever since I first got on the internet back in 2005 I have always used Kens reviews before I have purchased any new kit. Cheers Ken. 👌👌👌

[joegrossinger]

Excellent review. I've had my Z9 for some time now. Love it. The Firmware upgrade 2.0 really rocks.

[markstemmett]

Nice review, I like the fact that you comment and are clear on the fact that it’s personal. You share an opinion that’s it.

[lsaideOK]

Been waiting for this! Good that you spent the time needed to make this wide ranging review. Thanks!

Hi Ken, as a video shooter, I have to say that the advantage of 8k isn't the picture quality as such, it's the fact that you can shoot in 8k, but edit on a 4k (or 1080) timeline, which means you can crop into a tight shop without loosing any resolution. For interviews I film a wide head and shoulder shot then can crop into a tight shot and still maintain full 4k resolution, which looks amazing when displayed at conferences on a 3 metre screen.

[IvyPoison]

I loved Nikon for Years and thanks to Your influence I purchased Nikon's D60 rather than D90 as soon as they got released and I never ever questioned my choice (that was my first DSLR) and for Years I was shooting with D60, later on I got my "tank" D750 and it is still working perfectly, and again big thank You for all the insights and books and recommendations regarding Z9 (which grabbed my eye, but I am eager to see what the future has to show ... and maybe Z9 mark II in next few years)

[Alexrocks]

Interestingly enough, the red finder and red screen mode from the Nikon Z9 was first seen on LUMIX cameras, though it didn't make much sense at the time since their MFT sensors did horribly in low light. Now with full frame cameras in their lineup and the Z9 though, it works wonders at night! Lets me compose and look around so I'm aware of my surroundings! Neat!
More cameras need this feature and I'm glad one of the big companies looked into it.

[ashok.vardhan.g]

The "Ken Rockwell" from the blogs? The original reviewer before reviewing became a thing? Good to see you here. Thank you for all your work! I have read and learnt from your blogs for almost a decade and a half ago! Greetings from India.