Nikon Z8 Pixel Shift More Than MP/Noise Game Changer | Deep Dive HOW TO Create Epic Pics| Matt Irwin

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Pixel Shift offers the photographer a chance to bring even more to their captures. Working with the Z8 we see what a high resolution capturing machine the Z8 can be, but it is even more than that ... and the Zf has a similar trick up its sleeve !!!

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00:00 Intro
00:10 Where are we?
00:20 Pixel Shift Z8 and Zf
00:30 Pixel Shift what does it do?
01:15 How big is it?
01:51 What’s coming up in this episode?
02:05 What is pixel shift technically?
02:50 What happens when there is movement in your pixel shift composite?
03:23 How to set up Z8 and Zf for pixel shift
06:30 Travel CAM !!! Traveling from one location to next
07:10 Shooting in the rail yard, 32 shot pixel shift Z8
08:30 Looking at the rail yard 180MP file in Capture One close up
09:30 Noise results !!!!
10:50 Does pixel shift 32 shot allow for a new type of exposure?
11:55 Meet Ash !!!
12:05 Capturing the orange scooter in 180MP
12:45 When do you need 180MP?
14:10 Orange Scooter 180MP in Capture One close up
14:42 Looking at files pushed 4+ stops, is it still clean?
15:40 How do you compile the 32 images into NEFX 180MP file?
18:40 Looks medium format?
19:20 Pixel Shift can you shoot with HE*?
19:50 Close look at noise and resolution comparison with non pixel shift image
21:20 Can you repair the movement in the compiled pixel shifted image?
21:55 In photoshop to try and fix the movement …. !?!?!
22:41 How big printed at 300DPI?
23:00 How big can it be printed at 180 DPI?
23:28 Summary of Pixel Shift
24:50 YOUR TURN TO COMMENT
25:00 OUTRO !!!
25:10 The journey home

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[irutgers]

I just got a Z8 and can’t wait to create archival quality images of my wife’s paintings 😊

[jklbd]

Damn, these days your videos look more like a scene from a high end cinema ❤🔥

[mikegustafson]

Can't wait for it to hit the Z9 so I can try it out for Astro!

[davids]

I recently stumbled across a load of old family photographs, dating between circa 1880 to 1920. Shot in various photography studios, these are small pics, measuring just 2 X 3 inches, some even smaller. As might be expected they are not in the best physical condition, some badly faded, others with surface dirt ingrained on the surfaces over the years, not to mention the occasional tears. but it's fascinating for me to see pics of my great, great grandparents and my first instinct was to restore them.

The timing of the find coincided perfectly with the new Z8 pixel shift update, so I set about copying them using the 32 frame 180MP option. The clarity of the reproduction has been very impressive. Using Photoshop to enhance the detail, I now have files I can print significantly larger and still have them looking good.

Did the pixel shift actually help with the results? I like to think so. Whilst most of the original images have an element of slight blur in them, a couple of them are remarkably sharp, but badly faded. Here is where I think the pixel shift has come into it's own, these pics just burst back into life, with detail far exceeding my expectations of them.

[musiqueetmontagne]

There will be many uses for these high end files of static scenes, product photography, architectural, some landscapes/cityscapes and much more. I've just tried it and the files are, yes, amazing. Thanks for explaining the process Matt. 😊

[stuartmeador]

With each of your recent videos, I am more and more impressed with my Zf.

[philcampbell]

Can't wait to try this feature out. Even the 4 or 8 shot options look like they could have big IQ improvements for times when 180 MP's aren't really needed. Thanks as always Matt!!

[grantking]

Definitely more on the pixelshift please. I'm thinking about cropping into an image that's 180 Mb and the sort of end result you'd have. The Z8 is on the way so this is something I'll be right into.

[josephsworkshop]

I’m looking forward to playing with pixel shift. Time to whip out the tripod again. Thanks for the very instructional video Matt. 👍🏻

[davidrushworth]

Thanks for another great video had this out in their OMD-EM1 Mk2 cameras ages ago. It really is fabulous. I love the way Nikon have set the shift for 4, 8, 16 and 32 much better. I'm looking forward to more on Pixel Shift. 😁

[selianboy]

Matt, move to something in excess of 60sec exposures and see what happens! it is amazing how the system seems to get rid of individuals/movement through the frame. Water and sky also lose the issues of the pixels. I have not tested this much... but the theory is there!

[Nick-]

Extremely interesting - looks to be an essential and magnificent tool for certain situations, not all. Especially for low light situations and high res/large printing. It is back to tripod days, so careful choice of pixel shift use is paramount. Great to experiment with too - it doesn't work for moon shots (the moon just isn't still !). Thank you for exploring Matt - look forward to more !

[cmichaelhaugh]

Amazing technology - for my next body upgrade. I continue to be amazed at the city you live in. The nightscape is incredible!

[richarddenise]

Impressive, even for you! Thanks so very much!

[philipcooke]

Yes please....let's have more of these articles about Pixel Shift.
is the Nikon Z9 going to have this? Surely it will?
Great video ..as always. Thank you.

[catherineo]

GREAT Haircut Matt, really nice! • YES, more on Pixel Shift, please.

[berndhaverkock]

Hello from Germany 😎
It is interesting how good the Fotos with pixelshift got.
As you pointed out, movements in the foto or by the camera are getting an issue. You need a stabile tripod, best not much wind, etc.

[barrymackichan]

It seems you should be able to handle some movement of in-focus subjects by masking the area around the subject and replace it with the corresponding area in *one* of the 32 images. You will lose the denoise effect caused by averaging the images, and the resolution will be half that of the rest of the picture, but I don’t think that would be noticeable if we are talking about a small part of the image. It may be doable without any new post-processing tools.

[richardwarren]

Being 80, it'll take me a while to learn all this stuff Matt - but I love the process, and that was a great introduction. I think I need to make some written notes, though, so I don't get lost. It's a shame it can't run faster & leave some the moving objects in frame - an image with nothing moving is maybe a bit sterile. I think I beat you off the starting blocks with "night" - I started plunging into it with a Zeiss Contaflex somewhere around December 1963, shot a whole roll of film at an office Christmas party - and of course everyone completely ignored me, didn't believe for a second that any of the shots would come out. So they kept behaving badly, as people so often do when they're getting plastered. Next month I brought the prints in. Word got round, apparently - I locked the film and the prints in my filing cabinet, went out for an hour, and when I returned, found someone had broken into my filing cabinet - jemmied it open, by the look of the mess they made of it - and the film and prints had disappeared! Later on, in 1966, I took a shot of a double-header steam loco train pulling into Flinders St station around 11pm. I erected my tripod, with a Contarex on top, and blasted away with a Graphlex flash - used three bulbs! Got sprung by the VicRail police, kicked off the premises, banned from travelling on VicRail for 3 months - and caught the "Overland" home to Adelaide, from Spencer St station, the following evening!

[Flamamacue]

Keen to play with this as a property/architectural photographer. Would love to see the colour and dynamic range differences.