Note: this was written in 2021 (and updated in 2022) based on version 1 of the Oceanic+ app. In September 2023 version 2 of that app was released, and it appears to have fixed quite a few limitations (e.g. you can finally export your log book, as a standard UDDF file). Once I’ve gathered some… Read more
More observations from my time with the Z9 (see also my first & second). It’s now been over a month and I’ve taken several tens of thousands of real photos with it (and something like fifty thousand more while doing burst performance testing 😆). This’ll probably be my last post in this series of ‘impressions’.… Read more
I’ve only used it a few times thus far, over the course of a week or so. It’s a fairly “boring” lens by nature, so there’s not a whole lot to say. So far I’m happy with it. I’ve only used it on the Z9 so far, but I’m thinking it could be a great… Read more
See also my Z9 first impressions. As before, I’m using camera firmware 1.11. As before, I’m trying to focus on things that aren’t already very well known / discussed about the Z9. And a lot of that is around finding the edge cases where things stop working properly. Please don’t misconstrue that as an overall… Read more
For context, I’m coming most recently from a Z7, but before that I used a D500 for several years (occasionally with the battery grip). I’ve also had experience with the D800, D850, and a number of smaller DX bodies – D7100, D5500, D5200, D3200, etc. My Z9 has firmware version 1.11. Note also that I’ve… Read more
This is the second post in a series of evaluations of the Nikkor Z 100-400. Please refer to the first post for details about the test equipment & methodology. In this post, I’m going to compare performance in the image centre between these three telephoto lenses at 400mm: Unlike in the first post, where the… Read more
