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The Ultimate Hybrid Camera

Powerful video and still photography capabilities. Video features include 12-bit 8K/60p and 4K/120p RAW plus 10-bit ProRes 422 HQ internal video recording; Photography features include a 45.7MP stacked CMOS sensor, a silent, vibration-free electronic shutter, 120 fps burst shooting and a blackout-free viewfinder. Fast, accurate AF with subject detection powered by deep learning. Professional build and operation. Smart connectivity. All in a brilliant compact, lightweight modular design.

Product Highlights:

45.7MP stacked CMOS sensor and EXPEED 7 processing engine.

Nikon’s most advanced autofocus system. AF algorithm developed using deep learning technology, detects focus as low as -9 EV, combines subject detection and 3D tracking. Detects and tracks people, dogs, cats, birds, cars,  bikes, motorcycles, trains and planes.

Internal 8K/60p and 4K/120p video.

Internal 12-bit N-RAW and ProRes RAW recording.

Flexible still image file formats. RAW 14-bit, High Efficiency RAW, 10-bit HEIF and JPEG 8-bit.

Blazing fast continuous shooting. 20, 30, 60 and 120 fps shooting options.

Beautiful portraits made easy. Skin Softening, Portrait Impression Balance and Improved White Balance features.

Product Features:

Compact & Lightweight

Hold the camera more comfortably and move around more smoothly. Take advantage of a lighter camera system when shooting on a gimbal, with fewer cables and less setup time.

Pro Audio

Capture 24 bit linear PCM sound right to the memory card alongside your footage. Compatible with professional XLR microphones using Tascam’s digital adapter CA-XLR2d-AN (sold separately).

Blazing fast frame rates.

With unrivaled burst speeds and a seemingly bottomless buffer the Z 8 gives you the edge when photographing birds, sports, weddings and once-in-a-lifetime moments.

All-electronic shutter with no moving parts.

Performs at lighting-fast speeds with no vibration, noise or wear and tear and virtually no rolling shutter distortion.

Recover the shots you missed with Pre-Release Capture.

The Z 8 can record the moments before and after you actually press the shutter release button, saving shots that would otherwise have been missed.

Skin Softening

Easily make skin look its best while keeping eyes and hair tack-sharp. Works for up to 3 subjects in a shot.

Portrait Impression Balance

Simple, precise control over the hues and brightness, all optimized for skin tones.

Improved White Balance

Manual adjustments are faster and more intuitive, and Auto WB has been optimized for human subjects.

Illuminated Buttons

Major buttons are softly illuminated for easier operation in the dark.

Image Frame Display

Easily confirm your composition with a thin line indicating the image frame.

Viewfinder Brightness

Optimize the brightness of the EVF with Lo1 or Lo2 to reduce eye strain.

Warm Display Colors

Preserve your night vision with warm red menu tones and reduced brightness.

Starlight View

AF detection range expands to -9.0 EV* and display optimizes for confirming of point light sources. *In photo mode, AF-S, ISO 100, f/1.2 lens, 20°C/68°F

Eye AF for Videos and Stills

Lock on to the eyes of people, pets and birds, even when they’re small in the frame, covered by hair, glasses or goggles, right-side up or upside down.

Custom Focus Areas

Wide-area AF offers 20 custom options for defining your focus area.* Ensure the bride and groom are in sharp focus, even when wedding guests are in the foreground. *12 Wide-area AF C1/C2 options in video mode

Enhanced Low-light Focusing

Subject detection and AF work all the way down to -6.5 EV. Activate Starlight Mode, and focus all the way down to -9 EV.

Edge-to-Edge Sharpness

With more light reaching the sensor, fine details and textures are captured faithfully across the entire frame, from corner to corner.

Dreamy Bokeh

NIKKOR Z lenses transform out-of-focus areas into a smooth, beautiful blur that makes subjects stand out.

More Light Gathering

With the largest full-frame mount of any mirrorless system, Z series lenses have larger rear elements that deliver more light to the sensor.

Reduced Focus Breathing

Many NIKKOR Z lenses all but eliminate focus breathing, maintaining a consistent viewing angle while pulling focus in videos.

Faster Lens-to-Camera Communication

The wide diameter of the Z mount accommodates more communication points, enabling larger amounts of metering and autofocus data to be shared between the lens and camera.

Two USB Type C Ports

One USB data connector (SuperSpeed USB) for file transfers and connecting accessories, another dedicated for charging and providing constant power.

Network Menu

Dedicated tab giving you quick access to key settings.

1000BASE-T Wired-LAN

The USB Type C data connector port supports IEEE 802.3ab gigabit Ethernet with a compatible adapter.

2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi®

Upload images to a secure FTP server straight from the camera.

Product Specifications:

Type

Type - Digital camera with support for interchangeable lenses

Lens Mount - Nikon Z mount

Image Sensor

Effective Pixels - 45.7 million

Sensor Size - 23.9 mm  x  35.9 mm

Image Sensor Format - FX

Image Sensor Type - Stacked CMOS sensor

Total Pixels - 52.37 million

Dust-Reduction System - Image Dust Off reference data (NX Studio software required)

Image Area (pixels)

FX-format

(L) 8,256 x 5,504

(M) 6,192 x 4,128

(S) 4,128 x 2,752

DX-format

(L) 5,392 x 3,592

(M) 4,032 x 2,688

(S) 2,704 x 1,792

1:1 (24 x 24)

(L) 5,504 x 5,504

(M) 4,128 x 4,128

(S) 2,752 x 2,752

16:9 (36 x 20)

(L) 8,256 x 4,640

(M) 6,192 x 3,480

(S) 4,128 x 2,320

File System

File Format Still Images

JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression; size-priority and optimal-quality compression available

NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats

NEF (RAW): 14 bit with lossless, high-efficiency*, or high-efficiency compression

HEIF: Supports fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression; size-priority and optimal-quality compression available

NEF (RAW)+HEIF: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and HEIF formats

Storage Media - SD (Secure Digital) and UHS-II compliant SDHC and SDXC memory cards; CFexpress (Type B); XQD Type Memory

File System - DCF 2.0; Exif 2.32; MPEG‑A; MIAF

Viewfinder

Viewfinder - 1.27-cm/0.5-in. approx. 3690k-dot (Quad VGA) OLED electronic viewfinder with color balance and auto and 18-level manual brightness controls, and support for high frame rates

Viewfinder Frame Coverage - Approx. 100% horizontal; 100% vertical

Viewfinder Magnification - Approx. 0.8x (50 mm lens at infinity, -1.0 m -1)

Viewfinder Eyepoint - 23mm (-1.0 m-1; from rearmost surface of viewfinder eyepiece lens)

Viewfinder Diopter Adjustment - −4 – +3 m−1

Eye Sensor - Automatically switches between monitor and viewfinder displays

Shutter

Shutter Type - Electronic shutter with shutter sound and sensor shield

Shutter Speed - 1/32000 to 30 sec. (choose from step sizes of 1/3, 1/2 and 1 EV, extendable to 900 sec. in mode M), bulb, time, X200

Flash Sync Speed - Up to:  X=1/200 sec. to 1/250 sec.; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 sec. or slower; Auto FP High-Speed sync supported

Exposure

Exposure Metering System - TTL metering using camera image sensor

Metering Range - -3 to +17 EV

Exposure Compensation - -5 to +5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV available in modes P, S, A, and M

Exposure Lock - Luminosity locked at detected value

Picture Control - Auto; Flat; Landscape; Monochrome; Neutral; Portrait; Standard; Vivid; Creative Picture Controls: (Dream, Morning, Pop, Sunday, Somber, Dramatic, Silence, Bleached, Melancholic, Pure, Denim, Toy, Sepia, Blue, Red, Pink, Charcoal, Graphite, Binary, Carbon); Selected Picture Control can be modified; Storage for custom Picture Controls *Note: Choice of Picture Controls is restricted to Standard, Monochrome, and Flat when HLG is selected for tone mode during still photography.

Multiple Exposure - Add; Average; Lighten; Darken

Sensitivity

ISO Sensitivity - ISO 64–25600 in step sizes of 1/3 and 1 EV; can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.7, or 1 EV (ISO 32 equivalent) below ISO 64 or to approx. 0.3, 0.7, 1, or 2 EV (ISO 102400 equivalent) above ISO 25600; auto ISO sensitivity control available *Note: ISO sensitivity is limited to 400–25600 when HLG is selected for tone mode.

Active D-Lighting

Can be selected from: Auto; Extra high 2; Extra high 1; Extra High; High; Normal; Low; Off

Active D-Lighting Bracketing - Yes

Focus/Autofocus

Autofocus System - Hybrid phase-detection/contrast AF with AF assist

Detection Range - -7 to +19 EV (-9 to +19 EV with starlight view Detection range (ISO 100, f/1.2 lens, 20 °C/68 °F using single servo AF (AF-S)

Lens Servo - Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); continuous-servo AF (AF-C); full-time AF (AF-F; available only in video mode); predictive focus tracking Manual focus (M): Electronic rangefinder can be used

Focus Point - 493 (single-point AF); Number of focus points available in photo mode with single point AF selected for AF-area mode and FX selected for image area

AF-Area Mode - Pinpoint; Single-Point; Wide-area AF (S); Wide-area AF (L); Wide-area AF (L-people); Wide-area AF (L-animals); Auto-area AF; Auto-area AF (people); Auto-area AF (animals); Dynamic-area (S); Dynamic-area (M); Dynamic-area (L); 3D-tracking; Subject-tracking AF; Pinpoint and Dynamic-area AF (S, M, L), 3D-tracking available in photo mode only; 3D-tracking available in video mode only; Subject-tracking AF available in video mode only; Wide-area AF (C1); Wide-area AF (C2)

Focus Lock - Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing center of sub-selector

Vibration Reduction - 5-axis image sensor shift

Flash

Flash Control - TTL: i-TTL flash control; i-TTL balanced fill-flash is used with matrix, center-weighted, and highlight-weighted metering, standard i-TTL fill-flash with spot metering

Flash Sync Modes - Front-curtain sync; Rear-curtain sync; Red-eye reduction; Red-eye reduction with slow sync; Slow sync; Off

Flash Compensation - -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV available in modes P, S, A, and M

Flash-ready Indicator - Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes as underexposure warning after flash is fired at full output

Accessory Shoe - ISO 518 hot-shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lock

Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS) - i-TTL flash control, radio-controlled Advanced Wireless Lighting, optical Advanced Wireless Lighting, modeling illumination, FV lock, Color Information Communication, Auto FP High-Speed Sync, unified flash control

Flash Sync Terminal - Yes

White Balance

White Balance - Auto (3 types); Choose color temperature (2,500 K–10,000 K); Cloudy; Direct sunlight; Flash; Fluorescent (3 types); Incandescent; Natural light auto; Preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored), all except choose color temperature with fine-tuning; Shade; White Balance BracketingExposure and/or flash, white balance, and ADL

Movie

Movie Metering - TTL exposure metering using main image sensor

Movie Maximum Recording Time - 2 hours 5 minutes

Movie File Format - MOV; MP4; NEV

Movie Video Compression - N-RAW (12 bit); Apple ProRes RAW HQ (12 bit); Apple ProRes 422 HQ (10 bit), H.265/HEVC (8 bit/10 bit), H.264/AVC (8 bit)

Movie Audio Recording Format - Linear PCM; AAC; Linear PCM (48 KHz, 24 bit, for videos recorded in NEV or MOV format) or AAC (48 KHz, 16 bit, for videos recorded in MP4 format)

Movie Frame size (pixels) and frame rate (RAW Video)

FX 8256 x 4644 /60p/50p/30p/25p/24p * Actual frame rates for 120p, 100p, 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are 119.88, 100, 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, and 23.976 fps respectively

5392 x 3032: 60p/50p/30p/25p/24p

4128 x 2322: 120p/100p/60p/50p/30p/25p/24p

3840 x 2160: 120p/100p/60p/50p

Movie

8K UHD 7,680 × 4,320 / 30p (progressive)

8K UHD 7,680 × 4,320 /25p/24p

4K UHD 3,840 × 2,160 /120p/100p/60p50p/30p/25p/24p

Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 /120p/100p/60p/50p/30p/25p/24p

Actual frame rates for 120p, 100p, 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are 119.88, 100, 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, and 23.976 fps respectively

Movie Audio - Built-in stereo or external microphone with attenuator option; sensitivity can be adjusted

Movie ISO

Mode M: Manual selection (ISO 64 to 25600; choose from step sizes of 1/3 and 1 EV); with additional options available equivalent to approximately 0.3, 0.7, 1, or 2 EV (ISO 102400 equivalent) above ISO 25600

Modes P, S, A: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 64 to Hi 2.0) with selectable upper limit

Note: ISO sensitivity is limited to 400 to 25600 when HLG is selected for tone mode.

Movie Active D-Lighting

Can be selected from: Extra High; High; Normal; Low; Off

Time Code - Yes

Movie e-VR - Yes

Movie HDMI Output - Yes

Movie Focus Peaking - Yes

Movie Highlight Display (Zebras) - Yes

Time-Lapse Movie - Yes

AF for Movie - Yes

Monitor

Monitor Size - 3.2 in. diagonal

Monitor Resolution - 2100 k dots

Monitor Type - Vertically and horizontally tilting TFT touch-sensitive LCD

Playback

Playback Functions - Auto Image Rotation; Full-frame and Thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images); Highlights; Histogram Display; Location Data Display; Photo Information; Picture Rating; Playback with Playback Zoom; Playback Zoom Cropping; Slide Shows; Voice memo input and playback; IPTC information embedding and display; Filtered playback; Skip to first shot in series; Series playback; Save consecutive frames; Motion blend

Voice Memo Function - Yes

Interface

Audio Input - Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter; plug-in power supported)

Audio Output - Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter)

Type A HDMI connector - Yes

10 pin remote terminal - Built-in

USB - Type C USB connectors; USB data connector (SuperSpeed USB) x1; USB Power Delivery connector x1

Wi-Fi Functionality

Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n/a/ac

Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n/a/ac (Europe, U.S.A., Canada, Mexico)

Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n/a (other countries in the Americas)

2412–2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180–5825 MHz (U.S.A., Canada, Mexico)

2412–2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180–5805 MHz (other countries in the Americas)

Operating frequency: 2412–2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180–5805 MHz (other countries in the Americas)

Operating frequency: 2412–2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180–5825 MHz (U.S.A., Canada, Mexico)

Authentication: Open system, WPA2-PSK, WPA3-SAE

U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico: 2412 to 2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180 to 5825 MHz (5180 to 5240 MHz, 5500 to 5580 MHz, 5660 to 5700 MHz, and 5745 to 5825 MHz)

Other countries in the Americas: 2412 to 2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180 to 5805 MHz (5180 to 5240 MHz and 5745 to 5805 MHz)

Maximum output power (EIRP):

2.4 GHz band: 1.4 dBm

5 GHz band (5180 to 5320 MHz): 10.8 dBm

5 GHz band (5500 to 5825 MHz): 7.8 dBm

Smart Device App Connectivity - SnapBridge

Bluetooth

Communication protocols: Bluetooth Specification

Version 5.0

Operating frequency: Bluetooth: 2402–2480 MHz

Bluetooth Low Energy: 2402–2480 MHz

Maximum output power (EIRP)

Bluetooth: -4.1 dBm

Bluetooth Low Energy: -5.6 dBm

GPS - Via the SnapBridge app

Menus

Supported Languages - English, French, Spanish

Power

Battery / Batteries - One EN-EL15c rechargeable Li-ion battery

Battery Life (shots per charge)

[Viewfinder only] selected for monitor mode with: [ON] selected for [Energy saving (photo mode)] in the setup menu: Approx. 340 shots

[Viewfinder only] selected for monitor mode with: [OFF] selected for [Energy saving (photo mode)] in the setup menu: Approx. 330 shots

[Monitor only] selected for monitor mode with: [ON] selected for [Energy saving (photo mode)] in the setup menu: Approx. 370 shots

[Monitor only] selected for monitor mode with: [OFF] selected for [Energy saving (photo mode)] in the setup menu: Approx. 340 shots

Photo Mode (Burst Photography): Number of Shots: Approx. 2280 shots

Movies: [Viewfinder only] selected for monitor mode: Approx. 85 minutes

[Monitor only] selected for monitor mode: Approx. 85 minutes

AC Adapter - EH-7P charging AC adapter (available separately); EH-5c/EH-5b AC Adapter (requires EP-5B power connector, available separately); EH‑8P Charging AC adapter; requires UC‑E25 USB cable (available separately)

Battery Charger - MH-25A Battery Charger

Miscellaneous

Tripod Socket - 1/4 in. (ISO 1222)

Approx. Dimensions (Width x Height x Depth) - 5.7 in. (144 mm)  x  4.7 in. (118.5 mm)  x  3.3 in. (83 mm)

Approx. Weight - 32.1 oz. (910 g)

Operating Environment - Temperature: −10 °C–40 °C (+14 °F–104 °F); Humidity: Less than 85% (no condensation)