Nikon Z8...perhaps May 10th announcement (Page 2): Would you have it any other way? Remember the anticipation for the D850? For the D500?

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

mwsilvers wrote:

This is starting to get bit boring. People are exp... (show quote)

Would you have it any other way? Remember the anticipation for the D850? For the D500?

gwilliams6

larryepage wrote:

That will be a wonderful thing, if the picture is really of the Z8 and the price is really $3599. A great move for Nikon and perhaps a great opportunity for me. But I don't buy based on rumors. We'll have to see what the reality turns out to be. For now, I'm looking forward to May 10.

I agree, we will really know on May 10th. But it does make sense after Nikon underpriced the Z9 vs its direct competitors, the Canon R3 and Sony A1.

The Sony A7RV is $3899 USD list price , the Canon R5 is $3699 USD list price.(they may be cheaper on sale). Those two camera are the direct competitors to the Nikon Z8 at a reported $3599 USD list.

Cheers and best to you.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

billnikon wrote:

Oh Nikon, how deep the fall. br Rumors are all ove... (show quote)

...yanno, maybe you oughta change your handle.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

gwilliams6 wrote:

I agree, we will really know on May 10th. But it does make sense after Nikon underpriced the Z9 vs its direct competitors, the Canon R3 and Sony A1.

The Sony A7RV is $3899 USD list price , the Canon R5 is $3699 USD list price.(they may be cheaper on sale). Those two camera are the direct competitors to the Nikon Z8 at a reported $3599 USD list.

Cheers and best to you.

...someday a major player in choose-your-industry will grow a set and stop the "99" nonesense.

Bill_de Loc: US

mwsilvers wrote:

This is starting to get bit boring.

If it's boring to you, why do you continue to bore everyone else?

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mwsilvers wrote:

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Seems like it could be beneficial to those still lusting for an 850 ... likely to further reduce the pricing on SLRs.

I was fortunate to get my Z6, a refurbed remainder, direct from Nikon, dirt cheap cuz it was loooong after the Z6 mkII had become mainstream. We scavengers are critical to any ecosystem, and so we get appropriately well rewarded for that ;-)

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My latest scavengers reward is a Nikon 14-30/4.0 S, directly out of the display cabinet, basically untouched by human hands, brand new for $430.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

gwilliams6 wrote:

The Nikon Z8 price will only be $3599 USD, a great price for this much camera. Well done Nikon, Cheers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPycJJONS64

And Nikon has announced that the price of the Z8 will be $3599.00? Please give us the Nikon website that has stated this. Thank you in advance.

gwilliams6

Canon stalwart Ordinary Filmmaker believes the Nikon Z9 will be priced at $3899 USD, not $3599 USD, and explains why:

Nikon Z8: Priced to Shock or Fake?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKzHJkrmgd0

IMHO, $3899 USD would still be an excellent price for the Z8. That would be the same current list price as the Sony A7RV and Canon R5 list prices (though Canon has a $200-off sale on the R5 now for a price of $3699 USD, and the Sony A7RV can also be had for less than its list price of $3899 USD.)

Cheers and best to you all.

gwilliams6

billnikon wrote:

And Nikon has announced that the price of the Z8 will be $3599.00? Please give us the Nikon website that has stated this. Thank you in advance.

If you follow the link you will see it is just rumored from a few Non Official Nikon sources that price of $3599. Look at the video I have posted from Ordinary Filmmaker about his belief that the Z8 price will be $3899 USD, not $3599 USD.

No one truly believes the price will be anywhere close to $5000 USD, that higher price would doom the Z8 in the marketplace. IMHO, Nikon would NOT be that dumb here after underpricing the Z9. That underpricing helped sell that excellent Z9.

As you know, it is NOT unusual for some sites, other than official sites, to get leaks of correct prices and specs of upcoming gear. They dont always get it right, but sometimes they do get it right.

Cheers and best to you.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

gwilliams6 wrote:

If you follow the link you will see it is just rumored from a few Non Official Nikon sources that price of $3599. Look at the video I have posted from Ordinary Filmmaker about his belief that the Z8 price will be $3899 USD, not $3599 USD.

No one truly believes the price will be anywhere close to $5000 USD.

Cheers and best to you.

And several Non Official Nikon sources say the price will be higher than that.
But of course, only Nikon knows for sure, and they haven't shown their cards yet.

gwilliams6

billnikon wrote:

And several Non Official Nikon sources say the price will be higher than that.
But of course, only Nikon knows for sure, and they haven't shown their cards yet.

IMHO, it would doom the Z8 in the marketplace if the price was near $5000 like you and some believe. If the price was $5000, Nikon might as well not bother releasing it at all IMHO. I personally believe Nikon will continue the business practice of underpricing its top Z cameras to spur on sales, as it tries to compete with the fullframe mirrorless sales leaders Sony and Canon.

Cheers

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

flip1948 wrote:

The Nikon Z8 Facebook group is showing save the date announcements for May 10th, with a countdown clock, sent to NPS members and others promising a big announcement. It's also at the top of the Nikonusa webpage.

Remains to be seen.

Around 2015, Canon advertised a big announcement coming. Everyone knew that we {I was a Canon user at the time} were hoping for their first MILC with EVF - but it was just ‘marketing thing’. Nikon users had a good belly-laugh at our expense. I hope this will not turn out to be a case of Karma returning.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

gwilliams6 wrote:

IMHO, it would doom the Z8 in the marketplace if the price was near $5000 like you and some believe. If the price was $5000, Nikon might as well not bother releasing it at all IMHO. I personally believe Nikon will continue the business practice of underpricing its top Z cameras to spur on sales, as it tries to compete with the fullframe mirrorless sales leaders Sony and Canon.

Cheers

We"ll just have to see. I think the demand for $5000-$6000 cameras has been satisfied by the Z9 and its competitive models. I know that I don't swim in that pool or run with that crowd. Because I already have several excellent cameras that actually satisfy pretty much every need, I'm interested at $3500, iffy at $3800, out at $4000 or more. And that's regardless of how great a camera it turns out to be.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

gwilliams6 wrote:

IMHO, it would doom the Z8 in the marketplace if the price was near $5000 like you and some believe. If the price was $5000, Nikon might as well not bother releasing it at all IMHO. I personally believe Nikon will continue the business practice of underpricing its top Z cameras to spur on sales, as it tries to compete with the fullframe mirrorless sales leaders Sony and Canon.

Cheers

gwilliams6

larryepage wrote:

We"ll just have to see. I think the demand for $5000-$6000 cameras has been satisfied by the Z9 and its competitive models. I know that I don't swim in that pool or run with that crowd. Because I already have several excellent cameras that actually satisfy pretty much every need, I'm interested at $3500, iffy at $3800, out at $4000 or more. And that's regardless of how great a camera it turns out to be.

I understand your perspective here. As far as most buyers might look at this, coming in under $4000 IMHO is the key if this Z8 is to have great sales. $3599 is better, but $3899 might still garner a lot of interest if the specs hold up and real-world test results are excellent. Having that same 45mp stacked-sensor as the Z9 is a big plus.

I agree with you, many will be out of interest if it costs more than $4000 USD.

Cheers and best to you.