gwilliams6

Nikon Zh global shutter camera to be announced soon? Nikon Z users could you be interested in this ?

gwilliams6

Nikon Zh global shutter camera to be announced soon? Nikon Z users could you be interested in this ?

Here is the first report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcf9X7a9stE

Likely the same global shutter sensor as in the Sony A9III. Nikon and Sony have a long history of business relationships, so this isn't surprising to me.

Cheers and best to you all.

BebuLamar

The h in the name makes me not want it. It's probably high speed camera with low res. Didn't like the D1h or D2h.

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

I can't imagine, after looking at the pros and cons of a global shutter, where I would benefit, given what I usually do with a camera.

therwol Loc: USA

This is still early in the game. I wouldn't be surprised if all cameras eventually have global shutters, but we're probably a couple of generations away from that. Personally, I don't need one, but my cameras have many features that I don't need that have been added through generations of digital cameras. The features just eventually become standard.

chrisg-optical Loc: New York, NY

I think it's great for some Nikon photographers shooting action or requiring flash sync at any speed.For me personally it would be of limited or no benefit. It's largely a niche camera IMO, but they do need to keep pace with Sony at the high end.

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

One advantage is flash sync. at any speed. Great for outdoor portraits and wedding photographers could also benefit from the global shutter. Usually enlargements of 8X10's to 16X20's are very capable of the Sony a9III, I am assuming the Nikon will follow in the same path.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Still not interested. Neither one offers any benefit for the kind of photography I do.

Apparently not as attractive as Sony would have wished. Their price is already dropping and there are a couple of used copies already at https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?q=sony%20a9iii%20used&sts=ma for a lot less than the original $6,000.

BebuLamar

In fact right now on the Nikon lineup the Z7ii has the best image quality. I don't care for high frame rate or fast and fancy focusing mode. Shooting one frame at a time and focusing manually is fine by me.

Strodav Loc: Houston, Tx

I bought a Z9 because I knew it would improve my birding keeper rate compared to my D850 / D500 combination. I do not see any need for me to buy a camera just because it has a global shutter. If a global shutter was part of a much more extensive capability package, then I might buy one, but it's hard to believe I would need anything beyond what the Z9 offers.

gwilliams6

BTW your link to used A9III has them "out of stock" LOL

Actually A9III sales have been excellent around the world, better even than Sony expected. Many testers and dealers are selling their promo and marketing copies . And I noticed some grey market ones also being sold below list price, like at Abe's of Maine. You dont want a grey market one.

And you should know that the staff pros of the top news services in the world, like Associated Press, Canadian Press, all Gannett Media including USA Today, UK's Top News Service had already all been supplied with A9III by Sony before they even went on sale to the public, so their numbers are not even included in the dealer sales numbers.

50 A9III were used at the Super Bowl. The A9III or the rumored Nikon Zh are not for the mass market, but hobbyists and pros alike can and are using them to get shots that other cameras just can't. Just the facts.

Nikon will be happy to have a Nikon Zh in their lineup, count on that.

Most sales data from the top dealers around the world have the A9III in their top 3 camera in sales, some at #1. Do better research.
Feb. 12th sales figures from a top Japan camera dealer:
https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/top-10-camera-and-lens-sale-sat-yodobashi-sony-a9iii-takes-second-spot/

Nikon Z owners, use what Z models works for your needs and fits your budget and be happy. I am sure some Nikon Z owners will welcome a Nikon Zh with a global shutter sensor.

Cheers and best to you all. .

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Those were supplied by Sony marketing. They can depreciate the cameras as a business expense. The rest of us have to swallow the whole cost.

You actually bought one. We haven't seen anything from you. We know who we are and nobody else has posted an example here "that other cameras just can't."

Results for yodobashi sales don't mean anything here. We don't know who their customers are.

gwilliams6

I am solely taking care of my 98 yr. old mother who has some medical issues, and I haven't had the time to get out and use my A9III yet, mom's care comes first. When I do, I will surely post some images, probably some with the newly released Laowa 10mm f2.8 lens I have ordered.

There are loads of A9III shots all over Facebook and Instagram, just search them, lots from the Super Bowl from Associated Press and many others .

120fps raw with pre-capture, up to 1/80,000 second shutter speeds, and flash sync at all speeds up to 1/80,000 second are some things other cameras cant do, without having a global shutter, whether you understand that at all, and whether or not you understand how to use those exclusive and special features.

Here is one Facebook group just for A9III Bird Photography:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1365927700703064

Here is another Facebook group with lots of different subjects shot with the A9III, events, sports, wildlife, BIF, portraits, weddings with flash at all sync speeds and more, with more to come. :
Sony A9III shooters:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/745792547379076

And FYI, I have dealt with the good folks at both Adorama and B&H since they both started up in business back in the 1970's and I was a young staff newspaper photographer in New York. I know them well and they, along with my fav mom and pop dealer, Allen's Camera have told me their A9III sales have been excellent, better than expected for a $6000 USD camera. .

Yodobashi is one of the three biggest camera dealers in Japan and it is a good indicator of how cameras are doing in their home country.

As a founder, administrator, and moderator of some Worldwide Facebook Photography Groups, I have a more global view and perspective on the camera market and what photographers around the world are using, beyond just the USA market.

Cheers and best to you.

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

Prices have NOT dropped on new units. Used camera's have always cost less than new. Nothing new here.

gwilliams6

Exactly, and grey market folks like Abe's of Maine have it for less than list, as expected.