jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I just downloaded everything available for the Z6 II. I have eleven downloads, totaling 1,101 pages. For the Z8, I have 1,089 pages in seven downloads. Imagine if they printed all that and included it with the cameras.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

For free.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

I doubt that anyone other than you and I would read every page to learn the inner workings of the camera. But that is because we are devoted to our love.
Many others drool at the sight of the box like an 8 year old child on Christmas morning. They rip open the box. Bits and pieces of cardboard everywhere. Then little tiny parts find themselves everywhere only to not know their purpose. THE CAMERA! The new owner holds it and examines every inch pushing ever button and sliding each lever.
The manual was tossed to one side only to be forgotten and eventually lost amongst the flotsam of the innards of the box.
Days later the owner is confounded because they can’t figure out how to turn on a light on an LED screen in the dark. Then, their passion gets the better of them. They ask a question on Ugly Hedge Hog!

READ THE EFING MANUAL!

It’s lost amongst the dust in a nightstand dresser drawer!

I strongly believe manufacturers will choose a new option. They might condense the manual into the size of a package insert of a new drug almost lightweight but printed with lettering so small making it impossible to read. Or the manufacturer may opt to place the manual on a CD-ROM Disk. Does any one own a computer with an appropriate slot?

My suggestion is to….
READ…..
THE……
EFFING…..
MANUAL…..

Commit the instructions like a brand new coffee machine or toaster to memory!!

By the way, I love all my Canon cameras and manual. Perhaps if I loved Nikon as much as you we would not be rivals!!

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

I have also downloaded manuals, but normally a quick google will give me what I need.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

This is true. GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND. The effort necessary and the energy expended to download a manual is minimal. Reading the manual is a commitment that many dare tread upon.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Lol, my memory will not cooperate!

BebuLamar

I do appreciate the pdf manuals because they allow me to read the manual before I bought the camera and also read the manuals of cameras that I don't own. When I get the camera I know exactly what I am going to do with it which settings to set which buttons to push. However, I value the printed manual so much that I keep them in such good condition and rarely use them afraid of soiling them.

tcthome Loc: NJ

All in one language?

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Memory? What Memory?
I think I lost all of my memory in 1982…..I think?

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Now that is a novel idea. I have saved (as PDF) manuals for all the cameras on the shelf. I am thinking of a Canon R3, R5 or R7. You have given me an excellent way to make a choice. Thank you very much!

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Then why have them if you are afraid of using them?

BebuLamar

I just like books.

Jfholly

I keep all my manuals on an Ipad and that works for me,

Jfholly

I keep all my manuals on an Ipad and that works for me,

srsincary Loc: Cary, NC

Rather than reading the manuals, I just read Steve Perry's books on how to set up the Nikon <insert model # here> for wildlife photography, and the secrets of the autofocus system (for that model) - targeted at wildlife photographers, primarily.

I recently did that for a new (Nikon of course 🙂) acquisition, and it also required reading, sometimes skimming through, 1000+ pages of two PDF documents. However, his writing is more lucid than that of a Nikon manual writer, so more preferable personally. Plus. I do not recollect a Nikon manual ever containing anything humorous like Steve's books.