Five of Nikon’s engineers have shared insight into how the Z8 came to be, including the decision-making process and thoughts about what they needed to achieve. The stories were printed in full with no editing whatsoever, were shared by Nikon Australia with Inside Imaging.

DPReview today announced their product of the year: the Nikon Z8!

”The Nikon Z8 is our product of the year for exactly the same reason it's our High-End Camera of the year: it brings the same capabilities that Nikon delivers to its pro audience in a camera that dedicated enthusiasts might be able to get hold of. It's slightly smaller than Nikon's DSLR standard bearer, the D850, while outperforming it in almost every way. Cameras continue to evolve, and we suspect more affordable cameras will start to challenge the likes of the Z8 in terms of autofocus or speed or video capabilities, but as things stand, there are very few cameras that have ever offered the all-around strength that the Z8 exhibits.”

As in year’s past, Robert G Allen photography was lead photographer for the 2023 US Youth Soccer events in June in Boise Idaho. Shooting along with a US Youth Soccer staff photographer, we covered numerous games, bouncing from one soccer field to the next as we strived to provide as much coverage as possible among the 20 soccer fields riding on a golf cart between games over a four day period.

Utilizing overnight shipping provided by Nikon’s Professional Services Priority Purchase Delivery benefit, Robert G Allen Photography took delivery of the Nikon Z8 camera body on May 26, 2023. I made my purchase direct from Nikon USA.

Where to find the latest version of Nikon’s NX Studio software. Today, Nikon issues a big version update to their image editing software, NX Studio. This update also adds support for the Nikon Z8.

Nikon has launched the Z8 mirrorless camera, a mini Z9. I have pre-ordered mine and it should arrive in a few days. Expect a field review after I use it on a few assignments. In the meantime, enjoy some Nikon produced Z8 videos.

OK, I was wrong! in my prior blog post, I said that there was a slight chance that the new Nikon camera launch on May 10th would be the successor to the Nikon D850, possibly a Nikon D880. I know, wishful thinking. OK, back to reality. As we all know now, Nikon announced the Z8, a slimmed down version of the Z9.