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I am very much enjoining my Z8 and have not missed the D850 for one second!
The Z6/Z7/Z9 all seem to be rushed to the market and needed a few firmware updates before they where at full potential, however the Z8 fw rev 1.0 is very much like the Z9 fw rev 3.0 and as such a great camera in the initial version. Sure the Z9 fw rev 4 have more improvements, but does not seem as “must have”.
BTW the Z8 has 2 features which the Z9 does not have: “portrait impression balance” and “Skin softening” – I have not tried then out, but sounds like things you could fix in post process if shooting “RAW”.
Price wise, the difference here in Denmark is more than £1300 which could by you a Z 14-30 S 4.0 or Z 24-120 S 4.0 and still have money to spare (but not both
) Camera size is always a compromise, for instance if you put a large lens on a small camera then the balance is wrong and it is more difficult to hold it still than with a larger/heavier camera. Whatever compromise is the best is very individual and if you feel the Z9 is best for you then I am not going to ague.
When it comes to AF speed if feels like the lens has a lot to say, e.g. with my F AF-S lenses, then AF feels just as fast as on the D850 (in single AF point mode), but the new Z lenses feels faster, at least when we are taking about the ‘S’ versions.
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