Nikon Z System News and Commentary
2023 News/Views
Because the news articles begin to get buried deep in archives, I’ve promoted them into separate yearly folders now. If you’re looking for the current year’s news, just click on News/Views in the menus at the top of the page (i.e. don’t use the pull down menu).
Here are the stories that appeared on this site in 2023:
- The Zf Book is Here
- Compatibility and the Z System
- The Zf/Zfc and The Young
- It's The Week I Dread (But You Don't)
- The F's Get Updates
- Is DX Next?
- I Don't Need Global Shutter (Doesn't Mean I Can't Want It)
- Reminder: Zf and Nikkor Talk Tonight
- You Wanted Quick Lens Notes
- One Way the Zf is Different
- Cycles
- Is the Zf a Z6 Upgrade?
- More Thoughts on the Nikon Zf
- The iPhone and the Z
- Another New Nikkor: the 600mm f/6.3 PF VR S
- Telephoto Today
- The Lens Lineup Ahead
- News While I Was Offline
- Nikon Announces the Zf
- Recent Z News (August 21 — September 3)
- The Z Timeline
- The One-at-a-Time Approach
- Z8 and Z9 Firmware Updates
- Heck With the Z6 III, What About the Z10?
- Nikon Z8 Repair Update #2
- Last Week's Z News (August 13-20)
- Last Week’s Z News Shorts (Aug 7-Aug 12)
- An Update on Strap Lug Repairs
- Second Z8 Service Advisory Issued
- The Problem With Lenses
- Last Week’s Z News Shorts (July 29-Aug 6) 2
- Last Week’s Z News Shorts (July 21-28) 2
- Another Way of Looking at Z Product Launches
- F-Mount or Z-Mount?
- What’s With Z8 Camera Straps?
- What’s in the Review Queue?
- Nikon's DX Lineup is Aging Out
- More 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S Thoughts
- Firmware Updates for the Z6 and Z7 models (I and II)
- Some More About the Missing DX Cameras
- Z8 Return for Service Time (Updated)
- Why I Love the 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
- The Nikkor Z-mount Primes
- So What’s Left Undone?
- The Nikon Z Chatter
- Service Advisory for Some Z8 Bodies
- Nervous Nellies
- And Now There Are Two
- Complete Guide to the Nikon Z8 Updated
- Nikon’s Firmware Updates Continue to Puzzle
- Did Nikon Miss An Opportunity?
- Of Warranties and Repairs
- DxO Supports New Z Products
- Z50 Gets Firmware Update
- Z8 Batteries
- Buzz Buzz?
- Nikon’s New Lens
- The Z8 “Complaints"
- The Future of the Z System Redux
- What Nikon Still Needs to Address
- Z8 Manuals and Software
- The Nikon Z8 Book (Update: It’s Available!)
- The 400mm Conundrum
- Nikon’s Marketing Problem
- The "Why It’s Not For Me" Posts
- Continued Z8 Commentary
- Z8 Presentation Clarifications
- Myths Sprout Spontaneously on the Internet
- Your Reaction May Vary
- Nikon Introduces the Z9 Light…uh…Z8
- The Comparison Between the Nikon Z7 II and Z8
- What Does the Nikon Z8 Have the Z9 Doesn’t?
- Nikon Z System Lineup Commentary
- What Does the Z9 Have the Z8 Doesn’t?
- 1.4x Works For More Things Than You Think
- I Was Wrong
- Is the Nikon Z8 the Modern D700? Not Exactly
- Ask Away. I’ve Got a Z8.
- Upcoming Nikon Z8 Presentation
- Lens Survey Says...
- What’s Thom About to Say?
- What Z-Mount Lenses Do You Really Want?
- The Best May Savings on Z Products
- RED and Nikon Put Lawyers Back in Holster
- Site Work in Progress
- Now We Have a Date and Time
- Falling Behind or Not?
- The Rumors of New Product
- New Products and Updates While I was gone
- Thom’s Taking a Short Break
- Some Common DSLR/Z Questions I Get
- DxO Adds High Efficiency Raw
- What’s Coming Next?
- Reader Questions Answered
- My Rationalized Safari Rig
- What Lenses Does Nikon Still Need? (Updated)
- The Questions No One is Asking
- Charting the Nikkors
- How Full Will the Nikon Z Lineup Get?
- Z9 Firmware 3.10 Available
- And the Latest on the Z-Mount
- Minimum Sustained Write Speed
- Is the Z-mount an Open Mount or Not?
- The Latest Refurbished Sale
- Sigma Officially Joins the Z Mount
- More Site Changes
- Z5 Gets a Firmware Update
- Z9, Third Edition
- The Zsp, Zfm, or Zf
- Third-Party Lens Support
- Zsystemuser Site Changes
- Finally, A Prayer Answered
- Is the Z3 Next?
- No Longer In Development: Two New Lenses
- The “What If” Game
- Which Lenses Are Supply Constrained?
- Z Questions Answered
- Speedlights Disappear
- Do I Need Better Than S?
- The Z50 Gets Some Firmware Love
- Cosina Production Note
- Latest Lens Info
- The Current State of Z-Mount Mid-Range Zoom
- Some Basic Z System Camera Advice
- Sorry, We Have No Sigma Today
- About Apertures
- What Did Thom Use in 2022?
- Skipping a Beat
- Two Lens Development Announcements
- 2023 Wishlist
