Nikon issued a major firmware update to the Nikon Z8 Camera, firmware 3.0, a free update packed with powerful new features and performance enhancements for our compact pro model. Designed to help you get even more out of your Z8, this update brings major upgrades across photography, video, and workflow.
1. World First – Pixel Shift + Focus Shift Technology now in Nikon Z8
The Z8 is now the world’s first camera to combine pixel shift with focus shift or pixel shift with auto exposure bracketing into your workflow. This unlocks both greater depth of field and resolution, perfect for commercial, fine art, and architectural photography. Using Nikon’s NX Studio software, you can merge pixel shift clusters. Then stack focus layers using your preferred software to create images with clarity and resolution up to 180 megapixels. Pixel shift also reduces moray, improves color accuracy, and lowers noise, giving you cleaner, more detailed results. With pixel shift and AE bracketing, the Z8 creates a pixel shift cluster at every exposure bracket, which you can then merge for high resolution and enhanced dynamic range.
2. Enhanced Autofocus: Precision and Speed
Autofocus gets a boost, too. Expanded custom wide area AF options can now be set completely at the edge of the frame and with smaller increments for more precise design of your AF point. To help you nail focus, there’s now a onetouch 400% magnification option, plus a builtin focus limiter that lets you define near and far focus ranges, speeding up autofocus and helping the camera lock on more efficiently.
3. Creative Control: Flexible Color Picture Profiles
Firmware 3.0 puts your creative intent front and center with new compatibility with flexible color picture controls. Import NP3 files created in NX Studio. Load them onto your Z8 and shoot with your custom looks applied in real time, capturing your vision exactly as you see it. For filmmakers shooting in an log, a more accurate view assist now displays enhanced highlights and contrast that more closely resembles our new Rec 709 L.
4. Workflow Upgrades: Voice Memos and Networking
For photojournalists, you can now record voice memos using an external mic for clear audio annotations even on the move. This update also makes the Z8 fully compatible with Nikon’s powerful advanced networking solution, NX Field. With NX Field, you can trigger and control up to 10 remote cameras via LAN. Adjust nearly every setting remotely and send files directly to an FTP server. Ideal for sports, news, and event coverage.
5. Download Nikon Z8 Firmware 3.0 Now
These updates redefine what’s possible with the Z8, whether you’re in the studio or out in the field. Download firmware 3.0 soon on Nikon’s website or through the Snapbridge app and start exploring what’s new.
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