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Mine just shipped...can't wait. LOVE my little Z50 for a variety of reasons, mostly weight and size oriented. I'm a Z9 guy for most of my "work" situations and I'm looking forward to the same focus modes and speed in a tiny crop body. IBIS? Pffffffft...don't care.

Subscribed! Love your presentation style and you give a wealth of information. Minimal waffling and just incredible shots. A real pleasure to watch

Awesome shots! I just picked up a 300 f4 on eBay. I'd recommend getting a Peak Designs wrist strap for those close to water shots. I dread dropping the whole lot in the water or off a bridge and the quick release makes it easy to swap with your strap and just keep the wrist strap on your wrist

Great videos fellow flickrian! Since I switched to mirrorless,high ISO doesn't scare me.Thanks for viewing my pics on flickr.

Awesome imagery and commentary on this very capable camera. I'm a retired weekend warrior event photographer coming from full frame Nikon D3, D7000, D300. I used both full frame and DX sensor cameras. Of course back then the full frame and Dx were both 12mp sensors. thus the crop mode of the full frame did NOT match the quality of the DX D300, DX7200 etc... I used them in sports and weddings and concerts. No one knew difference between the two except in low light the D3 was KING! Now I ventured into mirrorless with Z50 and I love the camera paired with Z 24*70 | 2.8s , my F adapted Voightlander 58 and 40 mm along with kit lenses and finally 180-600mm. Im new to wildlife so I shoot with z 50 with good results. I do use it as if it was a Dslr. No Ibis and bird detect makes it a challenge but I have goten pretty clean results. I truly hope the D500 replacement punches above its weight. Nikon is really doing well in widlife photography area. and us old pros wish for it sooner than later!

Some great images as ever Richard 👏👏

Wow, great pictures

Good now where is affordable sub $1000 telephoto zoom lens? 70-300? Affordable 100-400? Dont tell me to go for 24-200

I miss my little Z50 too. If it goes on sale I might bite.

I’m am genuinely interested, but i wish they also updated the battery to en-el15. I’ll wait for the reviews.

Thanks for the video. I own both the D7500 and Z50 and use them for my bird photography. However I prefer the D7500 over the Z50 for most of my shoots as I feel more comfortable with it, having had it longer than the Z50. But now with the Exspeed 7 processor and the superior focus tracking I can't wait to own one. As for IBIS - no problem... never had one in all my cameras from my 1950s rangefinders, the 1960s twin-lens, the subsequent SLRs , the DSLRs. I guess I won't miss what I haven't had. And I mostly use a monopod or tripod for bird photography amyway.

That bird photo is feathery fantastic! Loved the whole video. Keep snapping those amazing shots! Greetings from Singapore.

Richard the Z50II won't hold a candle to the OM-1 that you already have.

Reach and Auto Focus is far more important then the actual Photographer when it comes to NATURE and birds. So some folks get it twisted when talking cropped Cameras vs FF and or TECH. This is a Good Camera if you don't want to use the Electronic Shutter. So all the fast aspects of this Camera are mostly just fluff.

Děkuji.

Great pictures as usual Richard and the Nikon looks a very good starter camera for budding wildlife photographers and has good reviews. Keen price but when you add a big lens for non Nikon users then it does get a little more expensive.

Hey there, Richard! Just stopping by to say hello!

Splendid photos, I really should use my Zfc more!

I absolutely agree with your opinion. What could a "Z500" be then? The photos are awesome!

Dear Richard, Any camera in your hands takes great images, whether it is FF, APSC, or MFT system. Nikon Z50II seems to be getting quite positive reviews so far, but I'm not sure that having two different systems is a good idea, mainly due to the high cost of the lenses.

Enjoyed watching every photo in this video. Great shot!!! A big LIKE from me. Thanks for sharing.

I have had the Z8 since it 1st came on sale using a 400pf@ 800pf and average 7-800 shots per battery, I find a lot of users must have almost everything turned on or are videoing for long periods👍🏼

Would you get the 500mm of 5.6 or the 180-600 as your first lens? Great video

I find your every video interesting. You show lots of different aspects of photography. I see where FF cameras have a significant advantage over MFT. Your images from Thailand are a good example. With an MFT camera, it would be very hard to have a decent amount of good images.

I love seeing photos from across the world!!

I, too, bought the Z8 instead of the Z9, also about 4 months ago. I came to Nikon from Sony, so I wanted a smaller camera to be a little closer in form to what I was used to. I briefly considered the Z9, primarily for battery life, secondarily for ergonomics, and thirdly, for built in GPS. Regarding the ergonomics, I realized that, while I had a battery grip attached to my Sony A9, I rarely used that camera in vertical orientation. GPS would have been nice, but I don't really need it as I don't do a lot of traveling. Regarding the first point, battery life, I find that a spare battery in my pocket is way cheaper than a battery grip, and preserves the smaller form factor I was after. I find the Z8's grip plenty large to be comfortable without a grip (not the case with my Sony A9). BTW, starlings have black beaks in winter. They turn yellow during breeding season due to carotenoid pigments, which they get from they diet (more insects in summer, which are richer in carotenoids from eating leaves). Lots of birds that are yellow, red, or orange get their brighter feather colors from the carotenoid pigments, which are the same pigments that give autumn its characteristic colors.

Interesting video, but not as entertaining as your last videos. Exuse me!

I'm glad you got to see those bird species in the jungle. I would like to use Flickr more myself to post photos when I figure it out.

Are you preferring z8 to om-1

Some stunning super sharp images Richard. Unfortunately, as I have mentioned to you before, your editing suite is way above my technical understanding. My editing is very basic and the thing I miss most is to improve the background as you have to give that extra contrast to the Bird. With the starling I loved the improved background but personally I think you missed the plumage on the Starling, perhaps a bit too light. Just my opinion, a very underrated and beautiful Bird.

Thanks so much for watching the video. I apologize about the text not fitting on the screen at the end of the video and also that the video might only be mono audio not stereo. No excuse…I’m just useless. Still hope you liked the photos though. Take care🙏

Awesome shots. I just got the same lens mkii for my G9 and getting better but not near the IQ your are getting. Any tips on settings for sharper focus? Do you adjust the in camera focus settings for "sharper"? thanks,

Hi Richard, love your video but maybe a stupid question....what TC did you used? MC-14 or MC-20? Greetz from The Netherlands😉

Congratulations, you got some great shots. 40. The 40 to 150 F2 .8 the 300 F4 two great lenses I’ve got them both outstanding lenses did purchase the 150 to 400 F .5. Very disappointed with this lens soft images if it’s wide open at 400 mm your wasting the image quality will be so so poor. I’m just warning think twice before you buy this lens, don’t listen to the hype listen to independent reviews.

Your photos are consistently some of the best I've seen on RUclips, always enjoy watching your videos and learning something new

I use OM1 mkll and Z8 :) Very good together.

Love the shots, l have the 100 400 but lm desperate to get the 300 f4.

Apart from Swallows, you also have the opportunity to see the Okinawa Rail. Birds with beautiful feather patterns. Great found. A big LIKE for your video. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Singapore. Happy birding!!!

Hi Richard. As a dedicated OM1 user I’m really pleased that you seem to have rediscovered your rig as I was a bit concerned that you had forsaken it for the Nikon. A very interesting video comparison and it has reinforced my opinion that the OM1 ticks all the boxes for me at least. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Richard! I think many of us have a story of a Bangkok cabbie! The high ISO look pretty good. Any denoising post?

I’m not sure there birds. They’re more like bullets.

Great stuff Richard! I was blown away when all of a sudden you had the video of the rail. You nailed him! It made the hunt feel like I was right there with you. I also enjoyed when you brought out the potential mosquito repellent. I spent my career working on mosquitoes and I have to admit I'm not sure if that was a proper mosquito repellent or a room deodorizer. Finally not to whinge because I think you do a great job. But I think you could push the shutter speed up, and the ISO up and use a Denoising software like DXO or Topaz and it might make your life and your photos better. Keep it going mate. Cheers, Scott.

Great video Richard and my favourite picture was definitely the Wasp although the Rail pictures were a bit special.

Thanks for sharing, like those shots for swallows, I got Z8+ 180~600 zoom, but couldn't take the picture for swallow in a good condition, I got your word, prefocus, will try it next time. Curious about the setting you made, did you set up the priority by S ? And let ISO go auto?

i can’t wait to visit yanbaru forest again

What lens did you use? Thanks

great video Richard as ever even in those conditions. I love your b roll of the various birds, well captured 😊Hopefully you can get a new vlog camera if you need one. Some great images and I really like the third of the Swallow images in the rain.