Shoutout to the wife! Big ups! Thankful for my loving partner too. Heading to Japan with her! Just got the Z8....today! Coming from a Z6 and the weight has me concerned a bit. Thinking of my wrist getting destroyed walking around Tokyo all day haha. I know I'll get used to it though. Thanks for these tips! I'm going to love this camera the more I use it I know it. Thanks to people like you for helping me love it more. Subscribed! Big love.
Thank you so much for everything you said! My wife and I also went to Japan few years back for vacation and man it was so fun!!! So much to take photos of. I personally take my z6 with a small prime lens for travel since the z8 is kinda big. But that z8 just feels so darn professional in your hands. You can feel the quality of the z8 and how quick everything is from focusing fast to taking the shot. The shutter noise is something to get used to. Sounds futuristic.
@@CameraToFreedom Well don't tell me that cause I traded my Z6 in to get the Z8! Haha! You know what though, I don't regret it at all and I'm already used to the weight, it's no biggie! I'm IN LOVE with the ability to crop in so much and still retain a crazy amount of detail. Something can be so far away and you can crop in and it's like you were right beside it. Plus the upscaled 4K video looks noticeably better! The z8 is such a wonderful camera. The bird and animal autofocus, everything. It's amazing.
Lots of great, new information that you have provided. Thanks,, Question,,, what do you do with the file/s from the zip file that results from the N-Log download, ie Do you install this file on to the camera? or in Post editing. Thanks for any direction
If you're talking about downloading the LUT from Nikon to be used for N-Log then you use that in your video editing software to apply the LUT to the Nlog video. Unzip it and use that LUT file to color your Nlog video.
I just wanted to say thanks. I found your video very helpful. I shoot sports photography. I recently upgraded my body to a Z8 and have been wanting to start to learn video but am totally lost so I definitely appreciate your tutorials to get me pointed in the right direction.
Thanks Erik for that nice motivating comment. That’s why I do it and it’s awesome to get that acknowledgement. So cool we can connect like that through the internet and share! Love my z8!!!
Very helpful, thank you so much! This is probably a very silly question, but in which mode do you recommend shooting film. With my photography I am doing everything manual
I recommend shooting in manual mode also. Every other mode is automatic mode, very similar to photography. So when you’re not in manual mode and you pan your camera from shaded area to bright, it automatically adjust the setting and you see it changing. This is ok for parties and videos that not as important to be perfect. You don’t want to see it changing setting.
Great video Myong! Extremely helpful and very well explained. Does the image quality gets affected while recording the video in DX crop mode at 4k 60fps on Z8? I'm planning to buy a 16mm lens and using it like a 24mm in crop mod for some wide angle shots. Your views and suggestions would be helpful. Thank you!
Visually it won’t get affected. Technically it’s using less sensor so it’s less quality then full frame but it’s shown in RUclips and iPad and those screens can’t see the difference. I even use a smaller sensor, micro43, but video quality is amazing.
Great video. Right to the point and the perfect jump start for new Z8 and Z9 users. Just picked up the Z8 myself as I look for a hybrid camera to pivot to from my BMPCs. Looking forward to the auto-focus of course, internal stabilization, increased resolution, and ability to take high-res stills. Hopefully the low light performance can hold its own.
Thanks for your video! Love the set. Super professional looking. One thing about working with N-Log in Premiere is, if you’re not going to use a transform LUT that’s designed for N-Log then you need to override the media color space on each clip to Rec. 2020. This ensures you will get correct colors on a Rec. 709 timeline. From there you can apply your curves and contrast. Thanks again for the video!
Thank you so much for sharing the tip to change it to red 2020. That’s crazy how premiere doesn’t do that automatically. I’m sure they’ll eventually have to fix that right.
I think eventually they’ll add into the “Auto Detect Log Color Space” selections, of course that will still be something you have to turn on but at least it won’t be per clip. I usually use a transform LUT on an adjustment layer which is easiest for me.
I did buy a Z8 and I typically shoot photography, but the video features are so exceptional i have been thinking of grabbing davinci resolve and dabbling with it so I really appreciate the tips! 👌
That’s the great thing about it z8. It’s the best photo camera overall ever and then it’s also one of the best video camera ever. Definitely have fun with it.
Just picked up the z8 this week. Your tips are great, the audio one mega, be filming an interview so that was super useful. To get the Max image quality move the selector over Nraw then press tone mapping it gives you a wider color space option. Really need Apple to make an 8k HDR screen next. Exciting time for Nikon buying RED. Super impressed with the Z8, fantastic video, stunning photos. Kick ass hybrid camera
I’m always on full auto! Its focus has been so good on all my video gigs and I’m usually on a gimbal with my z8 so I need the autofocus to do its thing. How you liking your z8? Got a z9?
Oh wow, this is amazing! Just subbed :) About to film my next episode with Nikon Z8s and learning EVERYTHING I can about it before Monday -- thank you, and keep it up!!
Thank you Nicki! You’re going to love the z8. Out of all my cameras, it’s my favorite! I subbed back and I see you’re doing your thing! Wow congrats on your show Nicki! Thank you for representing us Asians! So proud! 🙌🏽
What are you using the SDR for? My guess is that when transmitting video from camera to anything, standard h264 or h265 colored is good. Nlog is only so you can color it after in post and HLG is only great is going straight to HDR TVs.
Thanks 🙏🏽 indie! You just have to always remember to update it or put it back to automatic. Sometimes even I forget and I’m filming the next scene with the previous white balance! :)
Hey Myong amazing video! I have Z6 II I didn't start taking video with it but I'm little bit afraid about the focusing problem that people always talking about also there's no N-log for nikon z6 II so do you recommend anything about settings? Also I've been thinking to move to sony again but I really love Nikon and I don't really know what should I do with 35mm Z and 85mm Z, Thank you in advance !
Nikon Z6’s and Z7’s have blog only if you use an external recorder like Atomos V. If you’re not that can’t use log. If you’re not 100 percent comfortable with editing log then you should avoid it. I film in natural most of the time for my video gigs. I also have the nikon z6 and even though it’s one of the better focus system I ever experienced it’s still not perfect so you have to be ready to tap to focus or have backup incase it starts to focus on something you don’t want it to.
What you said should make sense and I wish that’s how it was but if you have a VR lens, you don’t get to use the in body VR. However, the electronic VR works no matter what, but that’s only for tripod style mode where you don’t move at all. Electronic VR, if you try to move with it like panning, then it distort the video, so be sure to use electronic VR for tripod mode.
Thank you for your response. While I have have many Nikkor lenses with VR, I have moved to mirrorless (Z8, Z6ii) along with investment in Z lenses s and most of them do not have a VR knob on the lens; I assume that the in body VR will take over. So maybe it's more applicable to F lenses that maybe placed on a mirrorless camera with the FTZ adaptor.@@CameraToFreedom
Like the audio tips and will look into them for my Z8. I do have to say the video though does look like it was focusing on the wrong part of you or were using a low f-stop. What did you use to record this and if the Z8/Z9 did you use snap bridge to make sure you were focused on the eye prior to pressing record because the non swiveling screen? And yes I know YT does compression but just pointing it out. The audio is great btw
For Gimble, you definitely want your nikon to be in its full time auto focus mode on full screen. I have never missed a spot with my nikon in focusing while using my gimbal. If you stand still and try auto focus, there are times where it will try to focus on something that you don’t want, but I can be understood, especially when there’s a lot of things in the background. While you’re on a gamble and you move, your camera catches on what you are trying to focus then it finds its mark
I have questions I wanna know how good bad is the rolling shutter on the nikon z8 on photos while panning fast subject. And also can you do some sample on the high iso test
What color profile are you using in your camera? What editing program are you using? Do you mean playback in your camera or playback when you transfer the files into your computer. There’s a lot of things we have to know for understanding the problem.
@@CameraToFreedom Do you mean rgb or adobe? If so i use rgb. It is when i play them back on my PC. I am finding I need to edit the video through an editing software to get the right colors. I was thinking i should get better color right from the card.
Hi, Thanks for this video and parameters. Question, I have shoot video with my z8 in low light and event if I didn't have any lines on my camera screen, it turn out that the full image is filled with paralle black lines. Any idea why?
If you film in ballrooms like for wedding or events, there LED cheap lights to light decorate the place. Those LED flickers! You have to bring your shutter to only 60 if you’re filming in 24fps and 120 shutter if you’re filming in 60fps. This will stop the flicker of those likes and not have those lines. Hope you understood this. Good luck!
@@CameraToFreedom that wasn't the case but, as it was the first time I shoot video with an hybrid I found out the rule I didn't know: time=2*fps. I did this and the problem was fixed. Thank for your reply and tip, I did watch your video about the flickering problème 😉
You just have to be quick to change your setting. If the surround is changing too much just go into any of the automatic modes and let the camera adjust automatically. I like Aperture mode when I need to get a gimbal shot of my filming from outside to indie then it changes automatically by itself. Then I go into manual mode when the light isn’t changing as much.
Put the focus pic in your quick menu where the I button is. Find your focus, then going to the i menu then turn it off. Personally, I just get used to it and if you start feeling comfortable, then you could just not even use it personally have an external monitor during most of my video shoots and I used the monitor focus so that my screen on the camera doesn’t have to. Now that you mentioned it, I was filming at Coachella all day yesterday and I didn’t think twice about it, but I just realize that my focus will turn on for its will go away when it finds this Mark. But it would be amazing if our nikon did that on purpose so I’m actually going to look more into it.
So I have watched a few of your videos on the Z9 and I have followed some of the setting changes and they have helped . I do have a question on the video settings , So for some reason when I shoot in pro rs or anything that saves as a .mov file the files will only play audio on my computer not that big of a deal since I like to shoot in 4K raw. My question is the camera saves 2 files : one .nev and one .mpeg , Is there a way to set it up to only save the .nev
Hey Tony, thank you so much for writing to me on the comment section since it does help with my video. So this is an easy answer and sorry I didn’t tell you at the email. Nikon has to save the AP video when you’re shooting in raw video so that he can replay in your camera, ironically, our nikon cannot replay raw videos on that tiny screen. It also serves as proxy video so when you previewing the video on your computer, you can edit using that smaller video file and when you export it, it will export using the raw video file.
5:54 -- RED has some balls too, because they didn't even invent it. It was stolen, but then they raced and got it locked up. They have no remorse whatsoever about it.
All cameras at this level should be able to have the mic input be selectable between mic level and line level audio. My Fuji X-S10 and other Fujis have this. Why don't they all do it for the best possible audio?
Hi Myong, hope you are doing well, I have been trying to do video with my Nikons lol, but there is one thing I don't understand and wanted to see if you could please help. I have mines in AF-F in video mode and my question is, do I have to leave the AF-ON button pressed at all times or does it focus and track the eyes/head of the subject by itself without me having to leave the AF-ON button pressed at all times. I'm loset, lol...I press that button to focus as UI do when I take photos but I lose focus so I have tried leaving the AF-ON button pressed but I still lose the subject, I'm not super sure what I am doing wrong lol.... If you could please help, I would really appreciate it, thank you.
I need to make a video on video focus! Thanks for reminding me. O you don’t have to press down the AF-ON button. Once you hit record it will auto focus automatically. I leave mine on AF-f especially when I’m on my gimbal and I need my nikon to do all the focusing. It does an amazing job!
@@CameraToFreedom Hey Myong, thank you much man for replying back! Will do, I was trying to focus like I do when I take photos byt leaving the AF-ON pressed, smh, lol.. Thank you brother and I will be looking out for that video.
New mirrorless cameras have that curtain shutter brotha (shield) like my Sony A7IV however many don't recommend using it. If you do a search, many fail in just a few months. It can easily fail in the long run. Kudos to Nikon tho for fighting Red in terms of internal RAW recording. BMs RAW is not real RAW, that's why they can record internally.
What’s up James! Miss shooting with you guys. It is so inspiring to see you and Brian continually Film. Man that sucks that the shield can easily break and I was so excited to finally get one in my camera. Braw is not true raw? Definitely not as high as 444. Do you not enjoy using black magic? What’s your camera of choice right now when filming?
@@CameraToFreedom Yeah was excited to have the feature on camera as well but it's a common issue not really meant to use for changing lenses LOL! Yes, if you search BRAW is not real raw, ProRes RAW is real raw. NRAW is real raw, not BRAW lol. No I don't use blackmagic, never owned one. I'm rocking the Sony FX3 and Z CAM S6 and F6-Pro. Miss you too man!
That’s the craziest camera news ever! Nikon bought red Eggs I wonder if anything is going to change. I wonder if nikon is going to be more lenient and let other companies create raw, but I doubt it since they could still make more money by keeping it strict, but maybe they are into morals instead of money but that sentence sounds ridiculous for big corporate companies. Either way, I think that they are going to grow as a team instead of as rivals can you imagine a red camera that can take photos or even a Nikon cinema camera! Such an amazing and interesting event
@@CameraToFreedom That's mean like this. Sony have Slog3 Log profile & S.Gamut3.cine Color Gamut. Panasonic have V-Log Profile & V-Gamut Color. Canon have Clog2 profile & Canon Wide gamut. All of those companies have their own gamut color space which is far wider than Rec.2020. I think for neutural colorgrading, Nikon Z8 Rec.2020 is enough, but for heavy Colorgrading I think it will be a problem. I explained in the short sentence as much as I could. I hope people could understand me😭😭😭
Honestly, if you cst in resolve the nlog to vgamut / vlog and export to rec709 g2.4 the colors are very good. Colorscience of Nikon is pro level, i just think their log curve needs some work (highlight recovery is tricky) and i would love to see a less digital image.
raw does not have a color gamut, you need to research it more more asking questions. it's just meta data, and even still rec2020 is more than enough for 12bit linear raw. I bet your monitor does not even come close to that😢
It’s happening. This camera has that power to keep up with likes of Red Komodo, Canon C70. It’ll be popular with its smaller size for more mobile shots while still getting 8k raw videos.
This shouldn't surprise you Canon 5D mark II cameras were even used on pretty high production music videos. A million dollars isn't what it used to be and I imagine many music videos can hit that mark pretty quickly nowadays.
That’s very rude when I’m giving you advice for free. You’re also watching it on RUclips so it’s always compressed. Either way I do appreciate your comment Jon. Just keep getting better in videography and in life.
8 bit is great for you? That makes you sound clueless. I’m not even happy with 10. 12 bit minimal. You have a Komodo and thats 16 bit. Why would you even talk about eight bit? if anything stear your followers away from that.
Thanks for this video. Great advices. Some questions if you can. I was always into photography, now trying to get some videos. Had d750, d850, +24/70, 70/200... but since came out last may, the z8, and waiting almost 8 months for the 400 2.8 z lens, great pictures and quality. Sorry my ignorance but trying to record, after 7 seconds, stops. If i try n raw or pro res raw does'nt evet let me record not even a second... have a 128 gb sd card, can be that?
Yes, it’s because of your 128 GB SD card. You need fast cards and 514 GB SD cards minimum. When I shoot in raw with my other cameras I use terabyte cards and terabyte SSD drives. Like I mentioned, you want to use them for high budget projects and you’re willing to spend thousands of dollars on cards and external drives to be constantly backing them up. If you are shooting for your small business or for your RUclips page, then you want to stick to just 4K non-raw video files. There is no way of getting around the massive video size that raw video produces. Some cameras like the Hollywood level, cameras will fill up a terabyte a few seconds. I also had the D7 50 and bunch of DSLR’s in the past and you will absolutely love any of the Z cameras. To me the Nikon Z8 and Zen nine is the best camera you can get right now. Sony does have a $6000 camera that’s pretty amazing that shoots in global shutter but you got a love nikon for being the best photo camera and now can shoot raw video. Sony mirror cameras cannot shoot raw videos.
The PRE white balance trick just blew my mind! Thanks Myong, Much appreciated.
Andrew I appreciate your nice comment man! Yeah, our z8 has to be the best camera of 2024!
Yes thanks so much for this trick. Loved your whole video and for a newbie like me (in the Nikon) this whole video was very very helpful. 🙏🏻🫱🏻🫲🏼
That tip to close the curtain on my Z7 when changing lenses is the tip of the year for me! Thank you. First time watcher!
Thanks for that Dave! Appreciate your support man! More to come!
Shoutout to the wife! Big ups! Thankful for my loving partner too. Heading to Japan with her! Just got the Z8....today! Coming from a Z6 and the weight has me concerned a bit. Thinking of my wrist getting destroyed walking around Tokyo all day haha. I know I'll get used to it though. Thanks for these tips! I'm going to love this camera the more I use it I know it. Thanks to people like you for helping me love it more. Subscribed! Big love.
Thank you so much for everything you said! My wife and I also went to Japan few years back for vacation and man it was so fun!!! So much to take photos of. I personally take my z6 with a small prime lens for travel since the z8 is kinda big. But that z8 just feels so darn professional in your hands. You can feel the quality of the z8 and how quick everything is from focusing fast to taking the shot. The shutter noise is something to get used to. Sounds futuristic.
@@CameraToFreedom Well don't tell me that cause I traded my Z6 in to get the Z8! Haha! You know what though, I don't regret it at all and I'm already used to the weight, it's no biggie! I'm IN LOVE with the ability to crop in so much and still retain a crazy amount of detail. Something can be so far away and you can crop in and it's like you were right beside it. Plus the upscaled 4K video looks noticeably better! The z8 is such a wonderful camera. The bird and animal autofocus, everything. It's amazing.
Fantastic advice, thank you. I really like how you get straight to the point and don't over explain everything!
Thank you James! More to come! What do you shoot? You have the z8. How you liking it?
@@CameraToFreedom I'm loving it so far, moved over from the D810 and really impressed by the improvements in the autofocus.
Great info!!! Any wife that gifts a Z8 is a partner in your journey!!!
I agree! She’s a sweetie pie ❤️
Just changed the settings on my work camera and what a difference. Thank you.
Thanks for letting me know :)
Hafa adai!...I lived in Dededo from 1983 to 1987. I loved the island and it became a big part of me! Do you live there today?
Hafa Adai! I’m in California now but was there all my life. I miss my island :)
Excellent. I believe the pro video capabilities of the Z9 & Z8 is grossly underrated.
It is! I have handful of great cameras and as of now, my nikon z8 is my favorite. The color that it produces is so ‘nikon’ and awesome!
thanks for the info!
Very good video going over some more of the settings I needed as I branch into wildlife video with my Z9. Appreciate it.
I appreciate your nice comment! You got yourself the best camera ever, the z9! Good luck in your wildlife video adventure! I bet it’ll be great!
Outstanding video! You are an excellent communicator with great tips. Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words! 🙌🏽
Great info. I got my Z8 a couple week ago and I'm getting photos down pretty good. Now I'm working on the video piece. Thanks for your help.
Congrats on your z8! Out of all the cameras, I think our z8 is the best! Camera of the year!
very helpful, particularly the FX to DX tip with Fn1 and VR mode
Thank you Aakashi! Yeah I use that fix dx so much! You now have two different prime lens in one every time!
Excellent in explaining different levels and further go and show us the steps.
Good !
Thanks for the nice comment Ricky!
Lots of great, new information that you have provided. Thanks,, Question,,, what do you do with the file/s from the zip file that results from the N-Log download, ie Do you install this file on to the camera? or in Post editing. Thanks for any direction
If you're talking about downloading the LUT from Nikon to be used for N-Log then you use that in your video editing software to apply the LUT to the Nlog video. Unzip it and use that LUT file to color your Nlog video.
I just wanted to say thanks. I found your video very helpful. I shoot sports photography. I recently upgraded my body to a Z8 and have been wanting to start to learn video but am totally lost so I definitely appreciate your tutorials to get me pointed in the right direction.
Thanks Erik for that nice motivating comment. That’s why I do it and it’s awesome to get that acknowledgement. So cool we can connect like that through the internet and share! Love my z8!!!
This is very nice. Do this settings apply also to Nikon Z6 lll? I have just gotten one a few days ago and I am starting in the video arena
Yes this setting applies to the z6iii and most if not all mirrorless nikon z cameras.
Very helpful, thank you so much! This is probably a very silly question, but in which mode do you recommend shooting film. With my photography I am doing everything manual
I recommend shooting in manual mode also. Every other mode is automatic mode, very similar to photography. So when you’re not in manual mode and you pan your camera from shaded area to bright, it automatically adjust the setting and you see it changing. This is ok for parties and videos that not as important to be perfect. You don’t want to see it changing setting.
Appreciate the tips! I figure it's going to take me a long time to learn all of the Z8 settings!
Z8 has so much settings and you don’t have to learn everything but it is a fun journey to do so! Thanks for the comment Dan!
Wow! loads of infor, thank you🙏🙂
You welcome Shan! :)
Great video Myong! Extremely helpful and very well explained. Does the image quality gets affected while recording the video in DX crop mode at 4k 60fps on Z8? I'm planning to buy a 16mm lens and using it like a 24mm in crop mod for some wide angle shots. Your views and suggestions would be helpful. Thank you!
Visually it won’t get affected. Technically it’s using less sensor so it’s less quality then full frame but it’s shown in RUclips and iPad and those screens can’t see the difference. I even use a smaller sensor, micro43, but video quality is amazing.
@@CameraToFreedom Thank you so much for your views Myong! This will surely help me finalize my lens selection.
Great video. Right to the point and the perfect jump start for new Z8 and Z9 users. Just picked up the Z8 myself as I look for a hybrid camera to pivot to from my BMPCs. Looking forward to the auto-focus of course, internal stabilization, increased resolution, and ability to take high-res stills. Hopefully the low light performance can hold its own.
What’s up! I like your company y name Be Authentic Media! Yeah it can definitely handle high ISO for sure.
Thanks for your video! Love the set. Super professional looking. One thing about working with N-Log in Premiere is, if you’re not going to use a transform LUT that’s designed for N-Log then you need to override the media color space on each clip to Rec. 2020. This ensures you will get correct colors on a Rec. 709 timeline. From there you can apply your curves and contrast. Thanks again for the video!
Thank you so much for sharing the tip to change it to red 2020. That’s crazy how premiere doesn’t do that automatically. I’m sure they’ll eventually have to fix that right.
I think eventually they’ll add into the “Auto Detect Log Color Space” selections, of course that will still be something you have to turn on but at least it won’t be per clip. I usually use a transform LUT on an adjustment layer which is easiest for me.
I did buy a Z8 and I typically shoot photography, but the video features are so exceptional i have been thinking of grabbing davinci resolve and dabbling with it so I really appreciate the tips! 👌
That’s the great thing about it z8. It’s the best photo camera overall ever and then it’s also one of the best video camera ever. Definitely have fun with it.
Great Video, thanks mate
Thanks Shiraz! 🙌🏽
Nicely done! Thanks so much!
Thank you for the nice comment? :)
Just picked up the z8 this week. Your tips are great, the audio one mega, be filming an interview so that was super useful. To get the Max image quality move the selector over Nraw then press tone mapping it gives you a wider color space option. Really need Apple to make an 8k HDR screen next. Exciting time for Nikon buying RED. Super impressed with the Z8, fantastic video, stunning photos. Kick ass hybrid camera
Great tip! Thanks for sharing that.
Thank you for your time and talent! The Pre White Balance tip was A- MAZING! Just hit subscribe (for life)!
Thank you Bobbi! More to come!
Great video. I definitely learned something. Question, for N-Log footage. Can you edit it in Final Cut Pro?
Thanks you Tricia! Yes n log will work in Final Cut. Only n raw, nikon raw, won’t work on Final Cut and premiere just yet.
Great video, what’s your favorite focus mode?
I’m always on full auto! Its focus has been so good on all my video gigs and I’m usually on a gimbal with my z8 so I need the autofocus to do its thing. How you liking your z8? Got a z9?
Excellent presentation for me as a beginner in Video
Glad to be of service! :)
Great information that has helped me a lot. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙏
Thanks for letting me know with your comment Tim! 🙌🏽
Oh wow, this is amazing! Just subbed :) About to film my next episode with Nikon Z8s and learning EVERYTHING I can about it before Monday -- thank you, and keep it up!!
Thank you Nicki! You’re going to love the z8. Out of all my cameras, it’s my favorite! I subbed back and I see you’re doing your thing! Wow congrats on your show Nicki! Thank you for representing us Asians! So proud! 🙌🏽
Thanks for the video. I'm using the 12bit SDR but I was wondering if N-log or HLG is any better.
What are you using the SDR for? My guess is that when transmitting video from camera to anything, standard h264 or h265 colored is good. Nlog is only so you can color it after in post and HLG is only great is going straight to HDR TVs.
Thank you. Great advice!!!
What an amazing white balance tip
Thanks 🙏🏽 indie! You just have to always remember to update it or put it back to automatic. Sometimes even I forget and I’m filming the next scene with the previous white balance! :)
Great info and the white balance trick as others have said is super helpful.
Thank you so much for letting me know with your comment. I love my Nony and I feel like the video quality is so good compared to my other camera.
Thank for the tips man. I appreciate it.
I dont own a Z8 just yet but this will help to get in the future.
It’s good to be ready for it. It’s my favorite camera right now!
It's worth mentioning that selecting DX also gets rid of the dark corners if you have a nice APS-C (DX) lens that you want to use.
Definitely a good point! Thanks Matt!
Hey Myong amazing video! I have Z6 II I didn't start taking video with it but I'm little bit afraid about the focusing problem that people always talking about also there's no N-log for nikon z6 II so do you recommend anything about settings? Also I've been thinking to move to sony again but I really love Nikon and I don't really know what should I do with 35mm Z and 85mm Z, Thank you in advance !
Nikon Z6’s and Z7’s have blog only if you use an external recorder like Atomos V. If you’re not that can’t use log. If you’re not 100 percent comfortable with editing log then you should avoid it. I film in natural most of the time for my video gigs. I also have the nikon z6 and even though it’s one of the better focus system I ever experienced it’s still not perfect so you have to be ready to tap to focus or have backup incase it starts to focus on something you don’t want it to.
Thank you,an super nice video. NIKON Rocks
Thank you Joey! Yeah I really do love my nikon!
What do you clean your camera body with? It's so shiny!
I actually have a skin on it. Here is the Amazon link with the exact one I got on amzn.to/3ZhSNRh
Great video Myong. Thank you.
Thank you Reza for hooking me up with two comments. Appreciate you man.
That is a very good video!!! Thanks a million!!!
Thank you for the generous comment! Are you using your z8 or z9 to film yourself for your empowerment topic?
Excellent video and instructions. Thanks a lot.
Thank you Champika!
Really awesome video, got some helpful tips from it!
Thanks for letting me know joe
Thank you again for the nice video. If a lens has VR and you turn it off, can you turn the in body stabilization on instead? Thank you.
What you said should make sense and I wish that’s how it was but if you have a VR lens, you don’t get to use the in body VR. However, the electronic VR works no matter what, but that’s only for tripod style mode where you don’t move at all. Electronic VR, if you try to move with it like panning, then it distort the video, so be sure to use electronic VR for tripod mode.
Thank you for your response. While I have have many Nikkor lenses with VR, I have moved to mirrorless (Z8, Z6ii) along with investment in Z lenses s and most of them do not have a VR knob on the lens; I assume that the in body VR will take over. So maybe it's more applicable to F lenses that maybe placed on a mirrorless camera with the FTZ adaptor.@@CameraToFreedom
just bought this camera !
Awesome Rudy! Best camera ever for me.
So outstanding information Khem Orl
Thanks for letting me know Khem! 🙌🏽
Like the audio tips and will look into them for my Z8. I do have to say the video though does look like it was focusing on the wrong part of you or were using a low f-stop. What did you use to record this and if the Z8/Z9 did you use snap bridge to make sure you were focused on the eye prior to pressing record because the non swiveling screen? And yes I know YT does compression but just pointing it out. The audio is great btw
I would hate to think our nikon would keep going out of focus when I keep talking about how great our nikon is. Thanks for the comment Eric 👍🏽
@@CameraToFreedom yeah I am with you there. Just got my Z8 and enjoying it. Will try your audio setting for my rode wireless pros.
Great video and enjoyed your passion & enthusiasm👍🏻
I appreciate you Simon for the kind words!
Awesome explanation, Thanks!
Thanks Frank! Appreciate your comment! 🤙🏽
What settings are best for auto focus for video when using a gimbal?
For Gimble, you definitely want your nikon to be in its full time auto focus mode on full screen. I have never missed a spot with my nikon in focusing while using my gimbal. If you stand still and try auto focus, there are times where it will try to focus on something that you don’t want, but I can be understood, especially when there’s a lot of things in the background. While you’re on a gamble and you move, your camera catches on what you are trying to focus then it finds its mark
Great video. Thank you for all the tips. Be safe.
Woohoo! Thanks for your comment GW! 🙌🏽
Very helpful . Looking to buy one soon
Thank you for the comment! You’re going to love it. My best camera right now compared to handful I own and still use.
I have questions I wanna know how good bad is the rolling shutter on the nikon z8 on photos while panning fast subject. And also can you do some sample on the high iso test
informative on settings for the Z8.
Thank you John!
Thanks!!
You welcome Martin! Thanks for the comment man!
Can you cover the color settings for video in the Z8? I use the 8k and the colors are not right when played back.
What color profile are you using in your camera? What editing program are you using? Do you mean playback in your camera or playback when you transfer the files into your computer. There’s a lot of things we have to know for understanding the problem.
@@CameraToFreedom Do you mean rgb or adobe? If so i use rgb. It is when i play them back on my PC. I am finding I need to edit the video through an editing software to get the right colors. I was thinking i should get better color right from the card.
I am also finding it depends on which video player I use. The color is darker on VLC.
Hi,
Thanks for this video and parameters.
Question, I have shoot video with my z8 in low light and event if I didn't have any lines on my camera screen, it turn out that the full image is filled with paralle black lines. Any idea why?
If you film in ballrooms like for wedding or events, there LED cheap lights to light decorate the place. Those LED flickers! You have to bring your shutter to only 60 if you’re filming in 24fps and 120 shutter if you’re filming in 60fps. This will stop the flicker of those likes and not have those lines. Hope you understood this. Good luck!
@@CameraToFreedom that wasn't the case but, as it was the first time I shoot video with an hybrid I found out the rule I didn't know: time=2*fps. I did this and the problem was fixed.
Thank for your reply and tip, I did watch your video about the flickering problème 😉
just got the z8 camera. this video was incredibly helpful. thank you Myong!
Glad to hear of service Carl! Gotta make tips and tricks for your z8 soon!
Great video
Thank you for your comment!!! More to come for sure!
If AUTO ISO is off, how do you control the light when you are shooting outside location? The light changes all the time.
You just have to be quick to change your setting. If the surround is changing too much just go into any of the automatic modes and let the camera adjust automatically. I like Aperture mode when I need to get a gimbal shot of my filming from outside to indie then it changes automatically by itself. Then I go into manual mode when the light isn’t changing as much.
When using focus peaking...once it is at the focus you want....how do you remove the color so you can see the image again?
Put the focus pic in your quick menu where the I button is. Find your focus, then going to the i menu then turn it off. Personally, I just get used to it and if you start feeling comfortable, then you could just not even use it personally have an external monitor during most of my video shoots and I used the monitor focus so that my screen on the camera doesn’t have to. Now that you mentioned it, I was filming at Coachella all day yesterday and I didn’t think twice about it, but I just realize that my focus will turn on for its will go away when it finds this Mark. But it would be amazing if our nikon did that on purpose so I’m actually going to look more into it.
@@CameraToFreedom Thank you So Very Much. Enjoy your Channel
Very helpful! Thanks
I appreciate your comment James! You got a z camera? Which one and what will you be filming?
Thanks for the tips!
Glad to be of service and thank you so much for the comments. I appreciate that.
Excellent video.
Thank you :)
Awesome video thank you :)
Heck yeah! Thanks Rob for the comment! You have a z8 or z9?
So I have watched a few of your videos on the Z9 and I have followed some of the setting changes and they have helped . I do have a question on the video settings , So for some reason when I shoot in pro rs or anything that saves as a .mov file the files will only play audio on my computer not that big of a deal since I like to shoot in 4K raw. My question is the camera saves 2 files : one .nev and one .mpeg , Is there a way to set it up to only save the .nev
Hey Tony, thank you so much for writing to me on the comment section since it does help with my video. So this is an easy answer and sorry I didn’t tell you at the email. Nikon has to save the AP video when you’re shooting in raw video so that he can replay in your camera, ironically, our nikon cannot replay raw videos on that tiny screen. It also serves as proxy video so when you previewing the video on your computer, you can edit using that smaller video file and when you export it, it will export using the raw video file.
Great job what's your site
Thanks Eric!
5:54 -- RED has some balls too, because they didn't even invent it. It was stolen, but then they raced and got it locked up. They have no remorse whatsoever about it.
Isn’t that the craziest thing?! The world of mean business!
Thank you.
You welcome. :)
All cameras at this level should be able to have the mic input be selectable between mic level and line level audio. My Fuji X-S10 and other Fujis have this. Why don't they all do it for the best possible audio?
Good point! When it comes audio, it’s limited for sure!
Very good. I will turn off auto audio for sure !
Thanks Carroll! Glad to be of service! Got more stuff for the z8 to come!
Pls keep making videos
what's zup , happy algorithm.
Phils! You’re awesome for doing this man! 🙌🏽
thank you
You welcome! What camera do you have? How do you like the z8?
@@CameraToFreedom I recently upgraded to the Z9
Hi Myong, hope you are doing well, I have been trying to do video with my Nikons lol, but there is one thing I don't understand and wanted to see if you could please help. I have mines in AF-F in video mode and my question is, do I have to leave the AF-ON button pressed at all times or does it focus and track the eyes/head of the subject by itself without me having to leave the AF-ON button pressed at all times. I'm loset, lol...I press that button to focus as UI do when I take photos but I lose focus so I have tried leaving the AF-ON button pressed but I still lose the subject, I'm not super sure what I am doing wrong lol.... If you could please help, I would really appreciate it, thank you.
I need to make a video on video focus! Thanks for reminding me. O you don’t have to press down the AF-ON button. Once you hit record it will auto focus automatically. I leave mine on AF-f especially when I’m on my gimbal and I need my nikon to do all the focusing. It does an amazing job!
@@CameraToFreedom Hey Myong, thank you much man for replying back! Will do, I was trying to focus like I do when I take photos byt leaving the AF-ON pressed, smh, lol.. Thank you brother and I will be looking out for that video.
6:07 I guess it has to do with Nikon bought RED. They own it
Yup! Now nikon just came out with red lugs for nikon n-log that makes it look more like a red film video!
Amazon Link:
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New mirrorless cameras have that curtain shutter brotha (shield) like my Sony A7IV however many don't recommend using it. If you do a search, many fail in just a few months. It can easily fail in the long run. Kudos to Nikon tho for fighting Red in terms of internal RAW recording. BMs RAW is not real RAW, that's why they can record internally.
What’s up James! Miss shooting with you guys. It is so inspiring to see you and Brian continually Film. Man that sucks that the shield can easily break and I was so excited to finally get one in my camera. Braw is not true raw? Definitely not as high as 444. Do you not enjoy using black magic? What’s your camera of choice right now when filming?
@@CameraToFreedom Yeah was excited to have the feature on camera as well but it's a common issue not really meant to use for changing lenses LOL! Yes, if you search BRAW is not real raw, ProRes RAW is real raw. NRAW is real raw, not BRAW lol. No I don't use blackmagic, never owned one. I'm rocking the Sony FX3 and Z CAM S6 and F6-Pro. Miss you too man!
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great job and thank you for your help
Thank you Jackie for the comment. It feels good knowing there’s some people that can get something out of it
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Thank you Subharsen. :)
I’d much rather set custom kelvin as a custom white balance since i don’t always want the ”real” white balance
Custom white balance is always the most accurate white balance for sure.
#supportive wife 🙋🏻♀️
Thanks babe
Seeing this right after Nikon just buys Red. lol
That’s the craziest camera news ever! Nikon bought red Eggs I wonder if anything is going to change. I wonder if nikon is going to be more lenient and let other companies create raw, but I doubt it since they could still make more money by keeping it strict, but maybe they are into morals instead of money but that sentence sounds ridiculous for big corporate companies. Either way, I think that they are going to grow as a team instead of as rivals can you imagine a red camera that can take photos or even a Nikon cinema camera! Such an amazing and interesting event
But N-Raw have color space limitation to Rec.2020 which is very sad. I love Nikon Z8 but i might wait for Nikon to release next Generation.
It can only get better from here. I didn’t know that there is color space limitation. What does that mean?
@@CameraToFreedom That's mean like this.
Sony have Slog3 Log profile & S.Gamut3.cine Color Gamut.
Panasonic have V-Log Profile & V-Gamut Color.
Canon have Clog2 profile & Canon Wide gamut.
All of those companies have their own gamut color space which is far wider than Rec.2020.
I think for neutural colorgrading, Nikon Z8 Rec.2020 is enough, but for heavy Colorgrading I think it will be a problem.
I explained in the short sentence as much as I could. I hope people could understand me😭😭😭
Honestly, if you cst in resolve the nlog to vgamut / vlog and export to rec709 g2.4 the colors are very good. Colorscience of Nikon is pro level, i just think their log curve needs some work (highlight recovery is tricky) and i would love to see a less digital image.
Rec2020 has a wider color gamut than rec709. It's good
raw does not have a color gamut, you need to research it more more asking questions. it's just meta data, and even still rec2020 is more than enough for 12bit linear raw. I bet your monitor does not even come close to that😢
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Thank you RB for the comment :)
70-200 has vr
You’re right. Wonder why they did that and yet they didn’t give the 24-70 f2.8 S vr.
what if i go to turn off auto iso but it doesn't turn off XD
Thanks for asking Alex. Here’s the cable and v mount battery adapter Amazon link amzn.to/42v0OBY
Hmm once you turn the auto off then you should be able to manually set your iso. Make sure you’re in Manual mode on your dial.
what million dollar set shoots with a Nikon Z8?
It’s happening. This camera has that power to keep up with likes of Red Komodo, Canon C70. It’ll be popular with its smaller size for more mobile shots while still getting 8k raw videos.
This shouldn't surprise you Canon 5D mark II cameras were even used on pretty high production music videos. A million dollars isn't what it used to be and I imagine many music videos can hit that mark pretty quickly nowadays.
Yeah, take advice from a man who's 4k video content looks like 720i (not p). -_-
That’s very rude when I’m giving you advice for free. You’re also watching it on RUclips so it’s always compressed. Either way I do appreciate your comment Jon. Just keep getting better in videography and in life.
8 bit is great for you? That makes you sound clueless. I’m not even happy with 10. 12 bit minimal. You have a Komodo and thats 16 bit. Why would you even talk about eight bit? if anything stear your followers away from that.
I’m really ok with 8bit video 😎
Thanks for this video. Great advices. Some questions if you can. I was always into photography, now trying to get some videos. Had d750, d850, +24/70, 70/200... but since came out last may, the z8, and waiting almost 8 months for the 400 2.8 z lens, great pictures and quality. Sorry my ignorance but trying to record, after 7 seconds, stops. If i try n raw or pro res raw does'nt evet let me record not even a second... have a 128 gb sd card, can be that?
Yes, it’s because of your 128 GB SD card. You need fast cards and 514 GB SD cards minimum. When I shoot in raw with my other cameras I use terabyte cards and terabyte SSD drives. Like I mentioned, you want to use them for high budget projects and you’re willing to spend thousands of dollars on cards and external drives to be constantly backing them up. If you are shooting for your small business or for your RUclips page, then you want to stick to just 4K non-raw video files. There is no way of getting around the massive video size that raw video produces. Some cameras like the Hollywood level, cameras will fill up a terabyte a few seconds. I also had the D7 50 and bunch of DSLR’s in the past and you will absolutely love any of the Z cameras. To me the Nikon Z8 and Zen nine is the best camera you can get right now. Sony does have a $6000 camera that’s pretty amazing that shoots in global shutter but you got a love nikon for being the best photo camera and now can shoot raw video. Sony mirror cameras cannot shoot raw videos.
Excellent video! Thanks for sharing! 👌🏼
Thank you for the comment. I appreciate that.🙏🏽
Nice job! Great help!
Thank you Randy. Appreciate your comment man!
Very informative video. Thank you
Thank you Murthy for the comment! How you liking your nikon?
THANK YOU
You welcome Rose :)