The end of the fisherman’s day at Pyramid Lake Northern Nevada. (Nikon Z9, 70-200mm 2.8 S, set as NX)

The end of the fisherman’s day at Pyramid Lake Northern Nevada. (Nikon Z9, 70-200mm 2.8 S, set as NX)

 

This was a test day AGAIN for the Nikon Z9.

We drove out to Pyramid Lake and tested with two lenses at different settings.

This was after deep investigation around what was causing major focus issues etc.

I have NEVER used Nikon support in my 40+ years behind the lens.

Now I understand that was the right choice!

I could go on but why frustrate myself any further.

 

Bottom-line, Picture control as delivered on my Z9 was set to:

Sharpening:+3.00

Mid-Range Sharpening:+2.00

Clarity:+1.00

 

I have owned pairs of the Z7, Z7ii and now the Z9.

The previous Zs the settings were at zero.

Thus, I did not experience the issues I have incurred with the Z9.

 

Living in the past I assumed that Picture Control only applied to JPEG files.

That is no longer true with the Z series.

 

With no mention of this in the manual it made debugging difficult.

Now with the settings zeroed out I’m back, well almost.

 

Though adjustments can be made in post processing consider the impact of time spent and features requiring banks given you like me zero out the picture control settings.

 

Let’s Go Nikon! (Sarcastic reference, all apologies…).

 

Keep the passion, Steve

 

 

 

 

 

Done