Landscape Photography with Nikon Z8 - A Dartmoor 5 Minute Photo Adventure
Join me on my latest 5 Minute Photo Adventure video as I take out the Nikon Z8 for its first landscape photography shoot. Would the excitement of using the Nikon Z8 to photograph Bowerman's Nose on Dartmoor outweigh the pain of a 03:30 alarm call?
Receiving the Nikon Z8
When the Nikon Z8 was announced I spent a frantic hour refreshing my browser waiting for the Nikon Z8 to be listed for pre-order on WexPhotoVideo. As soon as it did, I placed my order. I was confident I would receive a camera from their first batch of deliveries.
Sure enough, the release date of the camera came around and a shiny new Nikon Z8 box was delivered. New camera day is always exciting and receiving a Nikon Z8 was no different. You can see me unbox the camera for the first time here.
As a landscape photographer my first goal was to get out there into the wilderness and start taking landscape photographs with the Nikon Z8. However, as is always my luck with new cameras, the weather conditions were more suited to sunbathing than landscape photography! Unfortunately, the hot and sunny weather would last for days and days.
Out with the Nikon Z8 - Finally!
During the heatwave I did get the chance to photograph Muse in Plymouth, and you can read all about that here. That concert was a bit of a baptism of fire for the Nikon Z8, but what I really wanted to do was take some landscape photographs with it.
Then finally one morning I’d decided I’d had enough of waiting and I set my alarm for 03:30 with the aim of photographing Bowerman’s Nose on Dartmoor. When I set an alarm for that sort of stime I like to do it when the forecast is for great conditions, but I was so desperate to get out, even the slightest hint that there might be some cloud in sky was enough to get me out of bed.
It had been a while since I last set an alarm call that early so I when the alarm did go off it was a bit of a shock. But a few minutes later I was guzzling some coffee and, in the car, heading to Dartmoor. Was it worth the effort of getting up? Did my eagerness to get out with the Nikon Z8 blind me to what the weather forecast was saying? Well, you can find out in the video below and my first 5 Minute Photo Adventure with the Nikon Z8.
Bowerman’s Nose - Dartmoor Landscape Photographs with the Nikon Z8
Sunrise at Bowerman’s Nose #1, Dartmoor, Devon - Nikon Z8, Nikkor Z 14-30mm f/4 S at 17mm, f/13, 0.4 sec at ISO 64, Kase Filters CPL.
Sunrise at Bowerman’s Nose #2, Dartmoor, Devon - Nikon Z8, Nikkor Z 14-30mm f/4 S at 17mm, f/13, 1/4 sec at ISO 64, Kase Filters CPL.
My Nikon Z8 Review Announcement
After saying goodbye to my Nikon Z7 yesterday I'm extremely excited to welcome the Nikon Z8 to my camera bag. I will be producing a real-world review of the Nikon Z8 but in the meantime here is a little unboxing video to get you excited
The Nikon Z8 is Here!
Following on from yesterday’s blog post and video where I said goodbye to my Nikon Z7, it should come as no real surprise to you that my new camera is the Nikon Z8.
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be taking the Z8 out to some of my favourite locations to capture landscape photographs. I’ll then publish my real world, on location, video review!
If you have any questions or there is something you want me to cover in the review, just let me know in the comments below. It will have to be something related to landscape photography though. Don’t ask me what it’s like for bird photography!
In the meantime, here’s a short unboxing video to whet your appetite.