

I love the Ricoh GR IIIx for example, but I've already shared my thoughts with you about that, and I'd feel a bit odd praising (again) a camera that is so similar to a previous model.

That's been tricky this year for me because honestly, while I've done a lot of photography, I've mostly been using cameras that I've already written about in previous years' articles. In our Gear of the Year articles we write about the equipment that we've used and relied on most. It's not perfect (that would be boring) but in the Z9, Nikon has addressed almost all of our concerns about the Z6 and Z7-series models over the past three years, in a pro-oriented body that came in far below the price-point that most of us expected. So what's all the fuss about? Simply put, it's just a really good camera.

We've published a lot of articles about the Nikon Z9 recently (too many, if some of the commenters are to be believed) and most photographers haven't even had their hands on one yet. In the Z9, Nikon has addressed almost all of our concerns about the Z6 and Z7-series models over the past three years, in a pro-oriented body Also because it's dumping with icy rain outside, and I'm all warm, and besides, my shoes still aren't dry from yesterday. There's a shiny new Nikon Z9 sitting next to me right now, with a Z 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 VR S attached, just begging me to go out and shoot with it.īut I can't, because I have to write this article. Luckier still because I actually have the camera. I feel like the luckiest boy in the world right now, sitting at my desk to write an article I've been looking forward to for weeks about a camera I'd been looking forward to for years.
