While many in the film and video industry are still waiting to see what the Nikon acquisition of RED Digital Cinema will bring here heading into 2025, in some small ways Nikon is already improving their offerings for videographers.The recent Nikon Z6 III has proven to be quite highly reviewed by video pros, and the Nikon Z9—which came out a few years ago—remains very popular as well. Still, Nikon is still on the grind just releasing a new firmware update to the Z9 which expands the camera’s video capabilities pretty significantly.A previous update expanded the Nikon Z9 to be able to record internally 12-bit N-RAW video at up to 8.3K at 60p, while this latest firmware enhancement adds shutter angle controls which should be quite helpful for working videography professionals. Let’s take a look.Nikon Z9 Firmware Update 5.10The major news here is really the addition of a shutter angle mode which is set to add some pretty significant functionality to the Nikon Z9. Shooters will now be able to set the shutter angle to be 15 steps between 5.6-degrees and 360-degrees. This means that shooters will no longer need to select a shutter speed based on their frame rate as well as give further control of the best motion blur for your shots. Nikon has also announced that this new update will include some customizable video monitoring and assist tools to let shooters change the color of the zebra pattern display. Users will also be able to customize more display...
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