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CamerasNikon Z 8
Camera
- Effective sensor resolution
- 45.70 MP
- Lens mount
- Nikon Z
The sensor, in perspective.
Capture area at a shared scale. The dashed outline is a 36 × 24 mm full-frame reference.
Nikon Z 8
- Sensor area indexGeometric · full frame = 100From declared pixel array and pixel size.
- 99.3
- Active dimensions
- 35.90 × 23.90 mm
- Active area
- 858.01 mm²
- Crop factor
- 1.00 ×
- Area vs full frame
- -0.01 stops
The index is calculated from area, assuming equal scene illumination, f-number and exposure time. It is not a low-light test or an image-quality score: lens transmission, quantum efficiency, noise and processing are not included. A crop mode changes the area used, not the physical sensor.
Dynamic range ≠ EV operating range. Autofocus and metering limits describe operating conditions. Manufacturer HDR claims appear separately below; independent dynamic-range measurements require a matched test method, ISO and noise threshold.
Sensor specifications
- Reference active width
- 35.90 mm
- Reference active height
- 23.90 mm
- Effective sensor resolution
- 45.70 MP
- Sensor technology
- CMOS
- Reference capture area
- Full-frame FX sensor
Capture & exposure
- Camera family
- Mirrorless
- Shutter
- Electronic
- Lens mount
- Nikon Z
- Standard ISO minimum
- 64 ISO
- Standard ISO maximum
- 25,600 ISO
Capture modes
- FX still / Large
- Active height
- 23.90 mm
- Active width
- 35.90 mm
- Horizontal pixels
- 8,256 px
- Vertical pixels
- 5,504 px
Autofocus & metering limits
- Autofocus
- Upper limit
- 19 EV
- Lower limit
- -7 EV
- Variant / details
- Photo mode; AF-S; lens maximum aperture f/1.2. Manufacturer specification.
- Temperature
- 20 °C
- Test lens aperture
- 1.20 f-number
- Test sensitivity
- 100 ISO
- Autofocus / starlight view
- Upper limit
- 19 EV
- Lower limit
- -9 EV
- Variant / details
- Photo mode; AF-S; starlight view enabled; lens maximum aperture f/1.2. Manufacturer specification.
- Temperature
- 20 °C
- Test lens aperture
- 1.20 f-number
- Test sensitivity
- 100 ISO
- Metering
- Upper limit
- 17 EV
- Lower limit
- -3 EV
- Variant / details
- Exposure metering with f/2 lens. Manufacturer specification; not sensor dynamic range.
- Temperature
- 20 °C
- Test lens aperture
- 2 f-number
- Test sensitivity
- 100 ISO
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