Nikon Z8 Plates

This Z8 L bracket is brilliant, easy to use, industrial grade, and ROCK SOLID. Ignore the drama; the plastic hex key clips are neither here nor there. If you have Z8s and they work for a living, this is your L bracket; you will never look back as long as you're shooting the Z8s. RRS, PLEASE DO THIS FOR THE GFX 100S II! WE'RE FLAPPING AROUND OUT HERE.

Quality of received product was not as expected - black paint at places not complete.

Tutto perfetto

I was initially really excited about this. All of my complaints around the z7ii bracket seemed to be fixed. The battery door on the vertical grip is operable when the bracket is on, unlike the 7's L bracket, the ergonomics are dialed for port access, etc etc. But when I got it, I couldn't help but be disappointed when RRS's winning design to hold the allen key was done away with and replaced with plastic clips. When you use the camera a lot, the key tends to slip up due to the way it hits your palm, at which point it falls out. No magnets on this one, no slot machined into the metal. Just two cheap clips that don't do the job. Otherwise winning fixes. The 3 star rating is because the tool is critical to adjusting the bracket. If I didn't need the key as much as I do, it would be non-consequential, but here we are. This bracket would be perfect if the allen key had the classic slot in all the other brackets I've bought. For the price point, this is just kinda right stuff. It would be really right if it wasn't a matter of time until the key falls out and I lose it.

I cannot comment on a review, so we had to make our own. The way our engineers designed this capture clip is fairly simple! If you push the hex key down on the protruding end, then it will pop right out of the clip!

In the past I've been very happy with the RRS L-Plates I've bought for my OM / Olympus system but am very disappointed with this Modular L-Plate Set for my Z8. I needed one as soon as possible back in May and bought this as soon as it was available but was very disappointed when it arrived. Gone is the magnetically-held key under the base - because the base now does NOT extend the full width of the body and, in place of it, two ridiculous plastic-looking clips on the back side. What is even worse is that, when the plate is attached to the camera, it is very difficult to get a grip on the key with your finger to remove it if you want to adjust the side plate. As an architect, I would say it's a poorly conceived solution that does not work well. For $200, not worth it and I cannot recommend this to my photographer friends.

Wrote a review a few months ago but it never got posted. Overall a great plate (like everything else RRS makes). But another reviewer commented on the change from the magnetic clasp for the allen wrench to the two plastic clips, and I'll echo that: I found myself wondering how many times the wrench would be knocked out of this new mount. Answer thus far: twice. During a photo op to Scotland I found the wrench in my photo bag, and later watched as it was knocked out of the mounts while setting up in a photo op. I imagine this design change was to keep costs down - but my recommendation: in the future, if it isn't broken, don't fix it.

This is my second purchase of the Modular L-Plate for the Nikon Z8. The first L-Plate has worked fine and was made of quality materials as we have come to expect from RRS products. When the second L-Plate arrived I was more than a little surprized to see RRS is now using a pair of plastic clips to hold the allen wrench in place on the bottom of the plate vs. the magnets they used on earlier versions of the same plate. While the plastic clips seem to hold the allen wrench firmly in place, I have to wonder how the plastic will hold up over time. A combination of normal wear and tear as well as the fact mosts plastics tend to get hard and brittle over time raises concernsfor me. I've used RRS plates for years which included use of magnets with no issues, so I have to wonder why they decided to make the switch.....likely a cost savings measure. Color me skeptical at this point and hope my initial concerns do not manifest themselves into problems in the future.

Nice one