My 10 best Nikon Z8 accessories.
The 10 best Nikon Z8 accessories in 2025.
Hello and welcome to my top 10 Nikon Z8 accessories to help super charge your Nikon Z8 and to keep it performing at its best for a lot longer. Now these accessories are all fairy reasonably priced and some of them are even free as you probably have them at home already.
But each and every single one of these is near vital for me and my photography and I would think should also be very important for yours too.
I posted a video on this exact topic over on my YouTube channel which I have inserted just below accessory number one if you would prefer to watch the video rather than read this blog post.
Anyway let’s get straight into it now….
Accessory one.
So, accessory number one is a good L bracket, this is one of my first purchases I usually make for any camera I buy and that’s for a few different reasons.
Firstly we have an arca swiss mounting plate on the horizontal and vertical sections of the bracket so we can easily mount it to an arca swiss tripod head in both Landscape and Portrait orientation. So straight away that’s a great adavantage to have.
Secondly, it places the camera more over the Nodal point of the camera so it will be an awful lot easier when you want to stitch panoramic shots together. This is a slightly difficult one to explain but I show you what I mean in the video version of this post below.
Thirdly, it adds more protection to two sides of your camera body. for any camera I buy.
Fourthly, when you extend the l bracket from the side of the camera body it makes a nice make shift side handle to give you more control when you are shooting video, again it’s probably easier to see that in the video below.
So, overall an L bracket for me personally is an absolute must have for any camera body.
Accessory number two
Accessory number two has to be screen protectors as they will prevent any scratches or even worse any damage to your top screen or back display. These units sit over the original screens and are held in place by a slightly adhesive layer on the screen protector. They are essentially the same thing as a phone or tablet screen protector.
While these units are not expensive, for me they are nearly vital as they will help to revent some seriously expensive repairs and that’s also valuable time you won’t have with your camera then too.
So make sure to get yourself a good set of screen protectors.
Accessory Three.
Accessory number three for your Nikon Z8 is a good CF Express Compact Flash card and for me I love the Prograde Gold Gen4.0 cards as they provide amazing value for money at a very keen price.
I personally bought the 512gb and 1 TB cards and as these are Generation 4.0 cards with a higher bandwidth they tend to not heat up as much as most other older cards.
Yet, they still provide a very good bang for your buck, so in short unless you are going to buy the even faster and cooler Delkin Black or Prograde Cobalt cards I think these cards are a very good cost effictive purchase.
Accessory Four.
Accessory number four for your Nikon Z8 is having a few spare Nikon ENEL15C batteries or a power bank so you can top up the power of your batteries when you are out and about.
The original Nikon ENEL15C batteries are very hard to beat and generally these are the batteries I use but I also have a set of Llano ENEL15C batteries that are a good bit cheaper and they seem to be very well made also.
Accessory Five.
Accessory number five for your Nikon Z8 is a good charger and I love the Llano dual ENEL15 battery chargers as they can be charged via USB C and they charge two batteries in and around the same time as the standard Nikon battery charger charges one.
The Llano CS2 charger can charge two batteries at a time as I was saying but there is also a battery percentage gauge on the charger so you can check your batteries current charge and when they are charging you can see how close they are to being fully charged then too.
The Llano CS3 is again a dual battery charger but this unit has a builtin battery so you can charge your ENEL15C batteries anywere, even when you are off grid.
The only thing about the Llano CS3 is that it doesn’t have the percentage gauge the CS2 has it just shows 4 battery segments to indicate the batteries charge level.
I absolutely love both of those chargers though.
Accessory Six.
Accessory number six for your Nikon Z8 is a shower cap, no, I am not mad, let me explain… Shower caps are a amzing if you are out shooting and it suddenly starts to rain as it will protect your from the rain, keep your lens and your filters dry also.
Instead of putting your camera away just pop a shower cap over it and keep it dry. When the rain stops you can start shooting again straight away without delay.
If you put your camera away you will lose several minutes setting it all up again, recomposing your shot and refocusing your lens. With a shower cap you are there and ready to capture those shots in changing light straight away.
Accessory Seven.
Accessory number seven for your Nikon Z8 is silica gel packs, these packs come in electronics and even shoes so you probably have a few of them at home already.
Their purpose is to remove moisture from the air.
So, having silica gel packs in your camera bag will help to prevent excess moisture building up and causing fungus or mold to grow inside you lenses which will destroy them.
Accessory Eight
Accessory number eight for your Nikon Z8 is a rocket blower and this help clean your sensor when you are out and about, it can also be used to clean the front and rear of your lens of any dust or debry.
So a good rocket blower is a vital bit of kit for you and your camera bag.
Accessory nine.
Accessory number nine for your Nikon Z8 is a rubbish memory card, as this can be left in your camera bag, this might seem a bit stupid at first but trust me one of these days you will be half way up a mountain and you suddenly remeber you left you card case or cards in the car or even worse at home. That cheap rubbish SD card is now worth the world to you and while you might only get two or three hundred shots on it it’s a lot better than no photographs isn’t it.
You can aslo pop a copy of your memory bank settings on there also if you want.
Accessory Ten.
Accessory number ten is a good camera bag as this is what you use to protect your gear and casrry it around in all sorts of weather and it’s also going to help support your back as long as you buy a good one.
Camera bags are often overlooked but they really are a vital bit of equipment for your gear and more importantly your back.
I am a proud f-stop ambassador so naturally I highly reccommend their camera bags, I always say when you buy a really good bag you only cry once.
I hope this helped you and don’t forget to check out my Youtube channel (here) as I have a load more videos and tutorials up there.