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PhilM_TX

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Congrats Tim. I think you'll like it. It will take a little acclimation from your D850 & 500.

You've got some nice work on your Flickr page. Do you plan to use the Z at concerts? It's really good in low light / higher ISO.

Also, the Z6 really rocks with the 300PF. I'll be eager to see some of your work with the Z.
 
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TL Robinson

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PhilM_TX said:
Congrats Tim. I think you'll like it. It will take a little acclimation from your D850 & 500.

You've got some nice work on your Flickr page. Do you plan to use the Z at concerts? It's really good in low light / higher ISO.

Also, the Z6 really rocks with the 300PF. I'll be eager to see some of your work with the Z.
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Thanks for the comments on my work....I'm not doing enough of it lately (life) but swinging back around.

I was on the fence about the Z6 for months...had decided to wait for the follow up body but a couple things finally swayed me - the iso to dynamic range .vs the D750 I normally use is superior, and between that and $200 off the kit + a free FTZ adapter, decided just to do it. Glad I did. I'm pretty adaptable, and already used to the EVF and how it interacts with the touchscreen, and have been setting controls as close to my other bodies as possible.

I am 100% planning on using it in lowlight/venue settings - and if I get the results I'm expecting my venerable D750 will finally get sold. I won't be shooting one of those for a couple weeks tho. This weekend we're glamping so it'll be lots of landscapes and a rodeo - the 300pf will be glued to the Z6 for that, the D850 will have my 200-500.

I honestly haven't touched my D500 in months, so (pending results), along with the D750 and a couple lenses, it is getting sold off and the little J3 kit I have as well. I have too much stuff, so time to par it down to what I use.
 
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TL Robinson

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Quick post from the weekend so far....one image, bee on a sunflower....full and crop - mild editing in lightroom nothing fancy. Both with kit 24-70 f4....thing is stupidly sharp....

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PhilM_TX

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Jonahex2099 said:
Thanks for the comments on my work....I'm not doing enough of it lately (life) but swinging back around.

I was on the fence about the Z6 for months...had decided to wait for the follow up body but a couple things finally swayed me - the iso to dynamic range .vs the D750 I normally use is superior, and between that and $200 off the kit + a free FTZ adapter, decided just to do it. Glad I did. I'm pretty adaptable, and already used to the EVF and how it interacts with the touchscreen, and have been setting controls as close to my other bodies as possible.

I am 100% planning on using it in lowlight/venue settings - and if I get the results I'm expecting my venerable D750 will finally get sold. I won't be shooting one of those for a couple weeks tho. This weekend we're glamping so it'll be lots of landscapes and a rodeo - the 300pf will be glued to the Z6 for that, the D850 will have my 200-500.

I honestly haven't touched my D500 in months, so (pending results), along with the D750 and a couple lenses, it is getting sold off and the little J3 kit I have as well. I have too much stuff, so time to par it down to what I use.
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I'm a recent (1yr anniversary) Nikon convert, from Canon. When I sold all me Canon gear, I had full intentions of getting a D500, D850, TC's, all the standard lenses (including a 600F4). When I went to gather my new gear, my buddy at the camera store slid the 1st Z7 that had come to north TX in front of me and suggested I try it rather than the D850. At the time, nobody knew much about them and when I asked about focus modes, acquisition, & lock he assured me that it was "at least as good as the D850".

Having already purchased a D500 & 200-500 (& ordered a 500PF) for my wife, I knew what I wanted with regard to focus characteristics. Her D500 was better than the 1Dx Mk II, 5DIV, & 7DII I had just sold.

When I got the Z7 home & began to play with it, I was immediately underwhelmed by the exact things I had asked about - Focus Acquisition, Lock, & Retention. I played with it for a couple days & decided it was not going to work for me, as wildlife photography (particularly birding) is what I do most. Luckily for me, they swapped the Z7 for a D850 - no questions asked.

As time passed & the Z6 came out, I paid close attention to what folks were doing with it and the results they were getting. One of my shooting buddies is a lifetime Nikon Pro & he's been doing some neat video work with the Z6 so I figured I'd give it a go. I actually like the Z6 a lot. It's a truly different shooting style & strategy, but it's quite capable.

It'll be a long time before I'd consider not having either the D500 or 850 along, but I've been taking the Z6 out most of the time with a different FL than the DSLR so it's been a bit of a phased approach.

Again, congrats on your Z6!

PhilM

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TL Robinson

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PhilM_TX said:
I'm a recent (1yr anniversary) Nikon convert, from Canon. When I sold all me Canon gear, I had full intentions of getting a D500, D850, TC's, all the standard lenses (including a 600F4). When I went to gather my new gear, my buddy at the camera store slid the 1st Z7 that had come to north TX in front of me and suggested I try it rather than the D850. At the time, nobody knew much about them and when I asked about focus modes, acquisition, & lock he assured me that it was "at least as good as the D850".

Having already purchased a D500 & 200-500 (& ordered a 500PF) for my wife, I knew what I wanted with regard to focus characteristics. Her D500 was better than the 1Dx Mk II, 5DIV, & 7DII I had just sold.

When I got the Z7 home & began to play with it, I was immediately underwhelmed by the exact things I had asked about - Focus Acquisition, Lock, & Retention. I played with it for a couple days & decided it was not going to work for me, as wildlife photography (particularly birding) is what I do most. Luckily for me, they swapped the Z7 for a D850 - no questions asked.

As time passed & the Z6 came out, I paid close attention to what folks were doing with it and the results they were getting. One of my shooting buddies is a lifetime Nikon Pro & he's been doing some neat video work with the Z6 so I figured I'd give it a go. I actually like the Z6 a lot. It's a truly different shooting style & strategy, but it's quite capable.

It'll be a long time before I'd consider not having either the D500 or 850 along, but I've been taking the Z6 out most of the time with a different FL than the DSLR so it's been a bit of a phased approach.

Again, congrats on your Z6!

PhilM

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Thanks again....I've got a ton from the rodeo I shot over Labor Day weekend. Used both my D850 and the Z6 - Z6 started with my G1 Tamron 70-200 (autofocus seems to be working fine on mine then I glued the 300PF to it...hopefully will get some samples up this week....still have some tweaks to do to my controls, etc but overall *loving* the Z6.

Love the hummingbird photo btw....excellent work!
 
Danno_RIP

Danno_RIP

Senior Member
Jonahex2099 said:
Thanks for the comments on my work....I'm not doing enough of it lately (life) but swinging back around.

I was on the fence about the Z6 for months...had decided to wait for the follow up body but a couple things finally swayed me - the iso to dynamic range .vs the D750 I normally use is superior, and between that and $200 off the kit + a free FTZ adapter, decided just to do it. Glad I did. I'm pretty adaptable, and already used to the EVF and how it interacts with the touchscreen, and have been setting controls as close to my other bodies as possible.

I am 100% planning on using it in lowlight/venue settings - and if I get the results I'm expecting my venerable D750 will finally get sold. I won't be shooting one of those for a couple weeks tho. This weekend we're glamping so it'll be lots of landscapes and a rodeo - the 300pf will be glued to the Z6 for that, the D850 will have my 200-500.

I honestly haven't touched my D500 in months, so (pending results), along with the D750 and a couple lenses, it is getting sold off and the little J3 kit I have as well. I have too much stuff, so time to par it down to what I use.
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Congrats on the Z6 it is a wonderful camera. I use mine at church photographing events and it is often low light. The Z6 grabs focus and can proved clean photos at much higher ISO numbers.
 
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Danno_RIP

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Put the 200-500 on the Z6 and went for a walk with Jersey. Got a shot at a Cardinal Far a way. I just wanted to see how it would do... I had to crop a bit, but I was pretty happy with the hand held.

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Danno_RIP

Danno_RIP

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mikew said:
Does the Z series give you the ability to use body and lens is together
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I am assuming you meant image stabilization Mike, but I am not sure exactly how it works with lenses that have VR. I have read that manual and frankly I am just not clear. In order to work both the body IBIS and lens VR must be on. I did find in my handbook David Busch and he explained ,that that and F-mount lenses with VR and the IBIS do work together.

I know I am a bit better able to hold the big gun, but it does seem focus better. I was excited at how I could pull the Cardinal out of the surrounding branches, and I was surprised at the shutter speed. I got in a rush and didn't realize I had crank edit down that far..
 
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PhilM_TX

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Danno said:
I am assuming you meant image stabilization Mike, but I am not sure exactly how it works with lenses that have VR. I have read that manual and frankly I am just not clear. In order to work both the body IBIS and lens VR must be on. I did find in my handbook David Busch and he explained ,that that and F-mount lenses with VR and the IBIS do work together.

I know I am a bit better able to hold the big gun, but it does seem focus better. I was excited at how I could pull the Cardinal out of the surrounding branches, and I was surprised at the shutter speed. I got in a rush and didn't realize I had crank edit down that far..
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I am curious about this too.

It's been my experience that with a VR lens attached, the IBIS menu option is not available (greyed out).

I, too, have read that it's "supposed to" work, but I have yet to experience it.

If someone can enlighten me, I'd be most grateful. :)
 
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Needa

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PhilM_TX said:
It's been my experience that with a VR lens attached, the IBIS menu option is not available (greyed out).
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Some online research seems to indicate that with a VR lens mounted via the adapter, vibration reduction is controlled via the switch on the lens and not the menu. Anyone up to testing?
 
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Danno_RIP

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@PhilM_TX is the explanation from David Busch's "Nikon Z6 Digital Photography". It is from chapter 7, page 213. I think it gives a great explanation on how the VR works with adapted F mount lenses.

"What happens to vibration reduction when you use an F-mount lens with the Z6 using the FTZ adapter? Lenses that do not have VR built-in gain 3-axis VR, with the camera body providing pitch, yaw, and roll correction. That’s even true for older lenses that don’t have a CPU chip. However, you must visit the Non-CPU Lens Data entry in the Setup menu and input the lens’s focal length and maximum aperture, and then select that lens number when it is mounted on the Z6. You’ll find more information on working with non-CPU lens data in Chapter 13. Compatible F-mount lenses that do have vibration reduction for pitch and yaw receive the addition of roll axis correction from the Z6’s IBIS, giving them 3-axis VR as well. Since optical image stabilization (OIS) built into lenses generally does a better job of detecting and correcting for pitch and yaw, why doesn’t Nikon simply direct the Z6 to use the lens OIS for those two axes and correct for x, y, and roll using in-body image stabilization? Unfortunately, that’s more complicated than you might think. The two systems have to work together, so the IBIS would know what the lens VR had already done, how the image has been adjusted, in what directions, and by how much. Ideally, the system would have the adapted lens’s VR correct for pitch and yaw (because optical image stabilization is better at that, particularly with telephoto lenses, because of the relatively large movements in those directions) and the in-body stabilization would oversee motion along the other three axes. Although Nikon optical engineers have been somewhat vague with their answers, they seem to indicate that Nikon’s VR lenses do communicate their activity to the body, so the in-camera stabilization system can accommodate the action of the lenses during the VR process."
 
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nyichiban

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Straight out of camera JPG from last night. This is using my sony lens on the Z6. This in particular was the 17-28mm Tamron 2.8 shot at F9 @30seconds at 28mm I think.

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Edit: Not sure how this image isn't right side up so if anyone can edit that, greatly appreciate it.
 
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TL Robinson

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First show shoot...D750 is going up for sale at this point. No reason to keep it. I have shots using the FTZ and 300pf from this show and they are hands down better at higher ISO than my D750.

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mikew_RIP

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nyichiban said:
Straight out of camera JPG from last night. This is using my sony lens on the Z6. This in particular was the 17-28mm Tamron 2.8 shot at F9 @30seconds at 28mm I think.
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Edit: Not sure how this image isn't right side up so if anyone can edit that, greatly appreciate it.
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You should be able to do an edit or you put a call out for a mod for things like this, i will give it a go
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