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Z6/Z6ii
Why so little interest here on the forum in the Z6/7?
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<blockquote data-quote="spb_stan" data-source="post: 691322" data-attributes="member: 43545"><p>Very nice description of the process I went through also. I do not see the Z as a replacement except for video, but a compliment if one has a D850. I bought one, which here is the cost of living for 4-5 months and found the image quality of the Z7 possibly a bit better than the D850 and a lot better in JPG rendering. Focus for sports and WL shooters might be weaker but for my shooting...people, events, studio and travel is fitted very well. The files are pretty big for a travel/walk around camera, however. </p><p>The EVF is a fantastic upgrade from the OVF of the DSLRs, so in dark venues such as jazz clubs, I take a lot fewer photos, I know how it is going to turn out so no bracketing or chimping needed. What it looks like in the EVF is what the file looks like except in low light where the EVF is brighter allowing much more precise framing and focusing. </p><p>All that said, I took it back to the store last night and traded it for a Z6. Two reasons, the fact that I have high res covered, already the large file sizes made less sense than the stop better low light performance. I do notice the difference in resolution but I also was amazed by what files at 22,000 ISO looked like, perfectly usable. In a pinch, H2, 204,000 produced remarkable color and detail that just does not exist with the D850. </p><p>If money was no object I would have both. I like my big gripped D850 and D800, they feel great in hand and the image quality is great but after using the Z7 and Z6 for a couple weeks, it is pretty obvious, for my shooting, mirrorless is here to stay. I can see now that I shoot fewer frames but have more keepers because the EVF is such an accurate view of the final image, there is no need for bracketing shots or chimping, the framing it right, exposure and color are right, and especially so in low light. </p><p>One thing I noticed right away, in clubs or events, no one notices you with a small camera so getting truly candid shots is easier but I found with the Z7 fewer people approached to ask for photos because a gripped D8x0 body, and large lenses seem to suggest the user is serious.</p><p></p><p>The announced upgrades in firmware is likely to cause the Z6 to be most popular higher end camera Nikon ever produced. ProRes RAW at 12 bit out HDMI to a $700 monitor/recorder just drop the entry cost to real cine quality by $40,000. Plus the only cameras designed for CFExpress with its fantastic read/write rates will cause every video fan to move to Nikon. ProRes RAW and ProResHD RAW is like having the only still camera with RAW file output which everyone else has to use JPG. But more so, there is more flexibility with ProRes RAW in video than RAW in still images.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spb_stan, post: 691322, member: 43545"] Very nice description of the process I went through also. I do not see the Z as a replacement except for video, but a compliment if one has a D850. I bought one, which here is the cost of living for 4-5 months and found the image quality of the Z7 possibly a bit better than the D850 and a lot better in JPG rendering. Focus for sports and WL shooters might be weaker but for my shooting...people, events, studio and travel is fitted very well. The files are pretty big for a travel/walk around camera, however. The EVF is a fantastic upgrade from the OVF of the DSLRs, so in dark venues such as jazz clubs, I take a lot fewer photos, I know how it is going to turn out so no bracketing or chimping needed. What it looks like in the EVF is what the file looks like except in low light where the EVF is brighter allowing much more precise framing and focusing. All that said, I took it back to the store last night and traded it for a Z6. Two reasons, the fact that I have high res covered, already the large file sizes made less sense than the stop better low light performance. I do notice the difference in resolution but I also was amazed by what files at 22,000 ISO looked like, perfectly usable. In a pinch, H2, 204,000 produced remarkable color and detail that just does not exist with the D850. If money was no object I would have both. I like my big gripped D850 and D800, they feel great in hand and the image quality is great but after using the Z7 and Z6 for a couple weeks, it is pretty obvious, for my shooting, mirrorless is here to stay. I can see now that I shoot fewer frames but have more keepers because the EVF is such an accurate view of the final image, there is no need for bracketing shots or chimping, the framing it right, exposure and color are right, and especially so in low light. One thing I noticed right away, in clubs or events, no one notices you with a small camera so getting truly candid shots is easier but I found with the Z7 fewer people approached to ask for photos because a gripped D8x0 body, and large lenses seem to suggest the user is serious. The announced upgrades in firmware is likely to cause the Z6 to be most popular higher end camera Nikon ever produced. ProRes RAW at 12 bit out HDMI to a $700 monitor/recorder just drop the entry cost to real cine quality by $40,000. Plus the only cameras designed for CFExpress with its fantastic read/write rates will cause every video fan to move to Nikon. ProRes RAW and ProResHD RAW is like having the only still camera with RAW file output which everyone else has to use JPG. But more so, there is more flexibility with ProRes RAW in video than RAW in still images. [/QUOTE]
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