@mikew, you cannot complain about that can you. That is pretty amazing period, little alone for a crop sensor.
Thought it was interesting that Ricci released a video on this just a few hours ago. Interesting results.
https://youtu.be/rPIVypF9Rhg
Some aspects about what you would expect, some the Z50 has done better than you might expect.
Now for me it would get more interesting if the Z6 had been shot in DX mode, as i know the Z6 would handle noise better i would have chosen it had i not known i would be cropping my images a lot of the time,this was the main reason i didnt stay with the D750, full frame was excellent but cropped down to the size i often cropped my D7200 to not so good.
Mike this was Ricci's reply... basically the "in camera" crop of the Z 6 leaves with half the megapixels.
�� Ricci Talks replied: "The Z6 cropped will be 10mp. When you crop a Z6 it still takes a full frame shot then processes the crop so the final image noise performance “should” be the same."
I dont think he has understood my point, he is correct i would not expect the characteristics of the sensor to change on the Z6 just because i shot in crop mode,but and this is my point doing so he would end up with a 10mp file, shooting the same image on the Z50 would give a 21.5mp file.
If you then cropped both in PP to the same size i am pretty sure the Z6 file would not hold up as well as the Z50 hence the reason many birders shoot DX.
My first shot yesterday after the battery was charged. Before any settings done exept changing to RAW. I was eager I can get a night shot from the roof around 08.00 pm.
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