Danno
Senior Member
I realized today that I have had my Z6 for about two months, and I have to say I have been more than pleased with this camera. It has been nothing sort of amazing to me. I came into the year planning to upgrade my full frame camera, and I was torn between the 750 and the 850.
The 750 made sense from the low light performance I had seen demonstrate here but the 850 had some new tech that I was interested in. There was also the concern about the shutter problems with the 750 so I was in a quandary just saving my pennies trying to decide. When the Z6 I did look at it briefly because it looked like it should have the low light performance of the 750 and the tech that the 850 had, but after all the influencers got done trashing it I decided to save my pennies until I could afford an 850 or they came up with an upgrade to the 750.
Everyone talked about how bad the Z6 was and how poor the focus was and how bad the white balance was and on and on. But then a buddy of mine bought the Z7 and it turned out that it was not as much bad as it was different. In fact it was really a great camera. The white balance has a mess of presets in the Auto mode and if you read the manual you can pick one that best meet the location. The focus does have some issues, but it is nothing like some described. The face tracking works in low light like an event. My friend showed me his Z7 and I looked in the view finder and I was sold.
I admit that I do not really do birds in flight like some folks where the bird is fly straight at you or anything like that, but I did have good success tracking Jersey Girl, our Boarder Terrier, running straight at me. Most of my photos are landscapes, sunrises, moons, old barns flowers and buildings with some birds and animals. But I have to say I have really enjoyed the Z 6. So much so that if someone asked me about upgrading to full frame I would not hesitate to recommend the Z6 or Z7. They are amazing.
The IBIS blows my mind. I can take hand held shots down to 1/10 and have a sharp photo. Low light with the Z6 is so good that I have no issue setting Auto ISO max to 8000. I am also exited about the focus stacking, although I have not had a chance to play with that. The other thing that excites me is that they will be able to make improvements to this anytime they like with firmware updates. The first big one comes May 16. I will tell you the face tracking is pretty cool. I think if the Eye tracking is better I will be amazed.
I apologize for this long post but I really like this camera. There are only to last points. If you are thinking about upgrading to full frame or just to mirrorless you should look at the Z systems. The other thing... If you are and you you allow the naysayers to get into your head rent one of the Z camer bodies before you decide. Most of the naysayers have back peddled a bit the only ones that have not are the ones filled with to much pride to acknowledge that they didn't even check out the manual before they tried it out or made their video recommending the best settings for the Z 6 and 7.
The 750 made sense from the low light performance I had seen demonstrate here but the 850 had some new tech that I was interested in. There was also the concern about the shutter problems with the 750 so I was in a quandary just saving my pennies trying to decide. When the Z6 I did look at it briefly because it looked like it should have the low light performance of the 750 and the tech that the 850 had, but after all the influencers got done trashing it I decided to save my pennies until I could afford an 850 or they came up with an upgrade to the 750.
Everyone talked about how bad the Z6 was and how poor the focus was and how bad the white balance was and on and on. But then a buddy of mine bought the Z7 and it turned out that it was not as much bad as it was different. In fact it was really a great camera. The white balance has a mess of presets in the Auto mode and if you read the manual you can pick one that best meet the location. The focus does have some issues, but it is nothing like some described. The face tracking works in low light like an event. My friend showed me his Z7 and I looked in the view finder and I was sold.
I admit that I do not really do birds in flight like some folks where the bird is fly straight at you or anything like that, but I did have good success tracking Jersey Girl, our Boarder Terrier, running straight at me. Most of my photos are landscapes, sunrises, moons, old barns flowers and buildings with some birds and animals. But I have to say I have really enjoyed the Z 6. So much so that if someone asked me about upgrading to full frame I would not hesitate to recommend the Z6 or Z7. They are amazing.
The IBIS blows my mind. I can take hand held shots down to 1/10 and have a sharp photo. Low light with the Z6 is so good that I have no issue setting Auto ISO max to 8000. I am also exited about the focus stacking, although I have not had a chance to play with that. The other thing that excites me is that they will be able to make improvements to this anytime they like with firmware updates. The first big one comes May 16. I will tell you the face tracking is pretty cool. I think if the Eye tracking is better I will be amazed.
I apologize for this long post but I really like this camera. There are only to last points. If you are thinking about upgrading to full frame or just to mirrorless you should look at the Z systems. The other thing... If you are and you you allow the naysayers to get into your head rent one of the Z camer bodies before you decide. Most of the naysayers have back peddled a bit the only ones that have not are the ones filled with to much pride to acknowledge that they didn't even check out the manual before they tried it out or made their video recommending the best settings for the Z 6 and 7.