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 p.6 #14 · Alt forum Nikon Z resource, discussion and image thread | |
I have Z7 now, only a few hours. But I am an experienced Nikon user so setup is straight forward. I’d say it doesn’t beat my expectation. It handle actually very similar to A7RII I had, with a little better hold-ability for sure, at least my pinky is on the grip. but back side is almost like a Sony clone. This is a disappointing actually to me. I wish they can make it slightly taller with slightly better button feel, but I guess I should have know that based on available information before.
The control is still Nikon. Nikon user will feel right home though all different AF option again remind me of Sony. Not a compliment. Please disregard what I said if you like Sony’s implementation. I understand perfectly but I want to be honest to myself.
Top screen is right home for Nikon user. i button is very useful to access landscape setting quick such as exposure delay, EFC, silent shutter, multiple exposure, bracket etc alone with image format, raw size.
Viewfinder is way better than A7RII I had, not only better resolution and clarity but also Flickr free somehow. In the afternoon, under good harsh light, I hit focus 100% with 55mm OTUS use VF when subject was within 3M.
However, I could not found set effect on or off (Sony has it) anywhere so you can only mess up with viewing experience if you want exposure differently under high DR situation. The button on side of viewfinder is super useful. I set it monitor only and VF priority and disable all rest function choice. I am right home here just like shooting SLR. Sony’s poor implementation drive me crazy in field. I don’t know how Sony behave now.
I can’t make “in focus indicator” work with manual lens like leitaxed Leica R or ZF.2 OTUS as well. The confirmation dot seems works for all my G and E and native S glass works fine AND ONLY FINE in AF-s, single point AF. I don’t understand the logic that is not usable for manual glass but AF glass here though. I hope this is just firmware glitch. Otherwise, this could be a deal breaker. Confirmation accuracy is no better than D850. I can’t tell if it is worse though, need more careful setup, but definitely no better so I believe it is PDAF only.
The 24-70S lens is a great performer. I did the aperture series test with 24-70g but haven’t go through the images yet. Based on viewing in LCD, it beat 24-70g hand down. And it’s manual focus have better accuracy than G lens actually.
I haven’t test AFC myself, it will be difficult test I know. I personally don’t really care it’s AFC performance but AFS seems super fast and accurate. For landscape it did as good as I carefully 200% zoom manual focus if not better. Focus behavior is wider than F5.6, it focus at shooting aperture, after that it focus at f5.6. I prefer SLR type focus and think this is decent implementation for landscape shots that I can still select my DOF by focusing at f5.6 shoot at f11.
Handling wise, there is no comparison, D850 won hand down at least for me, I don’t get it to replace my D850 but as a light high performance travel kit or digital back for my other manual glass and as a back up for D850.
The real selling point of Z is small size , best FF IQ, and video and really high performance glass. Don’t forget EVF abased shooting if you like that. The lens really set the tone for this system. Don’t know other brand but based on what I see with 24-70, this is indeed in another level of performance. This is a promising Mount.
Overall, it meet my personal expectation for what I use it for, but I will only give it a B to B plus if D850 is a solid A IMHO.
Please don't feel offended if I use Sony as a reference, I might have strong personal bias over SLR type shooting and Sony is the only EVF based camera I used. I have to say, other than Nikon UI, the overall experience between Z and A will be very similar. I wish Nikon can do some out of box thinking. They indeed make a 70~80%
Sony clone with their sauce, that is can be good for some and bad for others.
Not a rave review for sure, but a few road trip may totally change the tone 
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