stuuke wrote:
I've almost convinced myself to get the Z6 over the A7III. I do wish the native 35mm 1.8 was smaller and less expensive but I guess that can be said about most lenses.
Steve, BH will have mine to me in Joplin today. Anytime you would like to come down to Joplin for a couple of hours you could swing by the hospital and I could give it to you to shoot while I was working. I decided Z6. For me the decision came down to:
1. Ergonomics
2. Menus
3. Build
Anyway, anytime you would like to give it a run for a couple of hours to help make up your mind, just let me know. I will only have the 24-70 at this time.
I received my Z6 on Saturday. Nice camera, the AF is not poor at all unlike what many of the early reviews said. AF aid good with both the native 24-70 S, adapted 70-200 VR II, and Sigma ART 35.
-2 EV Low light focusing
Better high ISO performance
My work does not necessitate 20+ MP (I got along just fine for years with the 12MP D700 )
Cheaper than Z7
My biggest concern was AF, obviously there are less points in the Z6 but so far reviews are saying they see no lag in AF performance vs the Z7!
Keep the images coming, that shot above Tek9 with the backlit leaves is truly impressive from the kit lens!
I’m really curious how the AF differs in real world situations between the Z7 and Z6. So far I’m finding very low light (like a dim bar lit only by accent lights) AF with adapted fast lenses like my 28 f1.4 to be slow but usable, but that’s with phase detect only I believe so native lenses like the 35 f1.8 S should be quicker in theory to AF because it uses the hybrid AF system (contrast + phase detect).I’ve used the 85 f1.8G in a studio lit only to overhead fluorescent lights and profoto D1 modeling lights, stopped down to f6.3-8 and had no issues acquiring focus (this is a scenario where I’ve had issues acquiring focus with other mirrorless cameras).
wjmeyer wrote:
Things that sway me toward the Z6:
-2 EV Low light focusing
Better high ISO performance
My work does not necessitate 20+ MP (I got along just fine for years with the 12MP D700 )
Cheaper than Z7
My biggest concern was AF, obviously there are less points in the Z6 but so far reviews are saying they see no lag in AF performance vs the Z7!
Keep the images coming, that shot above Tek9 with the backlit leaves is truly impressive from the kit lens!
I don't know where I saw the review but they basically said the 24-70 wasn't sharp at all. Everything I've heard since is completely the opposite of that.
stuuke wrote:
I don't know where I saw the review but they basically said the 24-70 wasn't sharp at all. Everything I've heard since is completely the opposite of that.
Most likely Tony N., but we don't want to spend too much time on those kind of reviews any more, we rather pay attention to what people, who know how to use it, produce with it.
It becomes obvious by now, that 24-70mm is a fantastic kit lens, and I can only imagine what those F1.8S primes will bring in.
Very interesting comparison of Z6 and D750 by Richard Wong:
What I found particularly interesting (beside the comparison of AF performance) was his comparison of what happens when you deliberately underexpose photos and pull them back up by 5 resp. 6 stops (watch from 10:30). I didn't expect the Z6 sensor to be so much better.
Can't wait for Amazon Germany to start shipping...
Bohemien wrote:
Very interesting comparison of Z6 and D750 by Richard Wong:
What I found particularly interesting (beside the comparison of AF performance) was his comparison of what happens when you deliberately underexpose photos and pull them back up by 5 resp. 6 stops (watch from 10:30). I didn't expect the Z6 sensor to be so much better.
Can't wait for Amazon Germany to start shipping...
Markus
Interesting yes, but very difficult (boring?) to listen to.
So now we can burn the D750 to the ground?
There's a low-light AF function F11 which turned on makes it better than the D750.
Ai_Print wrote:
.............Who the heck is Richard Wong?
The author of this video? He's active in the DPR forums and posted the link there, I thought I'd share it here.
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Chris Dees wrote:
Interesting yes, but very difficult (boring?) to listen to.
So now we can burn the D750 to the ground?
There's a low-light AF function F11 which turned on makes it better than the D750.
I wouldn't say so. The low-light AF seems to be pretty slow, so no use for "action shooting in the dark", but at least it seems to be ok for stills/portraits. And there's still the single card slot thingy...
Yes, the presentation could be more vivid, but for me, coming from the D600 and reading/seeing all the bashing about the Z6/7s sub-par AF performance (and so on), the question was actually if I should get a D750 now and wait for 3rd-gen mirrorless or get on the Z bandwagon. So he addressed just the right topics for me and I'll be happy to get my Z6 sometime soon.
cvrle59 wrote:
Most likely Tony N., but we don't want to spend too much time on those kind of reviews any more, we rather pay attention to what people, who know how to use it, produce with it.
It becomes obvious by now, that 24-70mm is a fantastic kit lens, and I can only imagine what those F1.8S primes will bring in.
Yes the 24-70 is an superb lens. TN made a number of errors in his review, that no one should have made. He has also retracted most of them, but left the video with the mistakes up. Very poor on his part.
cvrle59 wrote:
Most likely Tony N., but we don't want to spend too much time on those kind of reviews any more, we rather pay attention to what people, who know how to use it, produce with it.
It becomes obvious by now, that 24-70mm is a fantastic kit lens, and I can only imagine what those F1.8S primes will bring in.
I just got the Z6 + 24-70 S as well, and it's just a very sharp lens for a zoom. No doubt about it. Anyone claiming otherwise either has a faulty sample or is just trolling.
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