Picked up the Zf today with a 40mm and played around the house with it so far (stupid work getting in the way). Nice looking camera and fits my aesthetic. AF seems snappy and sticky for the limited tests I've done on it and worked great in near darkness with just a little light spilling through the Window. My biggest question on keeping long term is the feel in the hand. My ring finger keeps hitting that button on the front bottom right. Like everything else about it and hopefully a small rig or some derivative grip would solve this but not sure I want to spend that to find out. Plan to use for the next week while on vacation (along with my new to me M10) and hopefully come away with a definitive feeling.
phinix wrote:
I see, so its hard to use it in dark then... Its a shame to be honest, but its kind of extra anyway. Main screen will display it too.
Another question - does this screen rotates both ways (when on a side, does it go upwards and downwards) or just in one way, like on Sony a7c?
If you flip out the display it will rotate enough to face forward so you can record yourself , or the other direction it will face down to shoot with the camera above.
JustShootMe wrote:
If you flip out the display it will rotate enough to face forward so you can record yourself , or the other direction it will face down to shoot with the camera above.
I see, thanks. Sony a7c turns only in one direction. So its nice to know
I wonder if Zf has this kind of feature.
Few years ago when I had Sony A7ii, it had this great feature to be able to wirelessly connect to TV to view photos on it. Sony dropped this from A7iii onwards, for some reason...
Not sure how to add photo directly to this post so thats a dropbox link to a few samples with loxia and Voigtlander Leica mount using Megadap ETZ21 Pro plus URTH adapters.
Not sure how to add photo directly to this post so thats a dropbox link to a few samples with loxia and Voigtlander Leica mount using Megadap ETZ21 Pro plus URTH adapters.
Fine. It works. I guess that the auto distortion and CA corrections are not done in the ZF, as they would be in my A7R III so it's down to the lens really. I did do a test for distortion comparison for the 25mm f2.4 on the Sony and ZF but at f5.6 so it was probably not the best choice of f. I could see it was ok though. I must do a shot through some tree branches at f2.4 for both cameras just to see if there is a big CA issue.
At the best of times adding or removing the Loxia's was a little difficult because of such little real-estate to grip. This is accentuated by the rubber gasket on the mount, so it is a bit of a pain with the Megadap adapter and some.
However, It looks and feels absouletly great, all metal. I doubt if I would have gone for the ZF (1st. Nikon cam.) if I didn't have the Loxia's.
JN-- wrote:
At the best of times adding or removing the Loxia's was a little difficult because of such little real-estate to grip. This is accentuated by the rubber gasket on the mount, so it is a bit of a pain with the Megadap adapter and some.
This is what I worried about the most , those lenses are a pain to get on and off the camera, and that adapter is pretty thin .. I'm still tempted to do it .
Indeed. I intend leaving Loxia on it for the most part, if I am putting on a different lens I may simply remove adapter and lens as one, although this isn't as recommended. Bear in mind that I have seen some mentions that the adapter is a bit fragile and needs to be handled carefully.
I also tested my only other two Sony mount lens, the Tamron 28-200mm and the Sigma 28-70mm.
I purchased the ZF kit with 24-70 f4 S lens, a heavy enough combination.
I forgot to update the adapters firmware until after checking the two sony mount lens. The Tamron displayed quite a bit of exposure variation just prior to taking shot, probably now fixed with firmware.
Why does it have to cost £2300 in UK, when in US its $1999?
Even if I add Vat and custom fees, it would be £2000.
I could just order it from US to make it cheaper.
phinix wrote:
Why does it have to cost £2300 in UK, when in US its $1999?
Even if I add Vat and custom fees, it would be £2000.
I could just order it from US to make it cheaper.
UK is a smaller market than the US, and it has stringent consumer protection laws such as 3-year warranty (AFAIK) whereas in the US, Nikon offers 1-year warranty on camera bodies. Nikon USA also have some issues with customer service (from what I have heard it is not at all straightforward to talk to service personnel directly) and refuse to repair gray market products (even for money, and second-hand purchasers can have difficulty determining gray vs. official Nikon import status, to which Nikon doesn't apparently offer any help unless you send it in). Providing better consumer protections costs Nikon money and they transfer it to the prices of the products.
