I've moved from the Z6II to the Z5II and have problems with how the screen and viewfinder don't show identical exposure. On the viewfinder a very bright blue sky on the brink of overexposure looks bright blue. However on the preview on the screen and on the final image the sky is already bright grey/white.
Is this a bug? Is there a fix?
Exposure preview is enabled, DR is off, screen brightness is set to 0, viewfinder to auto (brightening or darkening does not help)
Ryzbor wrote:
I've moved from the Z6II to the Z5II and have problems with how the screen and viewfinder don't show identical exposure. On the viewfinder a very bright blue sky on the brink of overexposure looks bright blue. However on the preview on the screen and on the final image the sky is already bright grey/white.
Is this a bug? Is there a fix?
Exposure preview is enabled, DR is off, screen brightness is set to 0, viewfinder to auto (brightening or darkening does not help)
I have not encountered that issue but I use the viewfinder exclusively. My guess is that there are separate settings for mking the viewfinder and screen match the exposure brightness. But that's just a guess.
There are, of course, separate brightness settings for both screens, but the bigger issue faced by most brands is that the color temperature of each screen is not the same, leading to different color casts on each. This is exacerbated with brighter EVF’s like the Z5II, where an increase in brightness over the LCD can sometimes drastically change the appearance of an image.
You can obviously tweak the tint, but it’s rare to get a perfect match.
This past Wednesday, I traded in a great big bunch of gear(s), including my old Canon 1D Mark IV, and my wife's 80D and 650D (that both started out as mine), and three EF mount lenses, to get Z5II for her. Something's telling me I'll get to use the camera a few times as well. :-)
Wish the description of the lens she asked me to get with it didn't look as much like the Nikon Z 24-200mm as it did, but it did, so I had to buy it too. Let's hope she doesn't end up disappointed (but in case she says "take back this ML thang, I want a DSLR, I'll just sell the lens and keep the camera for myself, lol, before getting her a new 90D and calling it a day).
Maybe. She keeps saying it's not the gear that matters, so she was skeptical about getting new stuff. But since she only had to give up her old cameras (and the ho-hum Canon 18-135 STM lens - and I hope the Nikon Z 24-200 can't be worse than that one despite all the mediocre reviews it's been getting), she didn't object very much.
TL;DR - If you're mainly shooting stills, save your money and get the Z5 II over the Z6 III. The Z5 II stills look better. The main reason to get the Z6 III is for fast readout for video.
The Z5 II sensor is the same as the Zf, Z6 II, Z6 and D780. It is indeed a great looking 24 mp sensor. The original Z5 has the sensor from the D750 which is good, but not the same.
I own a Z6 III, D5, D850 & D780. The D780 (with the same sensor as the Z5 II) stills IQ is perceptibly better than the Z6 III. Something about the colors and tonal graduations looks nicer at lower ISOs and it has less noise at higher ISO.
The D850 & D5 are my motorsports workhorses, the D780 is more of a portrait/personal/fun camera as its C-AF can't keep up with race cars as well as the D5 & D850, and the viewfinder image is smaller.
The D780 sensor shared with the Z5 II is quite lovely for people and in general. Just a sweetheart of a sensor. It doesn't have the all out resolution and DR of the D850 at low ISO, or the crazy low noise at high ISO of the D5, but it's way better at high ISO than the D850, and an improvement over the Z6 III.
The Z6 III is not bad for stills, but it is my video workhorse because of rolling shutter. I tested out the video rolling shutter of my D780 while panning and it's way too jello to my eye so another body with the same sensor like the Z5 II would not have been useful for my video needs. The Z5 II can be a good enough video camera if you're not panning so much.
Two lovely golden dragonflies, not seen often in your typical suburban neighborhood.
Amberwing, female. The wing markings can vary slightly from specimen to specimen. Its behavior makes it look like a wasp. EasternAmberwingFemale
by James Muller, on Flickr
I am reasonably certain this is a Wandering Glider, long-distance flyer found on every continent except Antarctica. Sexes similar. WanderingGlider
by James Muller, on Flickr
