Alt forum Nikon Z resource, discussion and image thread
Steve Spencer wrote:
One additional factor to consider is that the the Z cameras are likely to be able to use the Nikon PF 300 f/4 and PF 500 f/4 lenses very well. These much smaller long tele lenses in my view are good companions for mirrorless cameras. For tracking AF it seems the Z6 and Z7 will still be less than optimal, but in time I expect the AF to improve in future generations of the cameras.
PF500 is a f5.6 lens But at about $3500, it is still a game changer for bird shooter, you should take a look of that MTF, crazy good. I have long planed to get 300PF for my D850. It is still in my schedule.
Another info I got from initial test is DR at 1/60s and 30s.
D850: 14.65 and 14.37. Z7: 14.57 and 13.86. A7RIII 14.48 and 13.85. This is not normalized result. Consider Nikon is at 45M vs Sony 42M. Z7 is slightly ahead of sony but worse than D850 mainly due to smaller size and in body VR I guess.
24-70 is made in Thailand. 35 is most likely made in China. Body and adapter are made in Japan.
For Z7, If you shoot 12 bit mode no matter compressed or not, the camera can continue shoot real time with slower FPS after initial 5.5fps, BUT NO DELAY. They get about 103 frame with 30s shooting. If you shoot 14 bit no matter compressed or not, once buffer filled, it will be 2frame/s plus little delay between. Don;t know about JPEG though.
PS:I hope people can find some of these info useful. Hopefully, I stopped posting in Sony and Nikon forum about Z. I think 'those battle field' are really boring and take away all the joy for this wonderful hobby..
So far, my personal opinion is Nikon didn't under deliver this product. It is a very impressive engineering work with lots of thought going into. Its real value will surface in long term (within next half year) after all those rave and trash talk settle down. This Z is only spec-ed a little below D850 in sports section mainly AFC and FPS (given all the trade off they are facing such as sensor read out speed) but beat D850 in many other area like AF coverage, video, size, EVF based shooting, lens performance etc...
Alt forum Nikon Z resource, discussion and image thread
Steve Spencer wrote:
One additional factor to consider is that the the Z cameras are likely to be able to use the Nikon PF 300 f/4 and PF 500 f/4 lenses very well. These much smaller long tele lenses in my view are good companions for mirrorless cameras. For tracking AF it seems the Z6 and Z7 will still be less than optimal, but in time I expect the AF to improve in future generations of the cameras.
PF500 is a f5.6 lens But at about $3500, it is still a game changer for bird shooter, you should take a look of that MTF, crazy good. I have long planed to get 300PF for my D850. It is still in my schedule.
Another info I got from initial test is DR at 1/60s and 30s.
D850: 14.65 and 14.37. Z7: 14.57 and 13.86. A7RIII 14.48 and 13.85. This is not normalized result. Consider Nikon is at 45M vs Sony 42M. Z7 is slightly ahead of sony but worse than D850 mainly due to smaller size and in body VR I guess.
24-70 is made in Thailand. 35 is most likely made in China. Body and adapter are made in Japan.
For Z7, If you shoot 12 bit mode no matter compressed or not, the camera can continue shoot real time with slower FPS after initial 5.5fps, BUT NO DELAY. They get about 103 frame with 30s shooting. If you shoot 14 bit no matter compressed or not, once buffer filled, it will be 2frame/s plus little delay between. Don;t know about JPEG though.
Aug 28, 2018 at 05:11 PM
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But at about $3500, it is still a game changer for bird shooter, you should take a look of that MTF, crazy good. I have long planed to get 300PF for my D850. It is still in my schedule.