Yeah same here! I love my D850! With the Z7 you can change focus mode (like the af selector) with fn 2 but you take away a function you can assign to this button by removing the af selector. I use function 2 for level, pv for group af.
I guess I am too spoiled with the D850 and I should not see this camera as a competitor for the D850 but the Z7 is 200$ more expensive. I won't post anymore in this thread, I start to sound like tap, lol!
I see Z7 as a good complement to my D850. Up to now, I often bring A7r iii along with my D850.
A7r iii most of the time will have small manual focus lens on it which make it a very nice small package for street, casual shooting etc. Z7 however will go one step further as it can also work as a back up to D850
as they can share all the F mount lenses if neccessary while using Z mount, M mount or whatever other lenses that I want to bring. Sharing the same batteries and charger is also nice when traveling.
I could see it as a complement to the D850, it will surpass the d850 for precision af imo. No more micro af adjusment, 90% af coverage, focus peaking throught viewfinder, pinpoint af throught evf, silent shooting with evf, live preview exposure, dof. It is not only negative points but they price it too high imo. The z6 is price pretty good imo but I like high mp camera and the z6 af seems inferior(273 points vs 493), I want the best af possible. I mostly do wildlife and sports, so I'll wait a little bit but I might change my mind! I have G.A.S. and I hang out here, not good!! Lol. I know I would love the z7 for wildlife stills as I love small dof and with a 600mm at f4 or 200mm at f2 you have to nail the af or it shows right away with the D850. I guess I'll improve my technique and see if I still might consider the Z7! I had the d800e/d810/d500/d850. I think I can skip a generation, we'll see how strong I am, lol.
The Z cameras do have in the menu the AF micro adjustment
Isn't it one of the advantage of mirrorless? You shouldn't need micro ad adjustment since it is focusing directly on the sensor??
Sep 22, 2018 at 04:55 PM
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I had the d800e/d810/d500/d850. I think I can skip a generation, we'll see how strong I am, lol.