Unfortunately I had a busy day, spending very little time with Z6. I did late in the night (now is past midnight here) some snaps, just to see how works in low light. I used only the kit lens and 105/2.5 AI-S. Long story short. The kit lens while has at least a shortcoming (at least my copy) - the hood is very loosy, does not click at the end and is made from a thin, cheap plastic - has a stunning IQ. I really have very few lenses that are on par with it. As a bonus, it is amazing on video, keeping the focus when zooming or when moving... There's absolutely no comparison between what is capable for video Z6+kit lens versus my beloved D750 with any lens. During a video you can take up to 50 stills, only jpegs and small size, but still it is a huge advantage. Camera has a silent mode which is really mute.
I also must say that the camera menu, while is bearing Nikon DNA, it is much complex, with lot of new options... I had no time to visit them... it will take some time to get familiar with what's necessary.
Manual focus is a blast... I did only a few snaps indoor and over the window, but having the possibility to see in EVF at 100% gives you instant keepers. A quite major shortcoming is that camera does not records which aperture are you using on non-chipped lenses. I can live with that, but...
The XQD... is wow!... I have no card reader for it so I connected camera with my PC through the enclosed USB cable... the download speed is very fast. Really fast!
Another good thing, Nikon updated Capture NX-D with further fancy picture-controls... I saw some other new tweaking facilities... looks that this piece of software is growing.
Last but not at least, Z6 is a beast in low light... it is much better than anything I used by now. See some samples... like brick shots, nothing else, just to see how good is. I apologise for the high number of pictures in a single post. No NR (only in camera I think)
Z6+FTZ+105/2.5 wide open. ISO25600
ISO 11400
ISO 18000
100% crop
ISO 25600
ISO25600
ISO 2800
One more thing... the look&feel of Z6 is great. The build quality is on top... and the grip is very deep so keeping it in one hand is easy and safe. For its size it seems heavy. FTZ is quite large... small lenses looks sexy on it. I'm impatient to mount 45/2.8 AI-P. Maybe tommorow.
Unfortunately I had a busy day, spending very little time with Z6. I did late in the night (now is past midnight here) some snaps, just to see how works in low light. I used only the kit lens and 105/2.5 AI-S. Long story short. The kit lens while has at least a shortcoming (at least my copy) - the hood is very loosy, does not click at the end and is made from a thin, cheap plastic - has a stunning IQ. I really have very few lenses that are on par with it. As a bonus, it is amazing on video, keeping the focus when zooming or when moving... There's absolutely no comparison between what is capable for video Z6+kit lens versus my beloved D750 with any lens. During a video you can take up to 50 stills, only jpegs and small size, but still it is a huge advantage. Camera has a silent mode which is really mute.
I also must say that the camera menu, while is bearing Nikon DNA, it is much complex, with lot of new options... I had no time to visit them... it will take some time to get familiar with what's necessary.
Manual focus is a blast... I did only a few snaps indoor and over the window, but having the possibility to see in EVF at 100% gives you instant keepers. A quite major shortcoming is that camera does not records which aperture are you using on non-chipped lenses. I can live with that, but...
The XQD... is wow!... I have no card reader for it so I connected camera with my PC through the enclosed USB cable... the download speed is very fast. Really fast!
Another good thing, Nikon updated Capture NX-D with further fancy picture-controls... I saw some other new twaking facilities... looks that this piece of software is growing.
Last but not at least, Z6 is a beast in low light... it is much better than anything I used by now. See some samples... like brick shots, nothing else, just to see how good is. I apologise for the high number of pictures in a single post. No NR (only in camera I think)
Z6+FTZ+105/2.5 wide open. ISO25600
ISO 11400
ISO 18000
100% crop
ISO 25600
ISO25600
ISO 2800
One more thing... the look&feel of Z6 is great. The build quality is on top... and the grip is very deep so keeping it in one hand is easy and safe. For its size it seems heavy. FTZ is quite large... small lenses looks sexy on it. I'm impatient to mount 45/2.8 AI-P. Maybe tommorow.
