Also please someone convince me not to swap out my Z7 for the Z6
The only thing that gives me pause right now is that the Z6 apparently (for some stupid reason) does not have the 4:5 crop mode?? Is this true or is it just a misprint on the Nikon site?
Seems to be the case. Available image areas:
- FX
- DX
- 1:1
- 16:9
Keep your Z7.
After a lot of agonizing this evening as I near the end of my return window, I've decided to keep the Z7 and not swap it out for the Z6
A lot of little things pushed me towards the decision, but it's far from a landslide either way as the Z6 seems like a ridiculous camera (especially because they didn't chintz out on the EVF and display for the lower rez model like Sony did with the A73/A7R3). Main things that convinced me to keep the Z7 is:
I am somewhat of a resolution addict so 45mp is definitely a big plus (and I've used the smaller raw modes enough to know that they're acceptably sharp for my usage), also it's nice to have 3 cameras that are redundant from a sensor output standpoint
Base iso of 64 is more important to me than having a max of 51200 on the Z6 (max I push it typically is 6400 for paid work),
Additional crop modes are useful for me like square crop (especially because vertical grip is still a question mark)
Still to be determined how the increased number of PDAF points (493 vs 273) on the Z7 might affect AF performance compared to the Z6
Honestly though, I had to really dig to come up with a good justification for the $1k price difference haha
Nov 18, 2018 at 11:15 PM
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