I enjoyed my time with Z7 & Z7II, used mostly for landscape. Superb image quality. When the Z9 came out I had an opportunity to grab an NPS order from the first batch so I switched to that to try it out, and loved many things about it. A year later I needed a smaller/lighter body I could carry in my hand shooting all day for a full week documenting my niece’s Make A Wish trip, and also needed top notch eye/face AF, so I ended up switching to a different brand to get that (this was before the Z8 release).
Recently I decided to add a Nikon mirrorless body back into my shooting system for fun and the decision was down to Z7II because of my overall pleasant ownership experience with it, or a Z5II because of improved AF at an excellent price level, and I chose the latter. But if Nikon had a Z7III featuring the improvements seen in the new bodies (such as Z6III) it would have been my first choice regardless of price. It’s kind of amazing to me that the original Z7 is about to enter it’s 9th year of existence. It will be interesting to see if Nikon is killing off the Z7 line, or if they have a mkIII up their sleeve.
Sep 11, 2025 at 09:30 AM
Previous versions of Ross Martin's message #16888547 « Still satisfied with the Z7II? »
