RoamingScott wrote: OwlsEyes wrote:The higher mp sensors are slower
There's a reason I specifically called out the new stacked 67mp sensor and not the ancient dogwater 61mp variety There is literally nowhere to go but up with the new sensor tech when compared to the Z7ii, and all you lose to the Z8/Z9 is total readout speed. There is a large contingent of shooters that aren't using the full readout speed of their Z8/Z9 and would be just fine with the 17ms of this new gen. I count myself among those for 95% of what I use my Z9 for.
A 67mp HE* NEF file would still be only around 40mb, so that's plenty of headroom for buffer and processing behind the scenes.
I was very vocally opposed to Nikon using the 61mp sensor for a Z7iii. I'm glad that never happened. Now I'm switching sides and begging them for a stacked 67mp Z7iii =)
What's crazy is, the A7RVI's dynamic range is close to that of a medium format.
Sep 08, 2026 at 03:06 PM
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There is literally nowhere to go but up with the new sensor tech when compared to the Z7ii, and all you lose to the Z8/Z9 is total readout speed. There is a large contingent of shooters that aren't using the full readout speed of their Z8/Z9 and would be just fine with the 17ms of this new gen. I count myself among those for 95% of what I use my Z9 for.