![]() ![]() Nikon claims the new body has the same construction quality and weather sealing as the D850 it feels similarly solid and dense in hand. All in all, this is an impressive spec sheet – in something that’s got noticeably less internal volume than a D850 even after subtracting mirror and pentaprism. It won’t do FTP, but this is better than nothing for now. On top of this, there’s wireless connectivity via Bluetooth and wifi this allows full remote control from the SnapBridge app, or better yet: a sort of rudimentary wireless tethering function where images are automatically sent to a computer after capture, providing you use Nikon’s unintuitive Wireless Utility software. It has sensor cleaning too, and adds custom U1-2-3 modes to the top left mode dial – something users of Nikon’s pro cameras have long envied from their consumer brethren. It is not the same sensor as the D850 (that lacks PDAF), but a derivative. RAW files in steps from 12 bit compressed to 14 bit uncompressed UHD video at 24/25/30p and 144mbps, or 1080P up to 120fps and uncompressed 10 bit 4:2:2 output over HDMI. Flash sync is slightly slower tha the D850 at 1/200s, but with FP sync support available. Let’s clear the spec sheet first: new Z mount, 36x24mm, 47MP with 493 PDAF focus points on sensor 9fps maximum with mechanical shutter 5fps with electronic front curtain up to 1/2000s, about the same with full electronic shutter with no speed limit. It’s not groundbreaking and continues a lot of existing design and ergonomic paradigms (such as a lens-coaxial viewfinder position instead of an ergonomically more comfortable corner one), but like the D850: it doesn’t get much wrong, either. (I suspect of the reasons we haven’t seen larger format mirrorless from them earlier was the poor performance of the 1 System – which was as much a lack of clarity of concept as a marketing failure.) The Z7 basically takes a D850, updates a few things and shoves them inside a new, smaller body with slightly fewer control points. Nikon is a conservative company, and in the meantime have released a lot of very good DSLRs – the D850 is probably the best all-round DSLR I’ve used, with no major flaws that come to mind – and abandoned the 1 System. With that, let’s move on.įrom the point they could have released FF mirrorless, they took a very long time – nearly five years, by my estimates. I didn’t review the D850 because I was under contract with Hasselblad and didn’t have time, but I’m pretty darn familiar with it, having shot over 30,000 frames with mine. ![]() as these are pretty much infinite and I have limited time and resources available. Please don’t ask me to test various combinations of lenses or compare it to other cameras I don’t own etc. ACR now supports the Z7, so observations on image quality refer to RAW performance. I won’t be posting full size samples because it’s pretty much a D850 image-quality-wise, and for the usual copyright reasons and inability of the internet to respect intellectual property. I bought the camera at retail on release day with my own money, and have no incentive to say anything but what I really think. It may well be the longest review I’ve written to date. Updated 28/10/18 after long distance testing of the 24-70.Īdvance disclaimers and warnings: This is going to be a very long read at least two cups of coffee, or four or five espressos. Updated 23/10/18 after extended battery testing. More images to come as I have time to shoot with the camera I rushed this out in the middle of a family vacation – the first one since before I started photography professionally. I’ve now had a couple of days to do shoot my production/ retail Z7, 24-70/4 and FTZ adaptor, and my thoughts follow. It doesn’t feel like a first effort except for a couple of relatively minor things (as it shouldn’t given how long Nikon took to release it) – if anything, they should be commended for releasing it when ready rather than as soon as possible. Yes, it’s expensive yes, for the most part, it performs pretty much how you’d expect. Nikon’s effort feels like a D850 and an E-M1.2 met in a bar and had an illegitimate child. Executive summary: the last bastions of mirrors have both joined the brave new world.
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