Nikon Z* mirrorless

Icee said:
Has anyone had any focus issues slice updating to 5.32?

I took a run of frames today (one attached) and all were soft. I put them in Nikon studio to Chers the focus point and it was on the birds head. I was on wide small with bird detect active. I have taken shots like this before 5.32 and they have been sharp.


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I would not expect the AF to catch that, except by good luck or a slim chance.
Loads of highlights amongst the branches and the birds eyes are difficult to pick out.
 
Had a really good time with the 400 4.5, carried it with the Z8 for 4-5 hours at the weekend and didn’t care about the weight at all.

Noticed that at 4.5, the eye AF on the Z8 was really sticky, didn’t miss the eye at all but anything over 5.6, it was a bit hit and miss, locking onto ears, struggling to locate the eye or finding the eye but not tracking.

Got around 2000 pictures to sort through, 1/1000 of a sec, 20fps burst and they soon add up!
 
wilt said:
It's big, it's heavy (for me) but it's very versatile and for the money it's impossible to beat.
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Thanks. That's really helpful. I'm restarting my photography journey after a (very) long hiatus. I am considering this lens as a purchase in the near future and maybe teaming it with a 24-120 f/4 . Looks like I'll just need to start regularly going to the gym. Great photos. Thanks for sharing.
 
rocdamike said:
Thanks. That's really helpful. I'm restarting my photography journey after a (very) long hiatus. I am considering this lens as a purchase in the near future and maybe teaming it with a 24-120 f/4 . Looks like I'll just need to start regularly going to the gym. Great photos. Thanks for sharing.
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Those are the two lenses I pack when I don't know what I'll encounter, covers everything.
I had thought about taking my 400mm f/4.5 as it's epic, but it's no where near as versatile.
 
Does anyone has experience using a infra-red or full spectrum modified Z7? I really miss having a infra-red camera since moving to Nikon Z and thinking about having my Z7 modified to full spectrum and using clip-in filters for both normal photography and infra-red. My only real concern is the impact of PDAF banding and how this might impact images.
 
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