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Well, after selling my d750 and sending it off to it's new owner yesterday I have taken the plunge and ordered the z6 from panamoz. Hopefully by this time next week I will be able to see what all the fuss is about and also have a lighter kit to lug around the locations.
With the 24-70, it seems the view is stabilised through the viewfinder when I compare to IBIS switched off. And the 70-300 AF-P certainly also stabilises the viewfinder view. In the latter case, I understand that Nikon uses a mixture of the lens OIS and body IBIS for the missing axes. With both lenses, I reckon on an average 3-4 stops effective stabilisation in my hands which is pretty reasonable for a 35mm sensor system.
I'm off on holiday in a couple of months with our good friends for 2½ weeks to Florida. Taking in the Disney and Universal theme parks, Kennedy space centre as well as the everglades, it promises to be a fab holiday. Rather than do my usual and weigh myself down with multiple bodies and at least 6 lenses etc., this year I'm thinking of just taking my new Nikon Z6 (as I'm in love with it's image quality), along with my 50mm AF-S F1.8 and 70-300 AF-P lenses via the FTZ adaptor. Would that lot suffice do you think, as I'm pretty sure I'll neither be able to get hold of, or be able to afford the new Nikon 14-30 F4 S lens before we set off ? Do you think 24mm would be wide enough ?
My 2nd question is with regards XQD cards. At present I only have 2. Both Sony G cards, one being a 120 gb and one a 32 gb, and I'm thinking with shooting 4k video as well, that might not be enough ? That being the case, where's the cheapest place that folk are getting their XQD cards from please ?
Just ordered the 35 F1.8 S ..... Think it will quite nicely compliment the 24-70 F4 and the 70-300 AF-P that I got for a steal recently.... No more lens needed .... famous last words
I'm off on holiday in a couple of months with our good friends for 2½ weeks to Florida. Taking in the Disney and Universal theme parks, Kennedy space centre as well as the everglades, it promises to be a fab holiday. Rather than do my usual and weigh myself down with multiple bodies and at least 6 lenses etc., this year I'm thinking of just taking my new Nikon Z6 (as I'm in love with it's image quality), along with my 50mm AF-S F1.8 and 70-300 AF-P lenses via the FTZ adaptor. Would that lot suffice do you think, as I'm pretty sure I'll neither be able to get hold of, or be able to afford the new Nikon 14-30 F4 S lens before we set off ? Do you think 24mm would be wide enough ?
My 2nd question is with regards XQD cards. At present I only have 2. Both Sony G cards, one being a 120 gb and one a 32 gb, and I'm thinking with shooting 4k video as well, that might not be enough ? That being the case, where's the cheapest place that folk are getting their XQD cards from please ?
They are nice images, some I have seen have been a bit soft, but these are very nice, decent tones as wellHope you don't mind me putting up a few Z7 pics on here.
All 24-70 F4 handheld. Last 2 are heavily cropped.
I'm loving this camera.
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Of course ...Just ordered the 35 F1.8 S ..... Think it will quite nicely compliment the 24-70 F4 and the 70-300 AF-P that I got for a steal recently.... No more lens needed .... famous last words
Doubt it. I had a wee play with the Z7 before the 6 was available and saw no difference whatsoever in the handling. The Z6 is better at high ISO -- clearly so at a pixel level -- and supposedly also in video.Apart from the MP and focus point is there anything else on the z7 that better
Anyone using a nikon 50mm 1.8 F lens with the Z adapt
Yep, and absolutely love it. The FTZ adds a bit of size, but it's still roughly the same length as the 24-70 with the adaptor. Super sharp, focusses quickly - I think it's a great combo.
Yes, peaking is available at various levels and colours, but even without these aids manual focussing is far better than any other mirrorless which I have tried.Folks - how is manual focusing on the Z6/Z7? I assume peaking, etc is available?
The z6 has arrived today from panamoz, I can't fault the service one bit.
I've not used the camera yet as I want to familiarize myself with it this evening, but I have just tried my samyang 14mm f2.8 AS IF UMC manual focus lens with the ftz adaptor and the camera says the lens is locked on all apertures except f22. Do I need to change something in the settings menus to use this lens?
Yes, peaking is available at various levels and colours, but even without these aids manual focussing is far better than any other mirrorless which I have tried.
Try entering the focal length and maximum aperture and allocating a lens number in the Non-CPU lens data sub menu in the Set Up menu.
Opinions on the 24-70 f4? Good lens? I know there's not much choice natively anyway.
Also how well do 3rd party F mount lenses work? Thinking of something like the Sigma Art 35mm?
my only real complaint about the 24-70 is the very noticeable barrel distortion, particularly near 24. The vignetting is easier to eliminate. It relies heavily on software correction which is fair enough but other than Capture NX-D and probably Adobe, many RAW developers don't support this properly or at all.