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Took a look at the Nikon Z7

 

While not available in stores here until the end of September, the local had one on display and I spent a few minutes working with the new mirror-less full frame kit.  Then for fun I tested it with a non-cpu manual focus 28mm Ai S in aperture mode.



You can read all the specs online if interested... but my first tactual impression is as of a small dSLR with lots of buttons... lots of buttons.

I tested the kit with the 24-70 Z mount lens (and the aforementioned 28mm Ai S using the adapter).  The Z7 kit with body, lens, and adapter lists for Yen 534,600 (just under USD 5,000) so it's not inexpensive.

The Nikon Z6 will be released later at a lower price point & "less features"...

If you have any interest my suggestion (as always) is to take all comments with a grain of salt and try to get hands on...

Casey

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Thanks for the link...

 
By: cshimokita : September 18th, 2018-16:43
I tend to agree with them that the camera does invoke emotion... and the video content seemed to be more about "their review" than the actual camera... anyway a sample of different reviews / comments out there... are you interested and will you take a loo... 

:) occasion permitting,

 
By: AuHavrePro : September 18th, 2018-17:58
absolutely. It would be interesting to compare with my brother's Sony 7RII. Cheers, Filip

I’m not sure a see the point of a smaller mirror less body with a huge lens

 
By: descartes1 : September 18th, 2018-18:19
I would like to see a small, compact Nikon body with a small but powerful lens, a la what Leica produces. I love my D800 but at times really wish I had something smaller, lighter and more discrete.

Can’t give up full frame sensor for many reasons

 
By: descartes1 : September 19th, 2018-06:50
This is what’s so appealing about the Z7 in my book. Same with the M.cameras. Would just like to see smaller lenses for the Nikon. However, I’m reading that the Z7 may be able to shoot M lenses with adapter to be produced.

Well in theory...

 
By: cshimokita : September 19th, 2018-14:05
Leica M to Nikon F mount adapters exist, Nikon F to Nikon Z mount adapter exists... Ergo Leica M to Nikon Z mount should be possible, but so far I can't find anything in production... maybe it's a matter of timing ; ) Casey

The Z7 with kit lens handled very nicely...

 
By: cshimokita : September 19th, 2018-00:03
Not too heavy, and still big enough that the fingers were not jammed up. I am guessing the Z lenses are mostly plastic, but even with the Z to F adapter and the (built like a brick) manual focus 'Ai 28 S' it still rode easy. I am not a big fan of overly s... 

current and planned lenses in Z-mount, size, & grip

 
By: cshimokita : September 19th, 2018-06:13
2018: 35mm f1.8 S, 50mm f1.8 S, and 24-70 f4 S 2019: 58mm Noct, 20mm f1.8, 85mm f1.8, 24-70 f2.8, 70-200 f2.8, and 14-30 f4 2020: 50mm f1.2, 24mm f1.8, and 14-24 f2.8 The body is 134 x 100.5 x 67.5 (W x H x D) ...  

Thanks Casey for the review

 
By: xplorer2 : September 18th, 2018-19:38
I think we are seeing more contenders coming on to the mirrorless bandwagon now with Nikon and Canon throwing their hats into the ring as well. While this has been in a sense pushed by Sony with their A series bodies, there is now alot more options for ph...  

options are good...

 
By: cshimokita : September 19th, 2018-00:15
The D f at around USD 2,000 less (D f body vs. Z7 body + adapter) looks like a bargain if you are just trying to shoot stills with Nikon legacy lenses. Thanks for the comments on the Fuji XT3... at the moment I don't shoot professionally so much of my int... 

How do you feel

 
By: Quan : September 23rd, 2018-22:07
with all "huge" lenses for Z series, coming is EOS-R also huge Thanks Casey

Yes the native Z mount lenses (only 3 at the moment) tend to be big...

 
By: cshimokita : September 23rd, 2018-23:18
and the overall feel is as if a small (not tiny) dSLR. The mount is great for adapters and we should see more than a few in the coming months. The Z7 doesn't slot in with my current requirements but I am still very interested to see output results from ea...