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Nikon Z' AF thoughts after 9 months with Z6 & Z7
Stany Buyle:
Good afternoon!
An incredible bunch of negative nonsense has been spread on the internet about Nikon Z' autofocus, more specific about Z' AF on moving subjects and for action photography. Those Nikon' Z bashers are simply wrong...
I am using both Nikon Z6 and Z7 since they were available and I dare to write that the Nikon Z' AF is simply excellent. Please notice that these findings and attached pictures out of a topic on my own website "birds and dolphins in flight with Z7 & 70-300 AF-P" are based on experiences and pictures taken with both Z6 & Z7 BEFORE install of the important 2.0 firmware.
During my recent trip to Kyoto-Japan I was one more time amazed how well the Z' AF performs.
Some cropped and full images resized to 1000 px longest side:
An image taken in Kyoto aquarium during a great dolphin and seal show:
and a 100% crop from the above:
Thanks and kindest regards,
Stany
MFloyd:
I hope you don't take it wrong, but these pictures are not tack sharp. Not later than last week I spoke to a Nikon representative at a gathering around the Z: she agreed that there is still some room for improvement with regard to "Z"-AF. Might be sufficient for 95% of the jobs but just not enough for circumstances putting high pressure levels on the AF hard- and software.
These are the difficult circumstances to which I'm confronted with shutter speeds as low as 1/40s: https://crvermeulen.myportfolio.com/pf-aston-martin-masters-endurance-legends-race-series
All taken with a Nikon D5 & Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF. I'm using also a D850, but he D5 still outpaces slightly the D850 with regard to their respective AF capabilities.
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Stany Buyle:
--- Quote from: MFloyd on June 01, 2019, 13:44:32 ---I hope you don't take it wrong, but these pictures are not tack sharp….
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No I really don't care because with a couple of PP clicks they would look "tack sharp". Had/have to do the same with my D5, D850, D500 files with one difference that, TMHO, Z files always look sharper SOOC.
For a topic on a camera, I prefer to post the files as they come OOC, rather than optimised by PP.
Kindest regards,
Stany
longzoom:
--- Quote from: MFloyd on June 01, 2019, 13:44:32 ---I hope you don't take it wrong, but these pictures are not tack sharp. Not later than last week I spoke to a Nikon representative at a gathering around the Z: she agreed that there is still some room for improvement with regard to "Z"-AF. Might be sufficient for 95% of the jobs but just not enough for circumstances putting high pressure levels on the AF hard- and software.
These are the difficult circumstances to which I'm confronted with shutter speeds as low as 1/40s: https://crvermeulen.myportfolio.com/pf-aston-martin-masters-endurance-legends-race-series
All taken with a Nikon D5 & Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF. I'm using also a D850, but he D5 still outpaces slightly the D850 with regard to their respective AF capabilities.
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While I agree there is a big room for improvement of Z AF, the final sharpness is strongly depends on the lens used. Their 70-300P lens used for birding is not for so high resolving sensor, as Z7's one is. As well as, BTW, your and mine 28-300, which long enough life of usability stops on D810. This lens is not covering the D850 sensor, as well as even more demanding Z7's one. Terribly hunting under low light, even after second update, but, usable, thou, with Z6, without reservations. LZ
ColinM:
Hasn’t Gonvulo posted lots of shots with the Z6 taken under challenging stage lighting and involving moving dancers?
They’re a different sort of challenge to birds of prey or leaping dolphins, but usually seem pretty sharp to me.
And given its small size in the frame, that dolphin seems quite sharp @ 100%
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