Nikon - Z7 Mirrorless 4k Video Camera (Body Only) - Black

After much research and hands on experience at my Best Buy, I decided to purchase the Nikon Z7. While I am still learning how to unleash the power and potential of this camera, so far I am thrilled! The fact that I am easily use all my F mount lenses with this camera is a real plus, especially since I like to photograph wildlife and need a good zoom lens.

This is the best camera I have ever owned. The pictures are great. we used it on a trip out to Moab, UT to take night photos. 1st time doing that too. I was given the camera setting to use by a friend in order to shoot the milky way. ISO was supposed to be 1800, but I made the mistake of setting it at 180. Well, the camera shot was awesome at 180 ISO. Hmm... not sure how that worked, but it did. Day shots and low-light shots are great/fantastic. I have noticed that the bright light shots are too light on auto. It performs much better on manual with some slight adjustments to tone down the pic. Keep in mind that the older or cheaper DX lenses don't really work on this camera. I bought a 28mm to 300mm Nikon VR lense that is perfect. Shot the night sky with a 1.8f 35 mm lens.

I've had this camera for a few days and can't say enough about the image quality. Probably the best Nikon has produced. My only complaint so far is that there is no autofocus motor built into the camera body like I had on my D610. What that means is that my D series Nikon lenses lost their auto focus capability. So now I have to work on my focusing skills, which is a challenge with my old eyes. So if you have D series or older lenses with no autofocus motor in the lens, you will have to manually focus with those lenses.

I own a Nikon D850 and have a bunch of expensive lenses, so getting the Z7 with the FTZ adapter was something I was looking forward to. It took a couple days of testing to get really comfortable with the Z7 because some things are different from the DSLRs, but many things are the same, so it isn't a completely new experience if you have used a Nikon DSLR from the last 10 years. Most of the controls are there, they just may be in different menu locations. The displays, including the EVF are amazing. Seeing the exposure in the EVF before you take the shot helps so much in manual mode as the meter may under/over expose a little when you really want to nudge the exposure the other way, I like to get as close as possible to the final image from the camera, even though I always shoot RAW (NEF). So far, I took both my D850 and the Z7 to Las Vegas with the idea that I would focus on the Z7 and use the D850 if required. Well, I didn't even pull the D850 out of my bag. I used my Z7 the whole time and never found that I was lacking anything. That said, I would probably still use my D850 for a lot of the fast action images like sports, at least for now. I don't think I'm comfortable enough with the Z7 for extremely fast action shots.

I originally purchased the Z6 and I was not happy with that camera. And I took it back in and exchanged it for the Z7 that has better MP. I have shot with this camera and it is good for video it is good for standing still but there needs to be a little bit of work done to focus from the back screen as it doesn’t have like a vibration control and the pictures do not come out sharp while being handheld.

I get great pictures, and since I already have the Z6 getting my settings was a breeze

This body in the right hands creates razor sharp images! I highly recommend this camera. It did upgrade my image quality for sure!

Amazing Camera. I purchased this camera specially for my Alaska trip in Winter season. and Pictures are amazing!!