Nikon Z7 Review 89%Overall scoreJump to conclusion The Nikon Z7 is the company's most well-rounded camera to date: it's as well spec'd and well-suited for video capture as it is for stills, and the quality of both is impressive.
The Z7's designed to offer an experience familiar to existing Nikon DSLR shooters in a smaller, lighter body, built around the all-new Nikon Z-mount.
This is Nikon's first full-frame mirrorless camera: a 4K-capable machine which features a variant of the D850's 46MP BSI CMOS sensor, but with the addition of on-sensor phase detection AF pixels and mechanical stabilization. The only area where the Z7 comes up a little short is autofocus reliability and usability - something at which Nikon's DSLRs have long excelled.
Key features:
45. 7MP full-frame BSI-CMOS sensor with on-sensor phase detection
In-body 5-axis image stabilization (rated to 5EV)
493 PDAF points with 90% horizontal and vertical coverage of the frame
ISO 64-25,600 (expandable to 102,400)
Up to 9 fps shooting (JPEG and 12-bit Raw)
3. 69M-dot OLED viewfinder
2. 1M-dot tilting touch LCD
OLED top plate display
Single XQD card slot
UHD 4K capture up to 30p
10-bit 4:2:2 N-Log output over HDMI
Up to 100Mbps H. 264 8-bit internal video capture
SnapBridge Wi-Fi system with Bluetooth, including to-PC transfer
Edited to taste in Adobe Camera Raw.
ISO 4500 | 1/500 sec | F2. 8 | Shot using the Nikon Z 35mm F1. 8 S
The Nikon Z7 is available now for a body-only price of $3400. It is also available kitted with the 24-70mm F4 S lens for $4000 (many retailers are offering additional kits with the 'F to Z adapter' for about $150 more).
What's new and how it compares
The Z7 isn't just a D850 without a mirror: we look at the key additions and what the Z7 offers.
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Body and handling
How the Z7 feels in the hand may be crucial to its acceptance with photographers. Have a look at the camera and its control points to see how it could work for you.
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Operation and controls
The Z7's user interface will be very familiar to existing Nikon shooters. Up to a point, that is.
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What it's like to use
The Z7 is well-suited for a wide variety of photo and video use-cases. Here are the pros and cons of using it for. . .
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Image quality
The Z7's 45. 7MP BSI-CMOS full-frame sensor is very capable, but how does it compare to the D850?
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Dynamic range
On-sensor autofocus points limit the Z7's effective dynamic range, compared to the D850. By how much? Read on.
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Z7 autofocus performance
The Z7 mostly offers impressive autofocus performance, but struggles with tracking reliability and low light accuracy.
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Autofocus usability
AF usability is one area the Z7 lags behind its Nikon DSLR counterparts and the mirrorless competition.
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Video
Nikon has done a lot to enhance the Z7's video, even if that's not immediately obvious from the specs.
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Conclusion
For a first-generation product, we're hugely impressed with the Z7. We think it's the most well-rounded stills+video camera Nikon's launched to date.
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Sample gallery
We've shot a lot with the Z7, here's our full gallery of out-of-camera JPEGs and Raw conversions.
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