I forget which Nikon @ggbutcher has. A new one came out. Like everything else, outside of my price range. I do plan on replacing my non-functional old entry Canon at some point with something…
I got the original Z 6, just months after it came out. Don’t usually do such, but the new Z lens mount just seemed like a good idea. Panned out…
Not particularly tempted to upgrade, very happy with the dynamic range of the original, which is what I got it for in the first place. Will be interested in seeing how the iii comparies to the original in his PDR charts…
@afre, don’t know your budget, but refurbished Z 6 w/ 24-70/f4 is going for $1759US at nikonusa.com… I highly recommend the combination.
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I personally wish they would pour R&D money into dynamic range instead of speed. I shoot 98% stills with manual focus.
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Its a good video camera or for sports I guess.
Please do the Z7iii now.
Same here. Very happy with my Z6, no actual need for an update. Yet…
But the Z6III and its specs look great. Happy to see Nikon back on track.
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I’m not so sure they were off the rails. They didn’t just dive into mirrorless, they took their time to evaluate the full-frame architecture and make a really significant change, the 42mm lens mount. That, and an expansion of the lens design trades to include post correction and they now have a really compelling lens line. That “kit” lens, the 24-70/4, is quite resolute for a zoom…
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Do you have this kit for your Nikon camera?
I would be interested to use it for pictures of flowers - insects.
At moment, I use Nikon and Laowa macro lenses for this “genre” but the 27-70 f4 looks quite handy to take it outdoors.
I suppose it is also present in the database of many softwares: e.g. darktable (to make lens corrections) since it is quite widespread.
The Z7iii will come, in due time, be patient 
It is funny how all news outlets repeat the key phrases, probably provided by Nikon’s marketing department, without having a clue about what this is and why it matters. Practically, it is an incremental improvement in the price/sensor readout speed ratio. Interesting for some photographers, irrelevant to many.
And it’s not like the bird photos in the article are particularly impressive. You would get practically indistinguishable IQ from pretty much any MILC from the past 10 years, with a kit zoom. Especially of seagulls, which you can photograph with a 50mm equivalent lens, especially if they suspect you have any food.
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I do; for a long while the 24-70/4 was my only Z lens; recently I procured the 24-200/4-6.3 because I missed flexible-but-coarse superzooms. Here’s one of the first captures from my Z 6/24-70, full resolution so you can see the resolution:
It’s not a macro lens, so close focusing isn’t an option. I hear the 105/2.8 is THE lens for such…
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Do not expect much from The Verge, haha.
Outside of my budget: I would be interested in a sub-$1800 CAD deal.
Nothing listed on the Canadian Nikon site, except for a broken link to refurbished D7500. On Henrys.com, from worst (NH - Not Healthy?) to like-new, the Z 6 II body is:
Add 13% tax to that (and other fees that may surface).
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Hello @ggbutcher
It’s not a macro lens, so close focusing isn’t an option. I hear the 105/2.8 is THE lens for such…
Yep. At work we own both the Nikon macro 60 mm and the 105/2.8.
They are the old models for DSLR: we use them with a Nikon D850.
btw, great picture of your flowers
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I can’t help but think that the Z 6III introduction will drive the prices of the earlier versions even lower.
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Photography prices tend to be sticky in Canada. Vendors can get away with selling a decade and a half old gear at near original price, though I have not been keeping tabs lately.
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