While I didn’t anticipate it given the apparent nods to Nikon’s movie previous, the Zf is a surprisingly succesful video digital camera. It shoots as much as 4K/60 utilizing an APS-C dimension crop of the sensor. If you wish to use the entire sensor, you will get 4K/30. That’s not going to wow video professionals, however once more, it’s ok for many photographers who simply need the potential for capturing some 4K footage.
Overall, I beloved capturing with the Zf and have been I available in the market for a brand new digital camera, that is the digital camera I might purchase. That mentioned, there are few issues about Zf I actually dislike. The first is the cardboard slots. There are two of them. One is an ordinary SD card slot supporting UHS II playing cards. The second is a microSD card slot that solely helps UHS I. The gradual speeds I might stay with, but it surely’s so troublesome to get the microSD card out and in that I ended up simply leaving it in and treating it as an emergency overflow. There ought to have been two matched full dimension SD card slots.
The different factor I completely dislike is that it doesn’t ship with a battery charger. A $2,000 digital camera shouldn’t require you to purchase a separate battery charger (for $80 retail, no much less). You can cost by way of the USB-C port. Battery life is so good {that a} single cost will final about 350 photographs, extra in case you activate vitality saving mode (I acquired 407), however critical photographers are all the time going to desire a separate charger and a minimum of a second battery.
As famous above, the Zf wouldn’t be my prime decide for sports activities or wildlife. That’s partially due to the autofocus and capturing velocity, but in addition as a result of the 24 megapixel sensor, whereas sharp, and delivering these attribute Nikon colours, might be not what wildlife and sports activities professionals are after. The Z7 and particularly the Z9, with their a lot greater megapixel sensors and sooner autofocus, are the cameras you need for these use circumstances.
Nikon didn’t have one to ship me, however I believe the perfect lens for this digital camera might be the brand new Nikkor Z 40mm f/2 Special Edition ($310). This could also be private prejudice, however one thing about this digital camera cries out for a brief, fixed-length lens—a quick 50, or on this case 40. It’s going to steadiness nicely with the digital camera and make reportage and avenue images setup, each of which really feel like superb use circumstances for the Zf.