The NikonZ Mount Mirrorless System Cameras: Everything You Need to Know. Transformational Strategies To Simplify Your Process And Let Creativity Soar with Steve Simon.
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The core of the Z6 & Z7 Mirrorless Cameras most important features will be covered on this day.
The Nikon Z Mount Mirrorless system is a major introduction for Nikon, it's entree into the full-frame mirrorless market and these cameras did not disappoint.
The electronic viewfinder adopted for the Z 7 and Z 6 is comfortable and easy to get used to coming from the DSLR world, comparable to optical viewfinders. Both cameras are equipped with an approximately 3690k-dot OLED panel giving the electronic viewfinder 100% frame coverage. Menu can be displayed in the electronic viewfinder, letting you quickly adjust a variety of shooting settings, including ISO sensitivity, AF-area mode, and Picture Control, all while keeping your eye to the viewfinder.
The Z6's 273 and Z7's 493 af points will mean incredibly fast AF. My D850 and D5 set the standard and these new cameras promise even better AF performance. And the 90 per cent coverage area is something many expect to make a positive difference in their work. AF area modes will be a bit different from the Nikon DSLR experience so we will be going over how the various systems work in depth.
As far as megapixels, the Z6 @ 24 and the Z7 @ 45 megapixels maintain amazing resolution in a very small footprint. The Z6 will likely have a slight edge for higher ISO work and the Z7 allows you to make large resolute prints and or finding a five-star image within a larger capture that can be cropped and used with no real degradation of quality, something I have come to love about my D850. Frame rates are fast, up to 9fps with the Z7 and 12 fps with the Z6. Fast enough for most action shooters.
Some of the unique to mirrorless options I expect will be very practical, the in camera VR with a 5 stop range of compensation that brings VR to Nikon lenses that don't have it and allow future lenses to be made smaller without a VR mechanism.
The game-changing 3.2” touch tilt screen that lets you touch the area of the frame you want in focus and trigger the shutter at the same moment, silently-- letting you capture stealthy images never before possible.
Steve covers everything from shooting modes to Auto ISO, white balance, metering choices, histograms, exposure compensation, file formats, image review and other shortcuts to customizing your Nikon Z Mount mirrorless cameras to your own unique shooting style.
You will learn Steve’s “Big Six” transformational technical strategies and learn his minimalist philosophy when it comes to Nikon gear. This first day is designed to let you take control of your camera and speed up your response time so you don’t miss the moment.
What To Bring: Required
- Nikon Z7 Camera Body and at least one lens
- Two Fully charged camera batteries
- XQD card
- A strong desire to learn
What Is Provided:
- Free Instructional materials, pen & notebook
- Z7 Mirrorless Camera User Settings for different shooting scenarios