Nikon Zf - A Partner For My Nikon Z8 

My photo galleries are here (Zf photos will come as soon as I have time to get out more and shoot): www.thephotographyhobbyist.com/ Once I get time to shoot, I'll upload my Zf sample photos here: www.thephotographyhobbyist.com/CAMERAGEAR/Nikon-Zf-Gallery By the way, a NEF raw file from this camera using 'High Efficiency*' is only around 17MB ! Crazy! :-)

What would you prefer to take on a Europe trip Fujifilm X-T5 or Nikon Zf?? I’m invested in the Nikon line but always curious about trying the Fujifilm X-T5. Great insight thanks for the content 👍.

Interesting video. Thank you. Many of your "objectives" compare to mine but I am questioning my own "understandings." My hair is gray like yours. "In the day" it was all about the balance between aperture (DOF) and shutter speed (subject speed generally and camera movement and subject speed with telephoto.) In the film era, if you had a top tier lens, Kodachrome 25 and 64 were a hoot if you had the light for them. In B&W, faster films meant more grain, especially if you started to "push" in the darkroom. Those days are gone. There is no plausible justification for "SLR" in 2024. The tech was specific to film: a mirror to see what the lens sees. We now get that right off the chip. Smaller cameras can be more capable and smaller. Shouldn't great chips render "ISO" tertiary in the aperture / shutter speed / ISO mix? I can SEE depth of filed change with aperture . I can see shutter speeds designed to let water flow or cause hummingbird wings to freeze. With a Nikon Z7ii, Z8 or Z9, ISO changes are far harder to detect even at the 6400 range. I believe technology is to the point that ISO should never interest me as I balance aperture and shutter speed. Why would I ever use Aperture or Shutter speed priority when I can set both to my heart's content and make it work with "Auto ISO"? If I am shooting at f8 or below with a shutter speed to match or exceed the focal focal length of my lens, and I think "it's not THAT dark" can a camera's auto ISO make the shot work in post-processing? What is the Zf? Is it lighter? Is its internal stabilization so good that it can make shots work at such low speeds a higher ISO cannot fix without discernible grain? Internal stabilization is all the rage. It has no impact on subject stabilization. I am on a "modern kick." Is the Zf small enough to take full advantage of mirrorless? Is ISO noise limited enough to give me image quality I have no right to expect at F5.6 and 1/60?

Unless someone is an absolute, full-time, career-based, 6-digit income professional photographer, there is NO need to spend all the extra money on a new mirrorless system. I had been under the impression that I HAD to have one, to replace my SLR and DSLRs that I've acquired UNTIL I started looking into image quality vs cost. Once I thoroughly did that, I wound up buying a used Pentax 645Z medium format camera with 2 AF lenses, and for less money than a new "Pro" level Nikon, and never looked back, even after being a Nikon pro and devotee since 1977. The difference in image quality blew me away. As much as I love my Nikons and Nikkors, I am never going back to 35mm, even though I am now retired many years.

YOU DONT BACK BUTTON FOCUS? AMATEUR! LOL!