Impressions from the field of the new Nikon Z7 mirrorless camera by Marsel van Oosten (website | facebook | twitter | instagram | flickr | 500px) See also his previous post on the making of the official Nikon D850 time-lapse 'Hercules Rising' Introduction Earlier this year I got a phone call from Japan asking whether I would be interested in working on yet another important global introduction campaign for a new Nikon product. As I very much enjoyed creating the Hercules Rising night time-lapse for the introduction of the Nikon D850, I said yes. My wife Daniella and I plan our photo tours two years ahead and we travel/shoot nine months a year, so it was a real challenge again to wiggle it into our schedule, but we somehow managed to make it fit. What followed were several secretive Skype calls and emails via encrypted servers in Transylvania, and eventually I found out what the new product was: The Nikon Z7 mirrorless camera. I was instantly excited about this project, knowing how incredibly important this introduction would be and that I would be one of only very few photographers in the world to use Nikon's first full frame mirrorless camera. Like with the D850, I was given free choice as to where I wanted to shoot - the perfect assignment! One of the things that stuck with me after hearing all the features of the Z7, was the oversized lens mount and how it enabled the engineers to create new lenses that would produce edge to edge sharpness. I then decided to test...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Saturday, 8 September, 2018