Photographing ice hockey with the Nikon Z6 is by Joseph Nuzzo: Nikon is making headlines all over with the introduction of its first set of full frame digital cameras that we have come to know as the Z6 & Z7. All over I’ve seen questions on blogs and social media sites debating if these cameras are good enough for professional level work. I am lucky enough to work freelance for a New York based newspaper and get to cover NHL hockey and major concerts in the New York area. Recently, I purchased a Nikon Z6 camera with the hopes that I would be able to use it for shooting these types of events. I quickly put it to work shooting some smaller NY area concerts and the results were stellar. But could it shoot pro sports? Recently while assigned to shoot a NY Islanders hockey game I decided to put the Z6 to the test. Now let me start by saying that this is not a scientific test but just my observations as someone who has shoot pro hockey for many years. A game of this type would typically be shot on a Nikon D5, however, the camera sensor and speed are very similar with the D5 coming in at 14 frames per second and the Z6 at 12. The Nikon Z6 has a slightly higher resolution at 24.3 MP vs 20.7 MP of the D5. I knew some of the things that I would want to test would...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Saturday, 23 March, 2019