Here is a quick Nikon Z7 mirrorless camera hands-on report by Richard Costin (Facebook | Twitter | Instagram) - please note that this was a pre-production model that doesn't have the final firmware yet (all reports you have seen online are from a pre-production model): Build quality top notch Image quality as reviewed on camera fantastic, at least to the D850 standard I estimate. Low light was punchy & noise free. Auto-Focus quick and smooth both with native z lenses and using the f-mount adapter. Tracking seemed decent although perhaps not quite up to the (world-leading) D5/D500 & D850. Again, this is all based on use in a dark basement at Nikon’s Oxford Circus HQ. Battery seemed to be much, much better than the reported 300 shots. The cameras had been used the previous day for the press and not recharged and still had 60%. After my 30 mins or so intensive playing and burst shooting it only dropped a percent or two. I highly suspect you will get 1000+ shots with it. Nikon were a bit confused why the 3rd party rating was so low. The XQD card will be firmware updated to CfExpress when the cards are released and improve buffer performance. One card slot was for size reasons as well as Nikon UK only having received one single report of an XQD card corrupting since they were introduced years ago in the D4. The XQD cards ‘talk the same language’ as the camera hardware and don’t need interpreting to write to the flash memory was cited as...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Saturday, 25 August, 2018