Nikon Z AF

Oh dear.

I did test the two side by side, along with a D3S, a D3X, a 1DX mkii, and a D800. Nikon, Canon, and Sigma lenses.
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And by your own admission, you clearly haven't:

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Why would you argue with others who have compared the R5 (and many other cameras) against the Z7ii, when you haven't and have no intention to do so?

I also have to ask, who is the one trolling here?

...ignore my last response to your question... management hasn't been coerced into deleting Nikon's dirty laundry posts yet but Nikon's Shill Team 7 has already jumped into action.

Oh, can we call you a Canon shill? Is that the game we're playing?

I wish I got paid to call people out and talk about the equipment I enjoy shooting with. Sadly, I have to pay for all my own stuff and do this for free.

If you hate nikon why are you even here?

Thanks! It did answer my question re: which specific scenarios he finds the Z7 AF deficient.

Sure. Speak freely. I would even agree that it seems plausible. But no, not a Canon shill. Not currently part of any web forum marketing campaign.

Rest assured, I'm simply a life long Nikon shooter who absolutely loves his D5, and hated his Z7ii.

I agree! And yup, me too. And I've even had to pay for the Nikon gear I hated.

Because sometimes my friend, the companies we love won't do better unless we force them to.

www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4694538?page=4#forum-post-66817732

Mike, great post. Not sure how I missed that one. Let's hope you can find the time to post here more often.

Oh, don't worry. There won't be any surprises.

You started the thread with the words "Can we be candid" - so lets be candid.
Something like Lightroom performs to a dramatically better standard than 2 months ago - but it is not free.
Lets be candid.
Common sense indicates a more recent camera at a distinctly higher price point than the Z7 should perform in some (but not all) situations to a higher standard.

People with common sense know this - implying you either lack common sense - or you are brand bashing for the sake of brand bashing.

Once again you repeat what you say others say - I do shoot studio work - and know a lot of others who do.

None have focus or exposure problems ( if this is the unspecified problem you are referring to) - whether they shoot Nikon, Canon or Sony.

Do you only fraternise with photographers who may be as incompetent as you seem to be - and do you identify what reported problems might be?

On my first point maybe yes - on my second point it seems no.

Times move on - and so does technology.

While cross type sensors can sometimes have an advantage on a camera that does not have AI, the Z7 and to a higher standard the Z9 can utilise AI to first detect a person, then a face, then an eye in a fraction of a second to a better standard than a cross type sensor.

What is more likely. The Z7 has issues in the studio or that anothermike, myself and a huge myriad of colleagues don't know how to use cameras or strobes? Do you really think anothermike doesn't know what he's doing with a camera and strobes? Are you actually serious right now because this feels like satire to me. Your track record on nikon "problems" is very poor, all you have ever done is deny all issues and point to the focusing part of the manual for the camera. In this very thread, you still deny there was a problem with the D800's focus system to this day, which frankly is beyond ridiculous. Let me reiterate, I helped break the issue, and I was...correct along with several others! I like to point out issues so other buyers can make informed decisions, and so ultimately nikon fix the damn problems! You probably don't realise the D800 also had a design flaw with it's subframe which even with light knocks could cause it to crack (this was redesigned in the D810). This was reported by Thom Hogan and I have other sources too if you are going to try to deny that also. Maybe it is you, that is incompetent at looking at the facts and conducting critical thinking. I think all I have ever seen you do is deny every issue ever mentioned on dpreview for the most part.

Photographer's as incompetent as me? Wow, that's, that's like quite a sweeping statement from a guy who I believe has never shared an image or probably seen what I do, but thanks.

Because I enjoy reading about peoples experiences with the gear quoted. Hopefully without all the drama. I even stated specifically that I thought the question was ligit without the black helicopters pre-amble. So what gear that Primeshooter listed do you own? And since you question why I am in this thread, right back at ya....why are you in this sub-forum? You don't even have a Z.

I did not start the treade or use any such wording - so I am not sure whom you are addressing ...

The design improvement was needless to say a improvement however...