Great video!!! We are living the same life. (Except my son is learning to drive now lol). I also have the Zf AND just shot with the 10-18mm in NYC. Also...I got the Auto ISO thing wrong in my video too lol. I wrote this disclaimer: Correction on Auto ISO: Thanks to everyone who mentioned the Zf AUTO ISO settings! Very helpful! Sooooo.... The Zf dial works in Auto ISO. You can use it to override your minimum Auto ISO set! For example, you can set your auto ISO maximum to ISO 640 with a minimum shutter speed of 1/400. If the scene is too dark, the Auto ISO setting will flash. You can then turn your dial BEYOND your minimum to activate a higher ISO. It's pretty clever and useful. I'll have a follow-up showing image quality and useability in the real world! Yay.
As also mentioned by someone else in Omars video to this: When set to auto-ISO, the ISO dial is not without function, but it works different from what you would expect. For auto-ISO you are setting an ISO max value in the menu along with a default value, a max ISO for use with flash and a minimum shutter speed. Now, you can use the ISO dial on the top plate with these settings to override the max ISO value set in the menu - with a twist. If the dial value is lower than what you set as the max in the menu, the max menu value still applies. If the dial value is higher than the menu value, the dial value applies. So one way to use this with auto-iso is to use a low max value in the menu and override it as needed with the top plate dial.
Good to know! Would be nice to have an option to change the C to auto iso though! Give users an extra flexibility is always a good thing. Hopefully in a future update :)
Nikon may not always win on the spec sheet...but they almost always win on execution and refinement. Because the little details matter. So while the EVF may not be the highest resolution, or have the fastest refresh rate, it still uses a Quad-VGA system with 100% frame coverage, a 37.0° diagonal viewing angle, and *extremely* high quality viewfinder optics.
I plan to use mine with pixel shift, multi-exp, the Z macro & ES2 to make huge resolution, full color-depth, HDR archival digitizations of all my familys slides and negatives. It never seemed that important to capture every last grain of those images until they all passed away over the last decade. Now those images of them are all that remains of their lives, so carefully preserving each one becomes fairly precious.
Thanks for a comprehensive video. Just received my Zf Black w/ 24->70 f/4 .....Love it....haven't felt this good about a camera in a long time... bright viewfinder great shots. well exposed files.... all around super camera.
Great video and style. When Nikon introduced the Z mount, moving away from 64 years of the F mount, many were quick to criticise it. Now seeing how versatile the mount is, to be able to adapt to all the other mounts, Nikon engineers are absolutely vidicated. 👏❤
I recently bought this after a brief fling with Sony for a few years. It really fits with everything i want. Autofocus is not quite up to Sony, but it's very good and provides the dial layout and body design I prefer. After using for a week now, I am thinking the same thing as you. Why use anything else? I have an M11, but Zf gives me some of the Leica feeling but with all the benefits of modern tech. They just need to build out a few more small/light lens and I'll have to start really re-think my Leica. I could buy a whole bag of Z lens for cost of one M body lol
If Nikon don't make a battery grip for the Zf with the look of the MD-12, they are crazy. I know they have a couple of little accessory grips, and I guess we will see third party ones at some point. I can imagine the Zf being quite popular and lots of aperture ring lenses and accessories being made.
Hi, I put the ISO on the funktion button f2. If you press now f2 and at the same time you Turn the front dial. , you could change to auto iso. Like the iso button in the Z6. You have the ISO dial put on C.
Great to see a review from someone who bought the camera rather than an approved reviewer who had the camera for an hour with a Nikon security guard stood over them!
Thank you Samuel. Appreciate the segment on your experience with manual focus. Looking forward to part 2 and your thoughts on the Sigma 10-18 on the Fuji X-S20. Cheers,
Great video Sam, always enjoy your vlog! One thing I'd like to point out is if you want auto focus lenses with aperture ring, you can adapt E mount lenses, many of them have aperture rings. As you said, Z mount is the most adaptable full frame mount. Can't wait for part 2 and street photography with ZF!
I've got the zf and I'm enjoying it too. I've been shooting street with a gfx50r coupled with the voigtlander 40mm f2 ultron. I've traded mp & sensor size for ia af, ibis and a smaller body. The image quality coming from the zf with nikon 40mm se is great. Looking forwards to adapting some m mount lenses.
Love this video! I got a Zf too for some similar reasons. Love hearing your perspective on it. Always enjoy your style of videos, so genuine and refreshing compared to a lot of the gear-driven content out there.
Happy to see you got the Zf. I was a Nikon concert shooter and really happy to see the new styling. Can’t wait to hear your take on the 40mm lens and the body.
I will never get rid of my Fujifilm XT3 but after watching your video I am be very impressed with the Nikon ZF for all my manual focus lens . I have many Nikon AIS for my Nikon film camera and some Voigtlander lens that would work great on the ZF. I will probably use the ZF for manual focus lens only. Love your video, very informative.
I apologise for using your video as a coping measure to get excited about getting a new camera...since my X-T3 along with the 16-80mm f4, 33mm f1.4 and laptop were stolen from my car today. Thank your son for being extremely cute and warming my heart, thus keeping me from cursing whoever took my most precious possessions. It gives me strength for filling out the police report and insurance claim in the morning...and then working on a damn Saturday.
I love what Sigma is doing for APS-C lenses but we need some pancake lenses. A compact 23mm F2 (35mm equivalent) and 18mm F2 / 2.8 (28mm equivalent) would be amazing for small APS-C bodies and sell very well all around for Fuji, Sony etc...
Great video, thanks Samuel! I'm trying to dislike Nikon Zf, because I'm Fuji fanboy, but it is so hard... Well done Nikon! I will wait for more lenses from Nikon, as you said, F2 smaller primes with aperture rings. But also will wait for Fuji - hopefully X-Pro4 and new 18mmF2. And then see what direction Fuji is going and how Nikon is evolving.
Thanks for giving us a great insight into using the Zf. It's definitely what I have been wanting to get for a long time. A retro style (with physical dials) camera body but with a FF sensor. And like you said Nikon needs to come out with a few more small primes with an aperture ring to make this a perfect. Otherwise I'm also looking at going with the Voigtlander 40mm 1.2, It looks ace paired with the Zf. My X-Pro2 will be very jealous 😅
As a (mainly) street photographer I don't understand the use of FF in that scanerio. I want large DOF - high enough shutterspeed without having to turn up the ISO too much. Here I find the crop sensor (Fuji- Ricoh) to be a better tool for the job. Portrait- landscape is of course another discussion. It takes a lot to replace my Ricoh GR II for street photography
One of the very best review of the Nikon Zf I have seen. Here’s hoping Nikon do a Z mount “remake” or update of that incredible 28mm f1.4E F mount lens you have. I love the idea of using that but the size + the adapter is a bit of a bummer on a body of this size. I wonder if getting one of those new E to Z adapters would allow for having an aperture ring as well as full autofocus support, as a bunch of the Sony E mount lenses have aperture rings.
That grey is nice! I got the moss green and it has the same smoother texture. Still waiting for my voigtlander 40 f1.2 Z mount which will be the primary lens for this camera. I'm keeping me D850 and the Zf is my secondary body.
What a timely video. My wife and I are going to road trip from Mainz to Koln and Dusserldorf next week during All Saints. How did you like the location of 25hours hotel? I also pre-ordered the Sigma 10-18 f/2.8. It will join my 18-50 f/2.8 and Viltrox 27 f/1.2 as my travel kit. PS> Your observations about the EVF are I think due to the glass that Nikon uses on their EVFs. I find them really pleasant to look through.
That's a nice-looking camera! I like the design very much. I've never been a Nikon person though. Back in the day, you had to choose Canon or Nikon, so I went Canon. Now, though, I'm currently toying around my first Micro 4:3 -- a Lumix GX85.
Great video, good mix of sights, family and friends, thoroughly enjoyable! I just received my own Nikon Zf and I look forward to your recommendations for lenses (including manual ones) to pair with this camera.
Great update, really hope that one day canon opens up RF mount, this little sigma would be great to have on my R7. Enjoy Düsseldorf, it’s somehow out little escape spot to go. Cheers
I’m trying to decide if I want that sigma lens or the new DJ Pocket 3. Leaning that way even though I need nothing😂 My uncle has only shot Nikon that I know.
I really like it and I'm having tons of fun shooting with it. The menu is awful and the setup limitations are unbelievable.. when Nikon will fix it with a 2.0 firmware???!!
I was very excited about this camera when it was announced, and it seems like a fantastic camera, but I think for me I will be better off sticking with my Fuji and GR combo. Not letting you set C to be auto-ISO or auto-shutter speed is just crazy, come on Nikon! I think Fuji has had the time to perfect the 'retro' styling whilst still being functional, even with the ergonomics I don't find the X-T3 uncomfortable to hold. That and I think Nikon missed a trick by not giving the SE versions of the lenses physical aperture rings. They should either commit to the retro style or not, instead of going halfway.
I shoot X-H1s and it's obvious that Fuji made the computerized modern camera part work around the physical controls. Shooting the Zf, it's obvious that the computerized modern part has been shoehorned into a dials camera. You can really shoot the Fuji with all manual controls and there are enough buttons that you almost never have to menu dive. The Nikon hasn't enough function buttons and it's super obvious that the UI underneath, really wishes it were in a PASM camera. That's not meant as a dig, BTW, I"m seriously considering the Zf because I shoot at the margins of high ISO where APS-C is at its limits. Plus I would really like modern AF. However the X-H1 is built better, has that velvety smooth shutter pop, and I'm used to it 🙂
Hi Samuel, will you consider to try adapt the Sigma 10-18 to Nikon ZF? The apsc of Sigma would become 15 widest but it will be a super useful and versatile small zoom lens on wonderful classy body.
Nikon EVFs are hugely underrated in my opinion. They don’t look as nice as some others on paper but as you point out I find the image more natural and the experience just feels better. Perhaps it’s the glass.
A sexy beast. It very much looks like an x-t series dear I say a better version of. I love the look but being a Fuji system lover I would need convincing. Question; is the 28mm lens focus by wire or not? I do love that it has eye detection with manual lens mode. I’m keen to have a go. Great video Samual! Thank you for it!
I really enjoyed this review! Good job man. I really want this Zf, but I own the fuji XT5 and XT20. I also have alot of fuji lenses I've invested in haha. So I don't know if I can justify the Zf. 😂
10:30 well Toyota is no loser car, because it takes you from A to B very reliably. When I was visiting California, Nevada and Arizona, the rent-a-car company let me choose between an American and a Japanese car the same size. Guess which one I took? :)
Super informatives Video über die ZF. Ein Vorschlag für "Auto ISO" Im Foto Modus ist der Video Auslöser nicht belegt. Den kann man dann als "ISO" Taste programmieren. Damit kann man die gleiche Funktion der ISO Umschaltung wie bei allen anderen Nikons einsetzen. Knopf drücken, vorne drehen für A/M und am hinterm Rad zur Vorgabe der ISO Werte. Das geht sehr einfach und schnell.
"Nicht hauen" - yeah I say that a lot lately to my daughter :D Thanks for sharing your experience with the Zf. I had almost the same experience so far, specially the ergonomics part - my thumb wants a comfi place to rest :D Regarding AF I think it's always depending on where you are coming from. The last few months I used the Q3 exlusively and now using the Zf, it really feels like cheating as you said. But if you come from Sony and Canon, you might get disappointed, since these systems are according to several YT reviews the benchmark regard AF. But for me it's more then good enough. In case you sell off your Fuji gear completely in the future, would you buy a second Zf body or a Z6III, which is rumored to have the same specs, but "modern design and ergonomics"?
The thing is, if you're a Nikon user from the DSLR days, this camera will amaze you. If you're a long-time Fuji user, this camera might befuddle you. It's all about what you're used to doing. Great example is the Auto ISO ... Nikon DSLR users were quite used to those two steps anyway. I will always have both Nikon and Fuji for different uses.
Nice, Add Nikon 26mm lens to it and you will need more, i add it to my Z7II and finally got the best all day all situation camera kit, i used before X100v and the ZFC but i sold them because i want a full frame camera with me all the time.
It's kinda funny how Fuji cameras (with dial, without PASM) operate way closer to older Nikon cameras like the Nikon FM3a, FE1/FE2. On those cameras the shutter speed does have an A setting! It's really sad that they didn't bring that back for the Df, Zf or Zf c. I think a compromise between PASM (incl. Nikon Zf, but also most modern cameras) cameras and modeless ones (like Fuji, Leica M) is that we would have a specific setting on the mode dial (call it R for retro, for L for modeLess), in which you out it the cameras behave like the Fuji ones. That way you could make a single camera that works for any way of working! But thanks for the video! I'm definitely somewhat tempted, but ultimately I think I like the combination of features I have in the X-Pro3. It seems like the best of many worlds to me, but I'm glad Nikon is at least making some cameras with the some of the dial stuff (though, sadly lacking the automatic setting on their dials). Thanks for making and sharing the video though! I appreciate it!
I’ve owned and used for many years the FM2, F3 and Df. I shot with the X-Pro 2 for four years. So I have long experience from shooting both ways including the old film cameras. Once you understand and learn how to utilise the lay out of the Zf/Df it’s much better and more powerful than the Fuji. The Fuji is easy to understand in the beginning but it is slower and more clumsy in practice. Nikon started working with this combination of PASM and manual dials with the Nikon FA about 40 years ago. And the wonderful F4 uses the same system. For cameras capable of program automation it’s far superior to flick a switch rather than having to juggle multiple dials. The FA/F4 control system is very well thought out and really works
Hey vielen Dank fürs abonnieren :) Der Gurt ist von Artisan and Artist und ist ein dünner Ledergürtel mit Polster am Nacken. Ich weiß leider nicht mehr genau wie die Bezeichnung von dem Gurt ist aber wenn du bei Artisan & Artist schaust müsstest du ihn finden. Er war ca 50€ (Angebot im Geschäft).
So is there really a difference in texture between the black leatherette and the colored ones in the Nikon ZF? Which one feels softer, more leathery and less plasticky? Thanks!
Yes there is! I had the black one before I got the grey one (order mistake). The black version feels like any other mirrorless camera. Plasticky feeling leather for sure. The Stone grey leather is warmer and feels softer. I think Nikon used two different leather types for the special editions. The green and the brown also have the same leather as the grey one. I like it much more than the regular black leather.
@@SamuelStreetlife thanks for claryfing! I was going to order the classic black but wasn't sure about the leatherette. Such a shame, wish it was soft and smooth like the colored ones. I have the Fuji Xpro3 and I don't like the hard plasticky leatherette it has. So now I must choose in between moss green, sepia brown, indaco blue or stone grey.. such a tough choice damn! BTW really enjoyed your video, congrats! Looking forward to your next one on the ZF
Oh no. I'm a Fujifilm shooter and after seeing how much nicer the Nikon image is, I regret buying into Fuji so much. 😂 Idk if you colour graded it better, but wow the Nikon is way less muddy, and green than the Fujifilm. The general curve is just more fresh looking. Fujifilm looks like it's a more polluted day, with hazy pulled highlights. Dammit. How much was the Nikon?
@@venom2k2 It's a beautiful piece of design, but I don't need it for the price and weight. Plus, it looks like Fujifilm needs to work on their colours a bit in general. Nikon just looks so much nicer right here.
@@venom2k2 hey I might be poor but I’m living in my own house and is paid off. I got what I need boy. You know what I don’t need? Your poor ass opinion who couldn’t understand $2k vs $7.5k cameras 😂…also it’s called GFX100 II not 100s II
Hi Samuel, do you think it's worth to switch from an APS-C Fujifilm camera to a Full Frame Nikon Zf for low light photography and video ? did you notice a big difference ? and is it worth to spend double the price ? I own a Fujifilm XS20 with 23mm and 35mm both f1.4 lenses Thanks !
Well, is it the end of Fuji for you? If you use it more and more, and it gives you better results? - the Zf is the Fuji x full frame camera that Fuji should have built - I can see a future video from you called, 'Why I sold my Fuji's and moved to Nikon'. Personally, I've been with Fuji since the XPro1. I’m now seriously considering the shift.
I am using the ZF more and more for video but it would cost me a bit too much money to invest in lenses for video when I already have all I need for my Fujifilm cameras. And a lot of my main video lenses I cannot sell because they were given to me by the brand for a video review. So I might as well just keep using Fuji for video and use my Nikons whenever I don't want to bring my fujis for video.
Best Review of this camera (Zf) on youtube. The way you use it is how I would. I love my Fuji X pro3 but I am going to purchase the zf so I can mount my fmouont Voigtlander 40|2 and 58| 14
Can you review it compared to Fuji's. I was a RAW only shooter, however, with Fuji I started to shoot more JPEGs because of their film simulations@@Tudor_Mateescu
Hey, just a quick question. Is the evf really that good? How is it compared to the Leica SL (601) for example? Is it as good or better perceptually speaking? Not megapixel datasheet number wise. Thanks!
Great video!!! We are living the same life. (Except my son is learning to drive now lol). I also have the Zf AND just shot with the 10-18mm in NYC. Also...I got the Auto ISO thing wrong in my video too lol. I wrote this disclaimer:
Correction on Auto ISO: Thanks to everyone who mentioned the Zf AUTO ISO settings! Very helpful! Sooooo.... The Zf dial works in Auto ISO. You can use it to override your minimum Auto ISO set! For example, you can set your auto ISO maximum to ISO 640 with a minimum shutter speed of 1/400. If the scene is too dark, the Auto ISO setting will flash. You can then turn your dial BEYOND your minimum to activate a higher ISO. It's pretty clever and useful. I'll have a follow-up showing image quality and useability in the real world! Yay.
As also mentioned by someone else in Omars video to this:
When set to auto-ISO, the ISO dial is not without function, but it works different from what you would expect. For auto-ISO you are setting an ISO max value in the menu along with a default value, a max ISO for use with flash and a minimum shutter speed. Now, you can use the ISO dial on the top plate with these settings to override the max ISO value set in the menu - with a twist. If the dial value is lower than what you set as the max in the menu, the max menu value still applies. If the dial value is higher than the menu value, the dial value applies. So one way to use this with auto-iso is to use a low max value in the menu and override it as needed with the top plate dial.
Good to know!
Would be nice to have an option to change the C to auto iso though! Give users an extra flexibility is always a good thing.
Hopefully in a future update :)
Thank you for copying and pasting MY comment on Omar's video here. :)
@@thedarkslide was not meant as stealing it. Just found it very useful and didn't know how to citate within RUclips. Sorry for this
@@MaxR.no sweat, just pulling your leg.
Wouldn't it be interesting to vary the lower shutter speed in Auto-iso via the speed wheel and not in the menu?
That moment when you just watch a casual RUclips video about a Nikon ZF, my wife comes in and asks why there is a man in a bathtub talking softly.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nikon may not always win on the spec sheet...but they almost always win on execution and refinement. Because the little details matter. So while the EVF may not be the highest resolution, or have the fastest refresh rate, it still uses a Quad-VGA system with 100% frame coverage, a 37.0° diagonal viewing angle, and *extremely* high quality viewfinder optics.
That makes sense now! All these details make a big difference👍
Quit making me want stuff.
Haha, sorry...
You know you want this for clean high iso shots and that ff look. Buy it
I'm getting one
@zafir700 I got one!
I plan to use mine with pixel shift, multi-exp, the Z macro & ES2 to make huge resolution, full color-depth, HDR archival digitizations of all my familys slides and negatives. It never seemed that important to capture every last grain of those images until they all passed away over the last decade. Now those images of them are all that remains of their lives, so carefully preserving each one becomes fairly precious.
Thanks for a comprehensive video. Just received my Zf Black w/ 24->70 f/4 .....Love it....haven't felt this good about a camera in a long time... bright viewfinder great shots. well exposed files.... all around super camera.
Manual eye autofocus is a dream feature. Bravo Nikon
Great video and style.
When Nikon introduced the Z mount, moving away from 64 years of the F mount, many were quick to criticise it. Now seeing how versatile the mount is, to be able to adapt to all the other mounts, Nikon engineers are absolutely vidicated. 👏❤
I recently bought this after a brief fling with Sony for a few years. It really fits with everything i want. Autofocus is not quite up to Sony, but it's very good and provides the dial layout and body design I prefer. After using for a week now, I am thinking the same thing as you. Why use anything else? I have an M11, but Zf gives me some of the Leica feeling but with all the benefits of modern tech. They just need to build out a few more small/light lens and I'll have to start really re-think my Leica. I could buy a whole bag of Z lens for cost of one M body lol
I love the sound of a child rebuilding the room in background ❤😁
If Nikon don't make a battery grip for the Zf with the look of the MD-12, they are crazy. I know they have a couple of little accessory grips, and I guess we will see third party ones at some point. I can imagine the Zf being quite popular and lots of aperture ring lenses and accessories being made.
Hi, I put the ISO on the funktion button f2. If you press now f2 and at the same time you Turn the front dial. , you could change to auto iso. Like the iso button in the Z6. You have the ISO dial put on C.
ZF looks so nice with that 40 1.2
Great to see a review from someone who bought the camera rather than an approved reviewer who had the camera for an hour with a Nikon security guard stood over them!
Thank you Samuel. Appreciate the segment on your experience with manual focus. Looking forward to part 2 and your thoughts on the Sigma 10-18 on the Fuji X-S20. Cheers,
Thanks for your time and effort, great video. Love the segment on the manual focusing experience. Nikon should support your next family vacation 😊
Great video Sam, always enjoy your vlog! One thing I'd like to point out is if you want auto focus lenses with aperture ring, you can adapt E mount lenses, many of them have aperture rings. As you said, Z mount is the most adaptable full frame mount. Can't wait for part 2 and street photography with ZF!
I recently picked up ZF and 28mm SE + 40 mm SE. I can't wait to try it this weekend
Your vlogs are great! The remote control lens changer was genius and hilarious.
I've got the zf and I'm enjoying it too. I've been shooting street with a gfx50r coupled with the voigtlander 40mm f2 ultron. I've traded mp & sensor size for ia af, ibis and a smaller body. The image quality coming from the zf with nikon 40mm se is great. Looking forwards to adapting some m mount lenses.
Dude! one of your best reviews-fun video. And thanks for bringing us along your family during your vacation. Peace!
Love this video! I got a Zf too for some similar reasons. Love hearing your perspective on it. Always enjoy your style of videos, so genuine and refreshing compared to a lot of the gear-driven content out there.
i absolutely love your thoughts and insight. your videos are a joy to watch.
Happy to see you got the Zf. I was a Nikon concert shooter and really happy to see the new styling. Can’t wait to hear your take on the 40mm lens and the body.
I will never get rid of my Fujifilm XT3 but after watching your video I am be very impressed with the Nikon ZF for all my manual focus lens .
I have many Nikon AIS for my Nikon film camera and some Voigtlander lens that would work great on the ZF.
I will probably use the ZF for manual focus lens only.
Love your video, very informative.
I apologise for using your video as a coping measure to get excited about getting a new camera...since my X-T3 along with the 16-80mm f4, 33mm f1.4 and laptop were stolen from my car today. Thank your son for being extremely cute and warming my heart, thus keeping me from cursing whoever took my most precious possessions. It gives me strength for filling out the police report and insurance claim in the morning...and then working on a damn Saturday.
The auto switch mode is very important and fast way to set the camera when the situation is difficult, both Fujifilm X-T10 up to X-T30 have it!
I love what Sigma is doing for APS-C lenses but we need some pancake lenses. A compact 23mm F2 (35mm equivalent) and 18mm F2 / 2.8 (28mm equivalent) would be amazing for small APS-C bodies and sell very well all around for Fuji, Sony etc...
Cool video man! I’m really enjoying my Nikon z5 with the the 24-50 mm kit lens
Great video, thanks Samuel! I'm trying to dislike Nikon Zf, because I'm Fuji fanboy, but it is so hard... Well done Nikon! I will wait for more lenses from Nikon, as you said, F2 smaller primes with aperture rings. But also will wait for Fuji - hopefully X-Pro4 and new 18mmF2. And then see what direction Fuji is going and how Nikon is evolving.
There is a lot to like about both systems. Said as a long time Fuji dials camera shooter.
Thanks for giving us a great insight into using the Zf. It's definitely what I have been wanting to get for a long time. A retro style (with physical dials) camera body but with a FF sensor. And like you said Nikon needs to come out with a few more small primes with an aperture ring to make this a perfect. Otherwise I'm also looking at going with the Voigtlander 40mm 1.2, It looks ace paired with the Zf. My X-Pro2 will be very jealous 😅
As a (mainly) street photographer I don't understand the use of FF in that scanerio. I want large DOF - high enough shutterspeed without having to turn up the ISO too much. Here I find the crop sensor (Fuji- Ricoh) to be a better tool for the job. Portrait- landscape is of course another discussion.
It takes a lot to replace my Ricoh GR II for street photography
Have you had good experience so far in the rain with the Z 40mm f2? I have one, but I’ve been too nervous to use it on wet days.
One of the very best review of the Nikon Zf I have seen. Here’s hoping Nikon do a Z mount “remake” or update of that incredible 28mm f1.4E F mount lens you have. I love the idea of using that but the size + the adapter is a bit of a bummer on a body of this size.
I wonder if getting one of those new E to Z adapters would allow for having an aperture ring as well as full autofocus support, as a bunch of the Sony E mount lenses have aperture rings.
Your video review looks very genuine. Very refreshing in the sea of fake influencers.
That grey is nice! I got the moss green and it has the same smoother texture. Still waiting for my voigtlander 40 f1.2 Z mount which will be the primary lens for this camera. I'm keeping me D850 and the Zf is my secondary body.
How do you like the moss green?
You can make the front button a ISO custom button and when you hold that button while turning the front dial it will toggle auto ISO.
VERY interesting, I like the GREY GHOST...sop a toss up with the BLUE TOO!
14:10 the coolest rolling shutter test I've seen! :)
Lovely to see your son, enjoy your family holiday, greetings from New Zealand, settled spring weather here.
lol, talk about enthusiasm and effort, subscribed! Let's go Nikon!
What a timely video. My wife and I are going to road trip from Mainz to Koln and Dusserldorf next week during All Saints. How did you like the location of 25hours hotel? I also pre-ordered the Sigma 10-18 f/2.8. It will join my 18-50 f/2.8 and Viltrox 27 f/1.2 as my travel kit.
PS> Your observations about the EVF are I think due to the glass that Nikon uses on their EVFs. I find them really pleasant to look through.
Sehr schön, cooles Video! Wie du das hinbekommen hast mit Kindchen dabei 🥵 extra daumennachoben. Jetzt will ich die ZF noch mehr
I'm also excited and looking forward to your roadtrip results :)
That's a nice-looking camera! I like the design very much. I've never been a Nikon person though. Back in the day, you had to choose Canon or Nikon, so I went Canon. Now, though, I'm currently toying around my first Micro 4:3 -- a Lumix GX85.
Great video, good mix of sights, family and friends, thoroughly enjoyable! I just received my own Nikon Zf and I look forward to your recommendations for lenses (including manual ones) to pair with this camera.
Great video, thank you! Now that you've shot both, how does the Zf compare to the Df?
Hi SAm! awesome review & video. Also using Fuji & Nikon systems. Thank you
Resisting GAS as I own one too many cameras, but the zf is just too desirable for me. My hero buying one for his own doesn't help.
Great update, really hope that one day canon opens up RF mount, this little sigma would be great to have on my R7. Enjoy Düsseldorf, it’s somehow out little escape spot to go. Cheers
You can always map the Auto-ISO "on-off" to one of the function buttons, if you want.
Great video. A Nikon Zf - Leica Q3 comparision would be fun 🎉
I’m trying to decide if I want that sigma lens or the new DJ Pocket 3. Leaning that way even though I need nothing😂 My uncle has only shot Nikon that I know.
Wow never seen a Zf in use without an add-on grip other than Nikon marketing!
I really like it and I'm having tons of fun shooting with it. The menu is awful and the setup limitations are unbelievable.. when Nikon will fix it with a 2.0 firmware???!!
I saw this camera in the green and I was like oh I want it. I know it’s really delayed but it looks like it’ll be worth the wait
Hello from 🇩🇰 Pretty excited to hear you are going to Denmark. Please give a heads up if you’re near Viborg/Aarhus😍
Clicked for the camera, stayed for the kiddo 😂.
Great review btw, always loved your practical one’s over people losing their minds on spec sheets.
I was very excited about this camera when it was announced, and it seems like a fantastic camera, but I think for me I will be better off sticking with my Fuji and GR combo. Not letting you set C to be auto-ISO or auto-shutter speed is just crazy, come on Nikon! I think Fuji has had the time to perfect the 'retro' styling whilst still being functional, even with the ergonomics I don't find the X-T3 uncomfortable to hold. That and I think Nikon missed a trick by not giving the SE versions of the lenses physical aperture rings. They should either commit to the retro style or not, instead of going halfway.
I shoot X-H1s and it's obvious that Fuji made the computerized modern camera part work around the physical controls. Shooting the Zf, it's obvious that the computerized modern part has been shoehorned into a dials camera. You can really shoot the Fuji with all manual controls and there are enough buttons that you almost never have to menu dive. The Nikon hasn't enough function buttons and it's super obvious that the UI underneath, really wishes it were in a PASM camera.
That's not meant as a dig, BTW, I"m seriously considering the Zf because I shoot at the margins of high ISO where APS-C is at its limits. Plus I would really like modern AF. However the X-H1 is built better, has that velvety smooth shutter pop, and I'm used to it 🙂
This is what Voigtlanders are for💜
Hi Samuel, will you consider to try adapt the Sigma 10-18 to Nikon ZF? The apsc of Sigma would become 15 widest but it will be a super useful and versatile small zoom lens on wonderful classy body.
As a Fuji user who just got a ZF, I will also say …my Fuji gear is in trouble. 🫣
Nikon EVFs are hugely underrated in my opinion. They don’t look as nice as some others on paper but as you point out I find the image more natural and the experience just feels better. Perhaps it’s the glass.
Thanks, I hope that you make a review for the sigma 10-18 2.6 X mount
Great review, Sam. In your opinion, how loud is the shutter sound?
Awesome. Been thinking to get Zf or wait for the Z6iii for better ergonomics.
A sexy beast. It very much looks like an x-t series dear I say a better version of. I love the look but being a Fuji system lover I would need convincing. Question; is the 28mm lens focus by wire or not? I do love that it has eye detection with manual lens mode. I’m keen to have a go. Great video Samual! Thank you for it!
I think all autofocus lenses are focus by wire.
Nice video on zf and comparing with Fuji. Since you were in Düsseldorf hopefully you hit Schumacher for excellent bier.
Just what I was expecting from you, awesome video. Im consider buying one and wondering how the sony FE auto adapting ring works with ZF.
now we just need voigtlander to drop that manual 28mm f1.4 with a tab and most of my fuji gear is gone
I really enjoyed this review! Good job man. I really want this Zf, but I own the fuji XT5 and XT20. I also have alot of fuji lenses I've invested in haha. So I don't know if I can justify the Zf. 😂
Do you think this is a good camera to adapt M lenses?
I was just curious, what tape do you use to cover the logo? Is it just electric tape?
10:30 well Toyota is no loser car, because it takes you from A to B very reliably. When I was visiting California, Nevada and Arizona, the rent-a-car company let me choose between an American and a Japanese car the same size. Guess which one I took? :)
Super informatives Video über die ZF. Ein Vorschlag für "Auto ISO" Im Foto Modus ist der Video Auslöser nicht belegt. Den kann man dann als "ISO" Taste programmieren. Damit kann man die gleiche Funktion der ISO Umschaltung wie bei allen anderen Nikons einsetzen. Knopf drücken, vorne drehen für A/M und am hinterm Rad zur Vorgabe der ISO Werte. Das geht sehr einfach und schnell.
Great camera, needs nikon to bring out some "fujicron" equivalents, small, F2, metal build with aperture rings
Samuel, could you do a video with the ZF WITH your nokton 40 1.2 with some JPEGS samples? Thank you !!!
"Nicht hauen" - yeah I say that a lot lately to my daughter :D
Thanks for sharing your experience with the Zf. I had almost the same experience so far, specially the ergonomics part - my thumb wants a comfi place to rest :D
Regarding AF I think it's always depending on where you are coming from. The last few months I used the Q3 exlusively and now using the Zf, it really feels like cheating as you said. But if you come from Sony and Canon, you might get disappointed, since these systems are according to several YT reviews the benchmark regard AF.
But for me it's more then good enough.
In case you sell off your Fuji gear completely in the future, would you buy a second Zf body or a Z6III, which is rumored to have the same specs, but "modern design and ergonomics"?
The street photography community needs more bath-time with Samuel!
The thing is, if you're a Nikon user from the DSLR days, this camera will amaze you. If you're a long-time Fuji user, this camera might befuddle you. It's all about what you're used to doing. Great example is the Auto ISO ... Nikon DSLR users were quite used to those two steps anyway. I will always have both Nikon and Fuji for different uses.
That bath tub shot was unexpected haha
Curious if you would enjoy the 26mm 2.8 pancake lens on the ZF
Gratz on the box of fun😊
Nice, Add Nikon 26mm lens to it and you will need more, i add it to my Z7II and finally got the best all day all situation camera kit, i used before X100v and the ZFC but i sold them because i want a full frame camera with me all the time.
It's kinda funny how Fuji cameras (with dial, without PASM) operate way closer to older Nikon cameras like the Nikon FM3a, FE1/FE2. On those cameras the shutter speed does have an A setting! It's really sad that they didn't bring that back for the Df, Zf or Zf c.
I think a compromise between PASM (incl. Nikon Zf, but also most modern cameras) cameras and modeless ones (like Fuji, Leica M) is that we would have a specific setting on the mode dial (call it R for retro, for L for modeLess), in which you out it the cameras behave like the Fuji ones. That way you could make a single camera that works for any way of working!
But thanks for the video! I'm definitely somewhat tempted, but ultimately I think I like the combination of features I have in the X-Pro3. It seems like the best of many worlds to me, but I'm glad Nikon is at least making some cameras with the some of the dial stuff (though, sadly lacking the automatic setting on their dials).
Thanks for making and sharing the video though! I appreciate it!
I’ve owned and used for many years the FM2, F3 and Df. I shot with the X-Pro 2 for four years. So I have long experience from shooting both ways including the old film cameras. Once you understand and learn how to utilise the lay out of the Zf/Df it’s much better and more powerful than the Fuji. The Fuji is easy to understand in the beginning but it is slower and more clumsy in practice. Nikon started working with this combination of PASM and manual dials with the Nikon FA about 40 years ago. And the wonderful F4 uses the same system. For cameras capable of program automation it’s far superior to flick a switch rather than having to juggle multiple dials. The FA/F4 control system is very well thought out and really works
Great point on the lack of compact Nikon primes, it’s the only thing keeping me from buying this camera.
素敵なレビューでした！
ニコンのISO設計が独特でフジの方が自然な気がするのですが、使い方を説明してくれて良かったです。
大抵のRUclipsrは怒ったり、馬鹿にしたりするのですけど、こうやって使えばいいのだと教えてくれる方が助かります。100点のカメラは無いのですから。
あとシャッターユニットによる「1/125の微ブレ問題」はあるのかもしれませんね。
それにしてもお爺さんの作品も素晴らしい・・・
at around @27.00 with which lens did you use there? Great review thank you for taking time!
That was shot with the Sigma 10-18mm 2.8 @10mm :) Thanks for the comment and appreciation!
Amazing video. Informative and fun .
Super Video, habe deinen Kanal abonniert! Darf ich fragen, welchen Kameragurt du an der Nikon Zf nutzt? (Der sieht nämlich mega aus.)
Hey vielen Dank fürs abonnieren :) Der Gurt ist von Artisan and Artist und ist ein dünner Ledergürtel mit Polster am Nacken. Ich weiß leider nicht mehr genau wie die Bezeichnung von dem Gurt ist aber wenn du bei Artisan & Artist schaust müsstest du ihn finden. Er war ca 50€ (Angebot im Geschäft).
So is there really a difference in texture between the black leatherette and the colored ones in the Nikon ZF? Which one feels softer, more leathery and less plasticky? Thanks!
Yes there is! I had the black one before I got the grey one (order mistake). The black version feels like any other mirrorless camera. Plasticky feeling leather for sure. The Stone grey leather is warmer and feels softer. I think Nikon used two different leather types for the special editions. The green and the brown also have the same leather as the grey one. I like it much more than the regular black leather.
@@SamuelStreetlife thanks for claryfing! I was going to order the classic black but wasn't sure about the leatherette. Such a shame, wish it was soft and smooth like the colored ones. I have the Fuji Xpro3 and I don't like the hard plasticky leatherette it has. So now I must choose in between moss green, sepia brown, indaco blue or stone grey.. such a tough choice damn! BTW really enjoyed your video, congrats! Looking forward to your next one on the ZF
Oh no. I'm a Fujifilm shooter and after seeing how much nicer the Nikon image is, I regret buying into Fuji so much. 😂
Idk if you colour graded it better, but wow the Nikon is way less muddy, and green than the Fujifilm. The general curve is just more fresh looking. Fujifilm looks like it's a more polluted day, with hazy pulled highlights.
Dammit. How much was the Nikon?
Stop complaining. Buy the new gfx 100s II and be happy.
@@venom2k2 It's a beautiful piece of design, but I don't need it for the price and weight. Plus, it looks like Fujifilm needs to work on their colours a bit in general. Nikon just looks so much nicer right here.
@@venom2k2lmao, $7500 vs $2000 yeah right 😂😂
@@ufukkiblat don't laugh about your own poverty, boy
@@venom2k2 hey I might be poor but I’m living in my own house and is paid off. I got what I need boy. You know what I don’t need? Your poor ass opinion who couldn’t understand $2k vs $7.5k cameras 😂…also it’s called GFX100 II not 100s II
Best outro ever
a 14mm compact is missing from the Ricoh GR product line.
Hi Samuel, do you think it's worth to switch from an APS-C Fujifilm camera to a Full Frame Nikon Zf for low light photography and video ?
did you notice a big difference ? and is it worth to spend double the price ?
I own a Fujifilm XS20 with 23mm and 35mm both f1.4 lenses
Thanks !
Well, is it the end of Fuji for you? If you use it more and more, and it gives you better results? - the Zf is the Fuji x full frame camera that Fuji should have built - I can see a future video from you called, 'Why I sold my Fuji's and moved to Nikon'. Personally, I've been with Fuji since the XPro1. I’m now seriously considering the shift.
I am using the ZF more and more for video but it would cost me a bit too much money to invest in lenses for video when I already have all I need for my Fujifilm cameras. And a lot of my main video lenses I cannot sell because they were given to me by the brand for a video review. So I might as well just keep using Fuji for video and use my Nikons whenever I don't want to bring my fujis for video.
Best Review of this camera (Zf) on youtube. The way you use it is how I would. I love my Fuji X pro3 but I am going to purchase the zf so I can mount my fmouont Voigtlander 40|2 and 58| 14
Good video thank you.
I am a Fuji user and tempted by the ZF. Just hope it has film simulations similar to Fuji
It has - Nikon picture control is the name. Search it online.
@@Tudor_Mateescu Is it available in camera like Fujifilm or via post processing software?
Can you review it compared to Fuji's. I was a RAW only shooter, however, with Fuji I started to shoot more JPEGs because of their film simulations@@Tudor_Mateescu
@@momoz88 i don't have it yet, I'm prospecting it also
@@Tudor_Mateescu Real time LUT's would be great. Like SII.
Hey, just a quick question. Is the evf really that good? How is it compared to the Leica SL (601) for example? Is it as good or better perceptually speaking? Not megapixel datasheet number wise. Thanks!