Wonderful video Rachel ! Love watching your genuine excitement and enthusiasm when in you’re element!! The use of the penguin shadow to maintain the texture of the foreground was genius !!! Best Art 😍
Brought a tear to my eye, seeing those beautiful images of my old home-country. Very nice review and feedback, thanx Rachie. Enjoyed watching this one. Excellent camera, happy Nikon can fill that mid-tier gap without a sacrifice in quality and features. Greetings from Down Under.
Impressive photos and video and helped me confirm that this camera is a good choice for me. I was a bit reluctant due to the 24 MP but this does not seem to be too big an issue.
Fabulous Rachel. You have that Magic that is difficult to learn. I really like your composition too. And Yes! I have subscribed. From the upsidedown side of our plannet, ... Australia. .....🐨
"Human prompt", love that! I was a little bothered by the fact that you said the Z6III was for an 'amateur' photographer, I have to strongly disagree. My body would hate me lugging around a Z9 all day. I cannot wait until I can get my hands on this camera!
The MP count does make it an amateur camera in my opinion. As an example, I’m heading on an assignment tomorrow where the deliverables are 35mp images and above. I couldn’t do my job with the Z6 III, hence my opinion of it being a camera for amateurs rather than professionals. Hope that helps, as always, it’s my opinion and you’re free to make your own decisions 🙂
@@RachelBigsby I understand, however there are many working professionals out there that 24MP is more than adequate in most cases. Would I have liked a bit of an MP bump in the Z6III sure, but it's not the most important factor. Thanks for the response. :)
Rachel, thank you for this video on the Z6iii I'm trading in my 21mp Nikon D500 and although crop sensor has been use successfully as a pro camera. I think for me 24mp will be a great second camera to my Z8 and also the use of Z lenses. I think if you go back to 'film' the expertise came from the photographer and darkroom not the camera so really any camera can be professional it depend on the eye behind the lens... Thank you for your summing up of this camera ...
I think people get hung up on big MP, I've shot images for motorcycle magazines for 17 year and some double page spreads were only done with 8MP back in the day. So I'd be more than happy with 24mp, although doing wildlife it's nice to have that large MP for cropping.
@@HotGates clearly Nikon is behind in yerms of precaptur. Idk why they keep in in jpeg, if it's a technical limitation or something else. But if you're a pro wildlife photographer I understand you can be frustrated. I feel disapppointed it does not have a dedicated bird AF mode for the moment.. maybe a firmware update?
@@romainplagnol882 From what I heard is bird detect is implemented inside animal detect. Now with pre capture oh well it is what it is and there's nothing we can do, Why Nikon gives jpeg features only is not good but oh well, I'm actually thinking of moving over to Canon.
How about doing a human prompt competition on Instagram with Nikon allowing your followers to interpret a prompt with some wildlife photographic prizes from Nikon? Would be a good way to create some interaction with the brand 😊
It’s hard to say, as there is no major difference - it’s not “technically” as good as the Z9 in my eyes simply because of the subject detection lacking bird detect as a stand alone feature but the Z6 III certainly didn’t struggle at any point. There wasn’t a single moment that I found it difficult or worse. I’d still give it 9/10
In theory, the Z9 with its fully stacked sensor, will have better Af tracking vs the partially stacked sensor in the Z6iii, but bearing in mind the same processor used on both, most likely also the same algorithms used, as well as AF modes/aids, I would be surprised if there is a big performance delta wrt AF in practice. Even between my Z9 and Zf, it’s not that easy to differentiate, and the Zf only sports a BSI sensor.
The rangers of the reserve :-) There is extensive conservation work that takes place here, monitoring from a tower hide how many juvenile gannets are predated by seals when trying to fledge the colony. They need an accurate census to enable them to determine the population growth or decline, enabling them to take action. It happens across the world, and I myself used to assist with Razorbills. Hope this helps :-)
incredible work, indeed
Incredible work. I think you could absolutely use the Z6 III for professional use!
Brilliant video and review. What a stunning location 👌
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching!
Great video Rachel loved all the photos and what a location the review was very good 😊
Excellent video and brilliant photos Rachel 👏📸big fan of your photography 😊what an amazing camera 📷👍
Wonderful video Rachel ! Love watching your genuine excitement and enthusiasm when in you’re element!! The use of the penguin shadow to maintain the texture of the foreground was genius !!! Best Art 😍
Oh thank you! You’re always so kind and supportive. Lots of love. X
splendid images ! You seem to have had a blast 🙂
Thank you! 😃
Brought a tear to my eye, seeing those beautiful images of my old home-country. Very nice review and feedback, thanx Rachie. Enjoyed watching this one. Excellent camera, happy Nikon can fill that mid-tier gap without a sacrifice in quality and features.
Greetings from Down Under.
Congrats!
Delightful video, and a great choice of music. The gannet shots were beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed it - thank you ☺️
What a level of image quality, outstanding 👌
Impressive photos and video and helped me confirm that this camera is a good choice for me. I was a bit reluctant due to the 24 MP but this does not seem to be too big an issue.
Hope you enjoyed your time in South Africa, Cape Town Rachel😉 Stunning photographs!
Fabulous Rachel. You have that Magic that is difficult to learn. I really like your composition too. And Yes! I have subscribed.
From the upsidedown side of our plannet, ... Australia. .....🐨
Great Video 👍
I loved the shadow pic. I haven't seen one like that. Great review
Thank you 🤗
I wear a baseball cap or some hat (kind of like a cowboy without the side curl) when shooting in brighter days. Great location for a sea of birds.
Human prompt is a cool idea. Any word from Nikon on building content authentication into their cameras?
It’s a great idea, isn’t it! I’m afraid I don’t have any information to share about that 😊
"Human prompt", love that!
I was a little bothered by the fact that you said the Z6III was for an 'amateur' photographer, I have to strongly disagree. My body would hate me lugging around a Z9 all day.
I cannot wait until I can get my hands on this camera!
The MP count does make it an amateur camera in my opinion. As an example, I’m heading on an assignment tomorrow where the deliverables are 35mp images and above. I couldn’t do my job with the Z6 III, hence my opinion of it being a camera for amateurs rather than professionals. Hope that helps, as always, it’s my opinion and you’re free to make your own decisions 🙂
@@RachelBigsby I understand, however there are many working professionals out there that 24MP is more than adequate in most cases. Would I have liked a bit of an MP bump in the Z6III sure, but it's not the most important factor. Thanks for the response. :)
@@RachelBigsby asking for MPs for a job is pretty rare even for professional jobs.
She’s right and beautiful leave her alone
Rachel, thank you for this video on the Z6iii I'm trading in my 21mp Nikon D500 and although crop sensor has been use successfully as a pro camera. I think for me 24mp will be a great second camera to my Z8 and also the use of Z lenses. I think if you go back to 'film' the expertise came from the photographer and darkroom not the camera so really any camera can be professional it depend on the eye behind the lens... Thank you for your summing up of this camera ...
I think people get hung up on big MP, I've shot images for motorcycle magazines for 17 year and some double page spreads were only done with 8MP back in the day. So I'd be more than happy with 24mp, although doing wildlife it's nice to have that large MP for cropping.
I'm sure it's a good camera but as a wildlife photographer I'm disappointed with jpeg only pre capture.
Even Lumix s5ii can shoot precaptur Raw
@@romainplagnol882 So can my OM-1 Mark II, I also have a Z8 but I am considering Canon at this point.
@@HotGates clearly Nikon is behind in yerms of precaptur. Idk why they keep in in jpeg, if it's a technical limitation or something else. But if you're a pro wildlife photographer I understand you can be frustrated.
I feel disapppointed it does not have a dedicated bird AF mode for the moment.. maybe a firmware update?
@@romainplagnol882 From what I heard is bird detect is implemented inside animal detect. Now with pre capture oh well it is what it is and there's nothing we can do, Why Nikon gives jpeg features only is not good but oh well, I'm actually thinking of moving over to Canon.
@@HotGates Just move already
How about doing a human prompt competition on Instagram with Nikon allowing your followers to interpret a prompt with some wildlife photographic prizes from Nikon? Would be a good way to create some interaction with the brand 😊
That’s a great suggestion. Thank you!
There’s a very similar idea coming from Nikon soon! ☺️
You are lucky.
where does the z6iii struggle in focus compared to the Z9?
It’s hard to say, as there is no major difference - it’s not “technically” as good as the Z9 in my eyes simply because of the subject detection lacking bird detect as a stand alone feature but the Z6 III certainly didn’t struggle at any point. There wasn’t a single moment that I found it difficult or worse.
I’d still give it 9/10
@@RachelBigsby Would love to know how it does with Eye AF with moving subjects. In the past front or back focusing was common.
In theory, the Z9 with its fully stacked sensor, will have better Af tracking vs the partially stacked sensor in the Z6iii, but bearing in mind the same processor used on both, most likely also the same algorithms used, as well as AF modes/aids, I would be surprised if there is a big performance delta wrt AF in practice.
Even between my Z9 and Zf, it’s not that easy to differentiate, and the Zf only sports a BSI sensor.
z9 has more af points, faster readout which can help some.
Who counted the birds?
The rangers of the reserve :-)
There is extensive conservation work that takes place here, monitoring from a tower hide how many juvenile gannets are predated by seals when trying to fledge the colony.
They need an accurate census to enable them to determine the population growth or decline, enabling them to take action.
It happens across the world, and I myself used to assist with Razorbills. Hope this helps :-)
@@RachelBigsby Wondering how one can count thousands of birds that are not stationary, constantly moving around, & all look the same...any ideas?