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Do you see any difference in color/image quality between the D750 and Z6ii ? I feel the images produced on D750 tend to have more softer pleasing pictures.. and the pics from Z6ii look a tiny bit digital to me(for lack of better words). Is it because of the lenses ?
Hey Bilbo! The D750 and Z6ii handle colors a bit *differently*, but it's easily corrected in post. There was a good ~18 months where Sarah was shooting with a Z6 and I was shooting with a D750, and we couldn't sync our white balance or tint between them because the same scene look "right" at TOTALLY different settings. That being said, the Z6 and Z7 cameras have better image sensors than the D750, so the images tend to be sharper and a bit less noisy at high-ISO. Maybe that's what you mean by "digital", but I strongly prefer the images we take with our mirrorless cameras. Haven't tested this extensively though!
Great video guys. I shoot Nikon Mirrorless with a Z6II and a Z5. I would recommend the Z5 for any wedding photographer that would like to get started with the Mirrorless technology on a budget. It has 2 SD slots like the D750 and D780. The AF is on par with the Z6. The only place it is lacking are the video specs. It is otherwise a fine tool.
Thanks for adding that, Mark! We've never used the Z5 personally (which is why we didn't include it in the video), but we agree that it seems like a great entry point to Nikon's mirrorless tech on a slightly smaller budget.
I think you got it right. Due to the massively cheaper glass, I prefer still the DSLRs. But I can completely understand your position. The Z6 and Z8 are great cameras.
Well the best part is that with a simple adapter (FTZ for Nikon), you can take advantage of all the mirrorless camera body benefits, but use the cheaper DSLR lenses!
I currently use the D750 as a secondary and a D780 as my main body. I've been looking for an excuse to replace my D750 with a true mirrorless (as the D780 is more of a hybrid). The Z6II is looking pretty promising
Go for it! Just be careful... once you have a mirrorless on one hip and a DSLR on the other, you're going to find yourself never wanting to use the DSLR again!! I tried doing a Z6ii and D750 combo... it lasted about two sessions before I ordered a second Z6ii 😂
Hi, congratulations for the review, I would like to know if it is worth buying the z6 ii over the z6 for speed and focus, they say that with the latest update they work almost the same.
Haha I think you should be fine! We shot a handful of weddings last summer with our Z6iis that were 90-degrees plus with 95% humidity and they never slowed or had any issues!
@@hunter.and.sarah.education Yeah, you're so right. It's just out of my budget right now. Besides, the autofocus on the Z6 II is way better than my D750, so it feels like the perfect choice for my first mirrorless camera. Thanks a lot for all your help and advice! 😊
Great Content,nicely presented.Nikon D750 an all rounder camera,one of the best cameras Nikon ever made…I am still holding one and never disappointed with the image quality. Nikon company as well as camera are slow in focusing (auto focus )😁.
Thanks for watching! And yes, we definitely agree. We shot well over 150k shutters on our D750s before we upgraded. I will say though... never going back now that we've made the jump to mirrorless!
Great video, In my personal opinion, I would have pushed the z5 more. I've gone from 750 to z5 to 6ii and 7ii and from my experience with all these cameras, the z5 is basically a mirrorless 750. I believe it to be the most underrated camera in the Z lineup. For photographers, the z5 can keep up just as good. For hybrid shooters, not so much. I have found zero differences in image quality between the z5 and z6ii.
Hey Luciano! I agree on all of that, except the lack of a dual card slot in the Z5 makes it just a slightly less expensive version of the Z6, and also why - as wedding photographers - we still won’t recommend it. Otherwise, the missing mini-LCD on top of the camera and SD instead of XQD are the only differences. While the Z6, Z7 and Z9 are the mirrorless versions of the D750, D850 and D6 (in those orders), the Z5 is more of a “pro-sumer” body. That being said, still a great camera!
@@hunter.and.sarah.education unfortunately you're mistaken, the z5 has dual SD slots, is full frame and while it is missing the top lcd screen on the shutter button side, it's not a deal breaker. The sensor is in my opinion the exact same as the one in the 750, it lacks BSI, however I still haven't seen any differences in high iso images.
@@lucianocherubino570 huh, good to know! In that case, yes, the Z5 sounds like a better and cheaper alternative to the Z6! Although I’d still rather have the XQD/CFExpress of the Z6ii. Thanks for making us aware of that!
Unfortunately, the Z5 is about the equivalent of a D610. I'm a member of one of the larger FB groups and the Z5 suffers in low light wedding receptions. There's no shortage of disappointed Z5 users. There are of course many different ideas of what constitutes "low light". The Z6 was in the same boat until Nikon released the last firmware update. The Z5 and the Z6 keep getting better, but a bit too slow from Nikon. At my last wedding, I shot my Z6 with the latest firmware and the 24-70 f2.8 Z lens and the reception was almost 100% lights out...It performed better than it ever has. Almost zero missed focus.
Thanks Tony! Which firmware update are you referring to? I just glanced at the most recent updates for the Z6 and Z6ii cameras and they seem pretty straightforward: a few new lenses and a couple of bug fixes.
Thank you for all of your info! I’ve been searching and researching for hours the past week trying to decide which route to go! I have Nikon pro lenses that will be hard to replace, so I’ve been reluctant to switch to mirror less! I’ve been shooting dx for years and scared to switch to full frame haha! Sounds ridiculous, but my favorite all-around setup is my 17-55 2.8 on my dx Nikon body. I also love my 14-24 2.8. If I go full frame, that all changes and I’ll be a beginner again! Oyyy Anyways, I’m gonna pull the trigger today on the z6ii and z 70-200 vr. Im guessing the z adapter will turn my 28-70 2.8 into a 17-55 ish! 🤷🏻♀️Wish me luck! I’ll be referring to your RUclips regularly! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
We're so glad that these videos helped! To clarify, if you're currently shooting on a DX (crop-sensor) body and switch to a FX (full-frame ) body -- regardless of mirrorless or DSLR -- your DX lenses are no longer going to work. Your full-frame lenses that you were using on your crop sensor camera will still work, so long as you have the FTZ adapter, and the focal lengths listed on the lenses will now be accurate (instead of being multiplied by ~1.5X with your crop sensor).
Hey Mark, especially after the newest firmware updates to the Z6, we definitely feel like the memory card slot is really the primary difference between the two cameras!
@@hunter.and.sarah.education thanks - the extra slot in Nikons dont really cover me because I shoot hybrid. I was thinking of picking up a Z6 to stick on a gimbal.
For super high ISO use DXO PhotoLab or DXO PureRaw Deep PRIME. I would not use Deep PRIME xD just use Deep PRIME. It will even restore high ISO color loss.
@@hunter.and.sarah.education DXO PhotoLab or DXP PureRaw blows away Lightroom's noise reduction its on another level. If you try it just use Deep PRIME and not Deep PRIME xD.
Great content. I've had a D750 for the past few years and am still considering getting a Z6. Sounds like there's a lot of similiarities but also some key benefits.You covered pretty much every point including the added costs of using a different memory card.
D750 has the same old sensor as Z5. The Z6/ii cameras have a newer faster, cleaner BSI sensor. If you don't care about video and fast AF then Z5, which was selling for $999 a few months ago is a better option then the old D750.
Great point. The Z5 is definitely a low-barrier-to-entry way to get started in the mirrorless ecosystem, although it doesn't quite hold up against the Z6 and Z6ii.
ISO???? Was hoping that you would compare the image quality and noise at ISOs leading up to 10000. who cares that all three cameras have ISO 10k and above, what about the noise for ISOs leading up to 10k??? thanks
Hmm good point! We’ll be sure to include that in any future videos we do on the subject 🤔 This video was based on our past experience, not testing we did for the video, so it would’ve been a pretty anecdotal analysis anyway.
The mirrorless cameras (at least from Nikon) come standard with higher capacity batteries than the older DSLRs did, so I can usually shoot an 8-hour wedding day on a single battery with my mirrorless camera 🤷🏻♂️ Didn’t even think to mention the battery consumption!
EVF will never be OVF..... As great as mirrorless cameras are becoming, the eye and lens connection is only real and true with an optical view finder in my opinion
I totally get the desire to see "real" as opposed to a digital replica but... have you used an EVF before!? It's something like 1.2 million pixels squeezed into a square inch, showing you exactly what your final image will look like in real-time. Especially in low-light scenarios (like the dance floor on wedding days), I went from squinting and straining my eyes to see through my lens, to seeing the dance floor in front of me as bright as day. I'll never go back to a DSLR again. It feels like going back to a walkman CD player after the iPod was invented.
De you think your jobs as a professional photographers days are numbered because of mirrorless cameras? A armature can take just ask good photos as you.
Hahahaha no -- not at all! Even with mirrorless technology, it takes practice and expertise to capture a properly-exposed image (although it is MUCH easier with mirrorless). And getting an image that's properly exposed and getting one that people will pay thousands and thousands of dollars for are a far way off. We knew how to take a properly exposed image when we shot our first wedding for $850. But it took a lot of hard work, business savvy, practice, time, energy, and more hard work to get to where we are know, where people will pay us 10X that to photograph their wedding. There's a pretty wide gap between "properly exposed" and "just as good a photo as someone who's been shooting professionally for 10 years" 😊 Not to mention the fact that running a photography business is 80% business and 20% taking pretty photos!
Guys, look. I think people need to know how your shooting experiences are with the different bodies, focus performance, low light etc. Talking specs has been done countless times before and won't help many.
This is the video I was looking for. Thanks guys. Great work
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Excellent. Thank you for giving us down to earth practical information.
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Do you see any difference in color/image quality between the D750 and Z6ii ? I feel the images produced on D750 tend to have more softer pleasing pictures.. and the pics from Z6ii look a tiny bit digital to me(for lack of better words). Is it because of the lenses ?
Hey Bilbo! The D750 and Z6ii handle colors a bit *differently*, but it's easily corrected in post. There was a good ~18 months where Sarah was shooting with a Z6 and I was shooting with a D750, and we couldn't sync our white balance or tint between them because the same scene look "right" at TOTALLY different settings. That being said, the Z6 and Z7 cameras have better image sensors than the D750, so the images tend to be sharper and a bit less noisy at high-ISO. Maybe that's what you mean by "digital", but I strongly prefer the images we take with our mirrorless cameras. Haven't tested this extensively though!
Great video guys. I shoot Nikon Mirrorless with a Z6II and a Z5. I would recommend the Z5 for any wedding photographer that would like to get started with the Mirrorless technology on a budget. It has 2 SD slots like the D750 and D780. The AF is on par with the Z6. The only place it is lacking are the video specs. It is otherwise a fine tool.
Thanks for adding that, Mark! We've never used the Z5 personally (which is why we didn't include it in the video), but we agree that it seems like a great entry point to Nikon's mirrorless tech on a slightly smaller budget.
I think you got it right. Due to the massively cheaper glass, I prefer still the DSLRs. But I can completely understand your position. The Z6 and Z8 are great cameras.
Well the best part is that with a simple adapter (FTZ for Nikon), you can take advantage of all the mirrorless camera body benefits, but use the cheaper DSLR lenses!
I currently use the D750 as a secondary and a D780 as my main body. I've been looking for an excuse to replace my D750 with a true mirrorless (as the D780 is more of a hybrid). The Z6II is looking pretty promising
Go for it! Just be careful... once you have a mirrorless on one hip and a DSLR on the other, you're going to find yourself never wanting to use the DSLR again!! I tried doing a Z6ii and D750 combo... it lasted about two sessions before I ordered a second Z6ii 😂
@@hunter.and.sarah.education Hahaha noted. I'm hoping a D780 and Z6II combo will give me my fix for at least a little while.
@@49sixteen that is what I use now….D780 and Z6ii…..and sometimes I still bring along my D300 🤠👍
@@CatholicforGod Nice! I actually just sold my D750 a few days ago and ordered the Z6II. Hopefully, I made a wise decision.
Hi, congratulations for the review, I would like to know if it is worth buying the z6 ii over the z6 for speed and focus, they say that with the latest update they work almost the same.
Other than the dual memory cards, with updated firmware they’re almost identical, as far as we can tell!
Have you guys run into any issues with the Z6ii overheating? Just saw this on a review from someone.
No, never! Although I'd guess that it's WAY more likely to overheat when shooting video than when taking photos. Do you shoot photo or video?
@@hunter.and.sarah.education just photos! So hopefully it wouldn’t be an issue! Just thinking about the hot temperatures we get here in Georgia. 🥵
Haha I think you should be fine! We shot a handful of weddings last summer with our Z6iis that were 90-degrees plus with 95% humidity and they never slowed or had any issues!
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I’m using a D750 for all my events (coz it’s the only camera I have)
It’s a great camera to get started with! But once you go mirrorless, you’ll never go back to DSLR 😅
@@hunter.and.sarah.education I'm excited to get a mirrorless camera soon! 😊
I've heard really good things about the new Z6III.
Us too! And if that’s a bit out of your budget, I bet a lot of used Z6ii cameras will hit the market soon too!
@@hunter.and.sarah.education Yeah, you're so right. It's just out of my budget right now. Besides, the autofocus on the Z6 II is way better than my D750, so it feels like the perfect choice for my first mirrorless camera. Thanks a lot for all your help and advice! 😊
I agree! Even just the Z6 would feel like a major upgrade!
Great Content,nicely presented.Nikon D750 an all rounder camera,one of the best cameras Nikon ever made…I am still holding one and never disappointed with the image quality. Nikon company as well as camera are slow in focusing (auto focus )😁.
Thanks for watching! And yes, we definitely agree. We shot well over 150k shutters on our D750s before we upgraded. I will say though... never going back now that we've made the jump to mirrorless!
Great video, In my personal opinion, I would have pushed the z5 more. I've gone from 750 to z5 to 6ii and 7ii and from my experience with all these cameras, the z5 is basically a mirrorless 750. I believe it to be the most underrated camera in the Z lineup. For photographers, the z5 can keep up just as good. For hybrid shooters, not so much. I have found zero differences in image quality between the z5 and z6ii.
Hey Luciano! I agree on all of that, except the lack of a dual card slot in the Z5 makes it just a slightly less expensive version of the Z6, and also why - as wedding photographers - we still won’t recommend it. Otherwise, the missing mini-LCD on top of the camera and SD instead of XQD are the only differences. While the Z6, Z7 and Z9 are the mirrorless versions of the D750, D850 and D6 (in those orders), the Z5 is more of a “pro-sumer” body. That being said, still a great camera!
@@hunter.and.sarah.education unfortunately you're mistaken, the z5 has dual SD slots, is full frame and while it is missing the top lcd screen on the shutter button side, it's not a deal breaker. The sensor is in my opinion the exact same as the one in the 750, it lacks BSI, however I still haven't seen any differences in high iso images.
@@lucianocherubino570 huh, good to know! In that case, yes, the Z5 sounds like a better and cheaper alternative to the Z6! Although I’d still rather have the XQD/CFExpress of the Z6ii. Thanks for making us aware of that!
@@hunter.and.sarah.education I absolutely look forward to more of your videos. 👍🏻
Unfortunately, the Z5 is about the equivalent of a D610. I'm a member of one of the larger FB groups and the Z5 suffers in low light wedding receptions. There's no shortage of disappointed Z5 users. There are of course many different ideas of what constitutes "low light". The Z6 was in the same boat until Nikon released the last firmware update. The Z5 and the Z6 keep getting better, but a bit too slow from Nikon. At my last wedding, I shot my Z6 with the latest firmware and the 24-70 f2.8 Z lens and the reception was almost 100% lights out...It performed better than it ever has. Almost zero missed focus.
Great information and delivery! I’m looking forward to your take on the latest firmware update.
Thanks Tony! Which firmware update are you referring to? I just glanced at the most recent updates for the Z6 and Z6ii cameras and they seem pretty straightforward: a few new lenses and a couple of bug fixes.
Thank you for all of your info! I’ve been searching and researching for hours the past week trying to decide which route to go! I have Nikon pro lenses that will be hard to replace, so I’ve been reluctant to switch to mirror less! I’ve been shooting dx for years and scared to switch to full frame haha! Sounds ridiculous, but my favorite all-around setup is my 17-55 2.8 on my dx Nikon body. I also love my 14-24 2.8. If I go full frame, that all changes and I’ll be a beginner again! Oyyy Anyways, I’m gonna pull the trigger today on the z6ii and z 70-200 vr. Im guessing the z adapter will turn my 28-70 2.8 into a 17-55 ish! 🤷🏻♀️Wish me luck! I’ll be referring to your RUclips regularly! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
We're so glad that these videos helped! To clarify, if you're currently shooting on a DX (crop-sensor) body and switch to a FX (full-frame ) body -- regardless of mirrorless or DSLR -- your DX lenses are no longer going to work. Your full-frame lenses that you were using on your crop sensor camera will still work, so long as you have the FTZ adapter, and the focal lengths listed on the lenses will now be accurate (instead of being multiplied by ~1.5X with your crop sensor).
can you use teleconverter with the adapter?
Hmmm I'm not sure! We've never used any of Nikon's teleconverters, so you may have to reach out to Nikon support to get that question answered.
Hi guys - how far is the Z6 from the Z6 II after the latest AF firmware update that the Z6 got.
Hey Mark, especially after the newest firmware updates to the Z6, we definitely feel like the memory card slot is really the primary difference between the two cameras!
@@hunter.and.sarah.education thanks - the extra slot in Nikons dont really cover me because I shoot hybrid. I was thinking of picking up a Z6 to stick on a gimbal.
@@markshirley01 yeah if you’re not worried about the extra card slot, then the Z6 might be perfect for ya!
For super high ISO use DXO PhotoLab or DXO PureRaw Deep PRIME. I would not use Deep PRIME xD just use Deep PRIME. It will even restore high ISO color loss.
Thanks for your comment! Never heard of that -- we've just been using Lightroom's new built-in noise-reduction feature 👍
@@hunter.and.sarah.education DXO PhotoLab or DXP PureRaw blows away Lightroom's noise reduction its on another level. If you try it just use Deep PRIME and not Deep PRIME xD.
Great content. I've had a D750 for the past few years and am still considering getting a Z6. Sounds like there's a lot of similiarities but also some key benefits.You covered pretty much every point including the added costs of using a different memory card.
Her Errold! Glad you liked the video. We’re big fans of our Z6ii cameras and would never want to go back to DSLRs! Best of luck!
Nice video
Thanks!
D750 has the same old sensor as Z5. The Z6/ii cameras have a newer faster, cleaner BSI sensor. If you don't care about video and fast AF then Z5, which was selling for $999 a few months ago is a better option then the old D750.
Great point. The Z5 is definitely a low-barrier-to-entry way to get started in the mirrorless ecosystem, although it doesn't quite hold up against the Z6 and Z6ii.
ISO???? Was hoping that you would compare the image quality and noise at ISOs leading up to 10000. who cares that all three cameras have ISO 10k and above, what about the noise for ISOs leading up to 10k??? thanks
Hmm good point! We’ll be sure to include that in any future videos we do on the subject 🤔 This video was based on our past experience, not testing we did for the video, so it would’ve been a pretty anecdotal analysis anyway.
Nice Video. I like nikon color science.
Thanks for watching! Yeah we do too!
750FX. And. Z6 (2)
Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
And now there's the Z6 III -not to mention the others in the "Z Series."
It may be time for an update!
You completely forgot about the battery. The one on the DSLR is infinitely better. You can shoot a whole day with a battery, without problems.
The mirrorless cameras (at least from Nikon) come standard with higher capacity batteries than the older DSLRs did, so I can usually shoot an 8-hour wedding day on a single battery with my mirrorless camera 🤷🏻♂️ Didn’t even think to mention the battery consumption!
EVF will never be OVF..... As great as mirrorless cameras are becoming, the eye and lens connection is only real and true with an optical view finder in my opinion
I totally get the desire to see "real" as opposed to a digital replica but... have you used an EVF before!? It's something like 1.2 million pixels squeezed into a square inch, showing you exactly what your final image will look like in real-time. Especially in low-light scenarios (like the dance floor on wedding days), I went from squinting and straining my eyes to see through my lens, to seeing the dance floor in front of me as bright as day. I'll never go back to a DSLR again. It feels like going back to a walkman CD player after the iPod was invented.
De you think your jobs as a professional photographers days are numbered because of mirrorless cameras? A armature can take just ask good photos as you.
Hahahaha no -- not at all! Even with mirrorless technology, it takes practice and expertise to capture a properly-exposed image (although it is MUCH easier with mirrorless). And getting an image that's properly exposed and getting one that people will pay thousands and thousands of dollars for are a far way off. We knew how to take a properly exposed image when we shot our first wedding for $850. But it took a lot of hard work, business savvy, practice, time, energy, and more hard work to get to where we are know, where people will pay us 10X that to photograph their wedding. There's a pretty wide gap between "properly exposed" and "just as good a photo as someone who's been shooting professionally for 10 years" 😊 Not to mention the fact that running a photography business is 80% business and 20% taking pretty photos!
Guys, look. I think people need to know how your shooting experiences are with the different bodies, focus performance, low light etc. Talking specs has been done countless times before and won't help many.
Sorry you feel that way Steve!