Nikon Z7 Fx Format Mirrorless Camera Review

I've been looking to step up to the Nikon FX format for a number of years and finally took the step recently. The D750 is a great camera. I had budgeted for a D850 or D810, but all the reviews kept pushing me to the lesser cost format, D750. If you are transitioning to the FX format and have advanced amateur or professional level skills and needs, I highly recommend that you give this camera a serious look. It may not be a cool as the camera costing twice, but it will surely perform in wonderful ways. B&H made the purchase so smooth. The next-day free shipping was great. I am happy and will likely be so for a long time with this camera ... thanks B&H for your help!!!

My last Nikon camera that was able to use third-party EN-EL15 batteries was my Z7. All of my later Nikon mirrorless cameras don't support third-party batteries but the saving grace is that Nikon's OEMs do last longer and deliver more shots than third-party EN-EL15 batteries.

I chose the D850 even over Nikon's Flagship D6. My D850 is my dream FX format DSLR Professional Camera! I absolutely LOVE it!! I most highly recommend it to truly serious Photographers of all levels!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I've got three of these bags. Two 21L (one for me in black and one for my wife in tan) and one 31L. The 21L I use for both small camera kit (Nikon Z7 II and two lenses) and I use it with the camera cube removed as a day pack or overnight travel bag. The 31L is where I keep my full camera kit, e.g., Nikon Z7 II and three lenses (14-24mm, 24-70mm and 70-200mm) plus filters, lens hoods and other accessories. I also use it for long travel trips as it will hold all the camera gear plus a toiletry kit. With the 31L and an International size 4-wheel carry on I can travel anywhere for weeks on end.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Excellent organization for my Nikon Z7 camera, 24-70 & 70-200 zoom lenses & 50 macro lens, as well as accessories. Important that the loaded bag will fit under airplane seat for upcoming trips to Galapagos, New Zealand & Australia. Quality is top notch.

Fantastic camera with crystal clear pictures. Great fx-format. Perfect for professional photography and not very expensive given the quality of the product.

Excellent DX format camera, especially for wildlife or high speed photography. Works well with FX lenses!

This is an awesome professional camera. Love the fx-format and the ease of use. Crystal clear pictures and easy processing.

My sequence of being a Nikon user, besides other Medium and Large format cameras, is F4S → D70S → D5300 → D850. I liked all my cameras, most by only slightly different reasons. All quality in their own right. I was interested in getting into the FX size as my interests are Fine Art, Landscape, Panoramic, Portrait, Architecture and Astronomy and could use the better capture file. The D850, after I rec'd it and became more intimate, really reminded me of my F4s, the hybrid electrical/mechanical workhorse. It is built, like the D850, so robust that there was a joke that one could pound a seven penny nail into a board with no damage to the camera. The D850 is certainly as well built with an eye piece shutter and battery/vertical handle, again reminiscent of the F4s. The FX chip is outstanding and supported by a full software network, which was fuller, but similar to that of the D5300. The latter which I lovingly referred to as my 'instamatic', because it was small, light and had really good lenses and easy to haul around. But the FX chip is so outstanding, I cannot imagine ever going back to good 'ole' DX, no matter the convenience. So the D850 is larger and heavier, but so what? I can always downsize a superb file in Photoshop, but no one can make one artificially larger without a lot of pixel manipulation. To be fair, I once hauled a Mamiya RB67 medium format camera with multiple lenses all over Egypt and Israel to the tune of about 500 negatives. So I'm geared for it. The laugh is now I have FX camera capable of 9 FPS with the battery handle, and I'll probably use it only for stills. That is of course unless I'm driving by a major mishap and record it for our local news rag. Just like the F4s, this is a workhorse and reasonable for ad-hoc video as well. If you're serious about the Craft, you cannot go wrong with the D850. It certainly has captured my heart.

I am Going from DX to FX. I love the touchscreen and improved capabilities. I love the fact that I can use fx lenses that I had from my DX cameras and DX lenses also. This is a great camera that I will be using for years. I thought about going mirrorless but using the adapter for FX lenses makes the mirrorless camera just as heavy. I was also concerned about the lack of Z series lenses.