- Hello, and welcome to the Côte d'Azur.
The south of France, Nice, no less.
I'm here to shoot a conference and I'm doing video.
And look what I've bought with me.
It's a Nikon ZFC.
It's marketed as an amateur camera.
Indeed, it is an amateur camera. It's got retro looks.
We've looked at this on the channel before.
It's a lovely looking thing,
but it's light, it's lightweight.
It's not the kind of thing
that a self-respecting photographer,
a professional photography,
he's gonna take along to do a job.
Certainly not bring all the way here to France,
but then, you see the results.
And particularly with video,
you think, "Hmm, why not?"
Broadcast cameras can be big,
heavy things on your shoulder,
they can weigh you down.
But this little thing, no weight in it at all.
So, I thought, "Wouldn't it be a good experiment
to actually try it at the conference?"
Shoot some footage on it,
and see could we tell which footage
was shot on the ZFC,
and which footage was shot on a broadcast camera.
Now, I've bought the kit.
So, I've got the body,
but I've also got the 16 to 50 lens
and the 50 to 250.
And that, on an APS sensor,
is giving me 375 mil-lens in a 35 mil equivalent.
That is astonishing,
but it's not gonna be good enough, is it?
That's all the way down at six, three,
it's not gonna be good enough to do footage on the stage.
Footage of speakers, footage of people
actually at the conference, but is it?
Let's have a look at the video
that Stuart and I made at the conference
and see if you can tell the bits that were shot
on the amateur marketed Nikon ZFC
and the bits that were shot
on professional broadcast cameras.
Roll VT.
(upbeat music)
- Hi, it's been long time coming,
but it's finally here.
Welcome to the EPDA 2022 conference in sunny Nice.
(upbeat music)
(energetic techno music)
(music fades, glass shattering)
- Hey, I know what you're thinking.
Of course, it's a bright sunny day
in the south of France.
Of course, the footage is gonna look good.
Of course, you're not gonna be able to tell it
from a broadcast camera,
but give us more difficult lighting,
maybe some conference footage of speakers.
Then, you'll tell the difference,
when you're zoomed in right from the back of a hall.
(energetic techno music)
(music fades, glass shattering)
Now, I'm gonna tell you
which shots were from the ZFC, are you ready?
All of them. They were all from the ZFC.
Absolutely amazing, isn't it?
What are Nikon thinking
putting this much video capability
into one of their amateur model cameras?
It's crazy.
Hey, if you are a video shooter,
you really should look at the Nikon ZFC,
particularly with the flat mode in the color.
It's absolutely superb.
That long lens giving you all
of that zoom capability.
It's just incredible. It's just 200 pounds.
It has no right to perform that way.
Hey, I'm not saying go out
and sell all your broadcast kit
and buy amateur level Nikon ZFC's,
but, what I am saying is buy a couple,
throw them in the bag and put them in the mix.
They will cut in beautifully with broadcast cameras
and you're not even gonna know the difference.
And if you just want to get into a bit of video,
it's a great place to start.
But, is the Nikon ZFC any good at stills?
Well, that's a very, very good question.
And if you wanna know the answer,
then click on this link here.