Hello everyone and welcome back. I'm Danielle and today I'll be giving
you 6 reasons why I love the Nikon Z6 as a wildlife photographer.
Let's get going.
It's a chilly morning here at Jaci's Lodges in Madikwe Game Reserve where
I've been lucky enough to test out the Nikon Z6 for the past few days.
It's a full-frame mirrorless camera.
If you want to know more about mirrorless
cameras and what makes them different to DSLRs and what their advantages are
of shooting with mirrorless check out the video link above.
The z6 has a bunch of great features but I'm going to be highlighting 6
that i find really great for wildlife photography.
No1. IBIS
Not that ibis!
In-body image stabilisation
So the z6 offers up to five-axis, in body
image stabilization, and saves you up to three stops.
So that means that usually when you were, for example,
shooting with a 400 mm lens your absolute minimum shutter
speed was1/400s handheld to get a good sharp image
If you were shooting with a 200 mm lens
ideally, you shouldn't drop below 1/200s.
So, what this means by saving you three stops is that you can now shoot at three
stops lower on your shutter speed. So if you're still shooting with that
400mm lens you can now shoot at 1/50s
without getting a shaky image. Also remember that it's also dependent on
what you're shooting because obviously you don't want to be shooting a bird in
flight at 1/50s but the point is that handheld you can get much
sharper images with in-body image stabilization.
For example, like where we are here, you're shooting
from a game drive vehicle and often someone else shifts to get a
different composition or they move in the vehicle and the vehicle moves
slightly and that's not an issue when you're
shooting with in-body image stabilization
because you know that your images are sharp despite slight movement of the camera.
Number 2.
A frame rate of 12 frames per second.
To me this is the perfect frame rate for wildlife photography. For birds in
flight or action or anything quick happening
you want to be at 12fps.
And this is 12fps without blackout in between.
which makes tracking fast-moving
subjects much easier. It's a great feature and it's a great
combination at 12 frames per second.
Number 3. The weight and the size.
I've mentioned this before and this is a general advantage of mirrorless cameras
but having shot only with DSLRs up to now this is amazing.
The Nikon Z6 weighs only 675g.
So that's fantastic if you're a traveller
or if you limited on space with your camera gear . It's really a
perfect camera to have in your bag
Number 4. The electronic viewfinder
There are a few things I want to mention under this point.
Firstly the viewfinder is amazing. Quality it's bright. It's crisp. It's Clear
I really don't find the lag distracting at all.
I got used to it within a day or two.
It's just an amazingly clear and bright viewfinder.
And then obviously the preview of the
image that you get beforehand while you're adjusting certain
parameters is also you get the exact image that you're about to
capture before you press the shutter button
and so that's that's really great especially
on game drive and on a boat where i sometimes shoot up in the Chobe
the glare is quite bad so i always say to my guests
don't judge your photo or don't delete it based on what you see
on the lcd screen at the back and this is where this camera is fantastic
because you replay the image, look at it through the electronic viewfinder and at the
top and you can see exactly what you captured afterwards.
You can see what you're going to capture before and it's just, I find,
it a really high quality electronic viewfinder
Number 5. High ISO performance.
Personally, I find that the Z6 performs really well at high ISOs.
It has a DXO low light ISO score of just about 3 300
which is higher than most DSLRs and mirrorless currently in the Nikon range.
and just have a look at these images and you can see for yourself
what what the performance is at a high ISO.
Number 6. The tilting screen
Yes this is a feature in a lot of cameras but I
specifically enjoyed it on the Z6 mirrorless camera.
I never used to really use the back screen, lcd screen,
to focus when I was shooting moving subjects while I was using DSLRs
but with the mirrorless camera it focuses just as fast whether you're
using the back screen live view or whether you're shooting
through the electronic viewfinder and that made it much easier in
situations like this. For example, I was in the hide
looking up at the bird high up in the tree and waiting for it to fly
and i could not crouch down for that long unfortunately so all i did was i
tilted the camera up and flipped the screen out waited for
the bird to fly and caught it in flight. So it really is an
amazing feature on a mirrorless camera especially in certain situations like
this as well where I'm shooting at a low angle
and i could just take the camera down onto ground level,
tilt the screen out and follow the subject.
So yes in combination with the Z6 the tilting screen is amazing.
So that's it. Those are my six points that I love about the Z6.
Please give me your comments and suggestions below about what you love
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