Does anybody else see the irony in people whining about having to do a bit of twiddling to set the ISO, on a camera that features manual controls for people that like to twiddle with things ?

I'm enjoying mine too!!!! Like no camera EVER before. (And I have 56). Great chat/monologue.

I've had the Zf since late December as a replacement to my Fujifilm X-Pro 3. I've been shooting with it all month and I agree this is a fantastic camera. ItI pairs perfectly well with my Voigtlander 35mm & 50mm f2 APO-Lanthar and 90mm f2.8 APO-Skopar lenses. I have the LUMIX S5II which I was using primarily for all my portrait and model photoshoots but after a month with the Zf, it has become my primary camera for that purpose. The LUMIX S5II is not my backup camera and will be used primarily for video work moving forward. I've never been a Nikon shooter but this camera has changed my mind and might cause me to sell the LUMIX S5II and buy the Z8 or Z9 to replace it. Nikon, you did good with the Zf.

Liked! I handled a friend’s Zf, and was favorably impressed.

Nikon just straight up pulled me in with this one. I've been searching for a long term mirrorless system. I've tried Canon, Sony, and Panasonic and none of them were quite what I was looking for. Having the Z8 for work and the ZF for fun is a perfect combo... and you can trap focus with Nikon with MF lenses!!! Have you heard of that? You need the TTArtisan M-Z 6bit adapter ring. Using that adapter you can set the camera up to take a picture when it gets a focus lock so basically you don't have to do focus peaking or any of that stuff with MF lenses anymore you can just slightly defocus the lens and then pull it into focus and the camera will snap a shot as soon as it senses a focus lock.

A Zf, combined with a 35 and/or 50 mm f2 Voigtländer APO Lanthar is on my wish list. Already own a Z8, but the Zf is something special, something of sheer fun...

Had mine since November and I couldn't agree with you more. after using the zf I got rid of all my other dslr cameras because I knew right away, I would not used them again after using the zf and it's such a pleasure to use and a beautiful camera! inside and out!

After hearing the rumors of the next X100, I’m glad I got the ZF. It’s an amazing camera. The 40mm F2 SE lens is a weird chunker but it takes very nice photos and videos. Can’t wait to try a 50mm lens on it.

Happy with the ZF. As a Z9 owner for a while who shoots wildlife and sports and have dropped it a couple of times , definitely not ion purpose but didn’t experienced any issues . with my shield but had my card door and camera mount break after a pretty hard fall with the lens attached. Ship back to Nikon and received in back in a week, Insurance cover my expense, Depends on the extent of a drop to determine it its a mfg issue.

Hi John, I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your relaxing videos. BTW 2 yrs ago I sold all my beloved Fuji gear to buy a Nikon Z7. I loved the analogue controls of the Fuji’s but found the cameras’ rear screens too small for my aging sight and dims. too small for my large hands. I’m surprised how much I love the Z7. It is criticised for its slow auto focus but with Voightlander lenses, who cares? The colours and quality of the sensor, which I believe to be that of the D850, are superb. I never print bigger than A4 but the 40 mpx allows for a large crop of a general photo to create almost a different photo. They cost so little these days they must be the bargain of the century. The Zf is tempting me more than it should! If Nikon came out with a 40mpx Zf I’d buy one so fast it would be on back order! I’m loving your channel even though I rarely take portrait photos. Greetings from UK.

I just came across your video courtesy of good old Google. I have to say that I liked it immensely. After many years of using Nikon SLR and DSLRs from the mid 1970s to 2018 I was persuaded to switch to Fuji. The X-Pro2, X-T2, X-T3, X-T4, X-T5 and X-H2 all joined my stable and they are great. Then late last year Nikon came back with the Zf. I liked the sound of it from pre-release days and ordered two of them. What an incredible camera it is. The ease with which I can get great SOOC images means I can concentrate on my subject rather than camera settings. Throw in amazing autofocus, colour and image quality and overall 'feel' when using the Zf and this has become my 'go-to' camera for every occasion. I did not have a problem with the camera without a grip but agree that a grip does add a certain 'something' so on one of mine I have the SmallRig grip and on the other an equally impressive Neewer model. Both highly recommended and the Neewer even has the old vertical Nikon Red Stripe. The plastic lens mount is also not a real worry and I have several other lenses built in the same way that have never given me any trouble. Thanks for your video.

I got the metagap e to z mount. I skipped those goofy modern lens and wait straight to the sigma I series lens. Thus far a wonder experience.

The retro factor is cool, the specs seem good, but for me the thing that winds my watch is the eye/face focus confirmation feature; I like fiddling around with vintage lenses so adapting an old Nikkor or m42 lens to a new camera that will give me eye focus confirmation seems like magic.

Great video! Quick question.. how dies the Nikon JPEGS compare to the Leica M11?

I got my Zf just before Christmas here in Australia. I moved up from a DSLR (D7100) and I am unable to focus with it. It might be that I don't understand the mirrorless focus system at all but I've tried everything and the odd time I do get a shot in focus I have no idea how I did it. Anyway it's mostly just sitting on a shelf now. I guess I'll have to take it somewhere and have it professionally assessed. I might have bought 'a pig in a poke' unfortunately.

It’s a cool camera. Heavier kit compared to a Leica. Will we see more smaller lenses?

Get a Leica m mount to z mount. Use those Voigtlander lenses on your ZF. You're going to love it!

I shot Nikon up until 2012 when I grabbed my first Fujifilm XPro camera. I'm now waiting for the X Pro 4 and once it's released for me it will be a choice between that and returning to Nikon with the ZF. Not looking forward to that choice!

Learn your camera and know your menu system.....well said 👍

This really is a Z8 in a retro body...(btw, don't use the sensor cover). If the Zf is a sign of what will be an even better Z6iii, I'm pretty excited!

I completely agree that it'll be a cult classic. It's attracting people from all the other brands - Fuji, Leica, Canon, Sony, etc. With cheap adapters, you can use just about any lens on it and get some terrific results while enjoying the experience.

How does it compare to the Lumix S5? I’m not really interested in video specs in general nor am I tied to the L mount. The biggest drawback of the S5 to me is the bulk when compared to my M8/Monochrom

its the camera I love the looks and feel and quality of 😍

What about video autofocus?

I'm getting better pictures from the zf compared to the d5 a huge difference

Does the image in the viewfinder match the rear screen? I have a z6ii and they don't match so I find myself using the rear screen a lot instead because it seems like it represents my final image better than the view finder

voightlander makes a nice 65mm for the z mount.

Which lens would you pick with it? And what is wrong with the ISO you referred to?

Mmm - the strapless Z9 shouldn’t have been dropped ideally. But some pros beat the snot out of their gear, so stuff happens. That shield also had a bunch of marks on it. Did its job, sensor was saved. Loving my Zf!

great video I was wondering at 2000 dollars price point is the nikon zf worth it over something like canon r8 or a fujifilm xt5 considering where I live there isn't much nikon z lenses to pair with it

Yup.

Yes.

X100S!

I thought only the battery door was plastic and the bottom plate metal?

Hi…. It would be a lot better if you’d have removed the lens cap at some stage of the review. Thanks.

When the s5ii and x came out there were plenty of detractors saying it's too little too late, the crop 4k60 is a deal breaker, the autofocus still wasnt as good as sony, and we all shouldnt be excited to have these old features finally on a camera. Then the zf comes out, worse specs in nearly everything aside from mechanical burst and lcd panel, a year later, worse ergonomics, worse ui, worse af performance, the same price as s5ii was at launch a year ago and the internet raves about it because it looks neater. Even DPR in their review of it recommend it over the s5ii without giving any compelling reasons as to why. Anyone find this at all weird? Not to sound like a hater - i actually have a nikon FM that i love, but for a daily shooter the lack of a suitable grip on the zf alone would be a deal breaker when using any lens with a modicum of heft to it.

Its too heavy and only 24mp. Maybe the next one will improve

ISO... In the olden days (us) photographers were stuck with whatever film we had in the camera. People 2day are such crybabies.

I common sense review -not used to that.

I don't get the plastic lens thing. There are over 400 Nikon F lenses and over 40 Z ones. Many are superb. Most all of them have metal lens mounts. Why are you talking about two that you don't like? Use the good ones. To be completely clear, I don't like plastic bayonets either. Although there are advantages to plastic used correctly for, say, top plates.

Man that plastic lens feels ridiculously cheap indeed

all new Nikon menus are too long and fidley. The price you pay for a camera that does more than you could ever dream of like auto bracket and milti auto focus distance so everything gets in focus. I am almost a year into all the details, but basic aperture, shutter, iso are easy as pie. For what you can not remenber, my Z6 & 7 has a "my menu" where you add the things like battery life into a short menu as duplicates.

Got Zf yesterday and grip is attrocious. With or without smallrig additional grip, my hand (short but stubby fingers) cannot hold this camera without death grip. Almost dropped it the first day while having smallrig grip, with 40 f2. Actually, additional grip makes it worse, my fingers need to bite into the faux letter of the camera for any comfort. For me, this is a much, much worse grip than the Q2 and M10(with thumbs up) that I have both, which is saying something. I ordered Zf specific thumbs up, and if that doesn't solve it, it goes back. Otherwise, love the image, colors are great and it may be the camera with the best high ISO I ever used. For reference, I shoot JPEG, as I find that I can easily pull/push jpegs stop or two, I trust AWB, and I almost never need more than that. Those few times I do need more, well too bad. I have more pictures ruined bc of auto-focus, etc... Obviously, not a professional here, but amateur for 30 years, and I do have 8-9 modern cameras from the last 5-6 years

It looked nice at the beginning for about two seconds, but when I realised it had that stupid flip around screen (for you-tubers and selfies), it is a deal killer for a pro who shoots 85% from the hip (I cover pro events), and shoots zero videos. At the moment - and I'm very happy with them - I'm sticking to my two Z6ii's for all my pro work and my Fuji X-H1 for my personal projects. This camera is probably great for a lot of people, but not me. So don't get cranky with me for my opinion - it's probably a great camera. I'm just so glad there are lots of lovely cameras out there that the savvy photographer can easily pick a system amongst them that suits his/her needs. It's akin to John shooting a manual focus Leica for all his pro work - I don't get it - but he's happy and that's the main thing!

“professional camera” 😂😂😂 WTF does that over used comment even mean??!!! 🙄 people that throw that term around and down talk cameras are most likely 99% not even working pros 🤣so lame on al levels! it’s a box with all kinds of crazy amazing features that most won’t / do not even utilize - (will take that bet any day) arm chair photographers these day that most likely never shot film … Do they even know what the specs were in the film camera days of yester-year and were “pro cameras” getting amazing images !!?! Choice of film being key along w/ lenses AND a good photographer with a vision. stop stop stop with the “pro” camera nonsense already! Rant over! btw, non of this directed at f/stops here guy - sorry i forgot your name 😅

Buy a proper camera a Pentax that’s how proper cameras are made. Instead of the Fisher Price quality of Canon.

a shity plastic fantastic camera to play with it 😂😂😂😂