D750 was my first. I then got the Z6 and quickly upgraded to the Z6ii. Love the low light capabilities of both cameras.

D750 still in everyday use. No need to upgrade until I can get a cheap used Z6ii.

I was thinking of upgrading my D750 to Z6II but actually now I’m not sure there would be much point. Thank you for the helpful video.

Thanks for the comparison. Decided to get a D750 as there are quite a bit of hidden cost involved (CF express card to run dual slots and the FTZ adapter). Also at the current pricing of 1 Z6 II I can get 2 D750 for the price of 1 Z6 II + the above mentioned stuff.

Good comparison video of the two camera bodies. The D750, in my opinion, is still a very popular camera(even stepping into 2022); hence the new/used market cost. I have the D780 and I like that it carries some mirrorless features of the Z6. Would you consider making a comparison video of the Nikon D780 and Z6 II?

Love this review! You got right down to the point and that's what we are looking for when we're looking at comparison videos. Your work is much appreciated here my friend!

Thanks for the video! I have a D750 and needed a 2nd body, bought the Z6ii. I found myself leaning towards the Z6ii for weddings because it performed faster, but am still very happy with both given that 6 year difference.

I own a D750, got it back in 2018 and it was my first camera. Got it for astrophotography, and slowly started doing landscape and family photos. I've accumulated some decent glass as well. I would love to upgrade, but i'm not in a hurry because i'm just a hobbyist. Waiting for the things to unravel with the Z9 and maybe some of the new technology trickles down into new Z bodies (Z8?). Will probably wait for Z6III or something. Cheers.

I'm considering this exact upgrade right now so I'm glad this video exists! I've been told that the autofocus on the Z6ii is lacking though? I hope they come out with a Z6iii soon.

Nikon won't be happy about it: for 95% of 750 users it is not worth to go for a z6 II !

This test could be really useful if you got the testing more close to real life usage. With a mood to help you get better tests in the future, I would go test the raising exposure or even better raise shadows and lower highlights on the first images from the forest. There we could see how good shadows get bright and usable. On the test for high iso i would do that with an image of a living room instead of a white statue in front of white bg which helps hide the start of artifacts in iso800. A scene of low light in a living room would show immediately the benefits of the new sensor, if there are any. After all your tests I got the information that new sensor is good when you want to raise 5 steps an image underexposed which is something you never do really. I hope i dont upset you much, I just got the time to write these so maybe I can help a bit. I am now going to change maybe to z6 II after 5 years of working with d750 and more than 150K mostly studio images.

My mum has a D5200, and I have a D3300 and a D750. All three of these cameras came out 2013 to 2014 and all have the issue you describe where colours are shifted at high ISO. It's all in the red channel. If you pull back the red channel and denoise they all produce decent 6x4s.

Still using me D750 for both stills and video. Its just so easy to use and the battery lasts forever. I actually like the flat profile 1080p it looks filmic for online content creation.

I've come to the conclusion that the purple in the D750 shots is likely light leak that gets in the viewfinder when you flip the screen up. You have to cover the viewfinder.

Thanks for the comparison, I can say that the d610 has a slightly better sensor than the d750, there is no purple in the processing when raising the exposure by 5 stops.

I bought the D750 in January of 2023, i took my BEST images eith it. It gave me a great year for my photography, but i sold it back in January of 2024 (the year of this post), and upgraded to the Z6II. I could not be happier and im looking forward to what i can do eith it.

This was a good comparison for the sensor but there's a lot more to the z6 II than just the sensor. I had a d750 until it had an accident. I upgraded to the z6 II at the first of the year. The focus is so much better on the z6 II. I hardly miss any shots. No more focus and recompose. It's also a great camera for astrophotography. The EVF blackout is annoying but maybe it can be fixed with a firmware update? The battery life is fine so that's not much of an issue. Even if you only used a single focus point, the fact that you have the whole screen instead of the middle of the screen to move the focus point around, makes the z6 II a better choice. You didn't even bring up the lenses. One of the advantages of the z mount is that it allows them to design the lenses better. You get sharper corners with the z glass than the older f glass. There's very little focus breathing. This is really big if you use it for video or if you focus stack your images. The advantages of the z6 II are greater than that of the d750. There will be more firmware updates that will take this camera to higher levels.

Very interesting comparison. Unfortunately, you forgot to mention that the z6 II can't autofocus AF and AF-D lenses, wich some of us still use ...

I've borrowed a Nikon d750 for astrophotography a couple of times and enjoyed it a lot. But now I want a camera I can call my own, the Nikon Z6II looks to be perfect for me lol

Great simple factual and to the points. Don't know why I watched this as am a happy long time user of D750 and at 77 years of age the camera may just see me thru 😀, but good to see it seems to perform, with its own quirks, in the the same race as more modern technology. As committed to glass as I am it would be an expensive job for me to change. But nonetheless enjoyed your approach to the comparison, one of the best 👍

IF you don't want to buy all of the Z glass, then stick with the tried and true glass foro the D750. The magnesium and carbon fiber body of the D750 is an added bonus. I've shot mirrorless for over 10 years and I use both.. I don't like the Z cameras from Nikon bc they look really cheap!

I know that I'm late to the party, but it is very relevant to me in the used market, so thank you for doing this.

You may not have autofocus if you try to use your old F mount lenses with the milc. If you don't want to replace your lens park it matters.

Pretty impressed to see that at normal usage aka base ISO with exposure zeroed the RAWs look almost identical, in some previews i saw stark differences from both but i guess that's with video and DR-pumped JPGs. Now i'm curious about a comparison vs. D4/D700 lol, supposedly the most famous sensors Nikon had in the DSLR days.

Nikon Z6ii is a great camera, I honestly don't see a better camera on the market.

I have a 750 use it for landscape pics and astrophotography. Battery life is unmatched. And several hundred lenses are available. Speaking of lenses which lenses did you use for the test? For wild life I'd take a 850 vs the z6ii

simple, classic and straight to the point. subscribed

I liked your video. Concise and to the point. I have D750 at the moment, but don't use it much now. Something to think about.... Keep up the good work 😊

I am a D750 shooter. Do a lot of night shots. Yes the D 750 does exhibit some purle tone. Easily fixed with software. Not an issue.

My first was the D750 and my second is the Z7II . Both are still in my camera bag.

The D780 probably levels out the field between DSLR and motionless. Same sensor as the z6

There appears to be more shadow detail in the Z6II.

to go mirrorless with the Z6, if you compare weights for shooting f mount lenses on the Z6 you of course will need the adapter. how much weight does that than add to the weight comparisons ??

Thanks for the review, I will keep my 4 year old D750 as I am leaning more to Photo than Video

I have the d750 and am considering whether it's worth upgrading to the z6ii for videos. One thing that worries me is the compatibility of flash. I have the sb800 and sb600 and like to use the wireless flash trigger built-in to the d750. It seems like with z6ii we'll have to get a tonne of accessories

Great test, thanks Li!

Just don’t combo a Z6/Z6ii and any fixed F4 Z lens and shooting above ISO 1600 in dim lit places.. iso noise is really annoying..

Am I right in saying that the z5 would have the purple shadows because it doesn’t have a bsi sensor?

Just this week I bought a used D750 with just over 20K clicks for €460. It doesn't get any better than this.

Was thinking of selling my D750.... I think I’ll keep it now. What i would like to know is how will the Tamron 70-200 G2 lens work with the FTZ mounted to a Z6ii... since I purchased the lens yesterday. Lmao! Thanks for the video!!!!

Raising shadows with maintaining better color than D750, makes the Z6ii images look better and easier to work with. Image detail is about the same. The BSI sensor of Z6ii, which also there is a BSI in the new hybrid D780 (sensor of Z6), this BSI sensor is a bit brighter and retains better color and maybe more detail when raising shadows so better for post production. Thank you for showing us and proving the better image quality of a BSI sensor. Those Z lenses a lot of people are staying are very sharp.

I think you should have compared D780 vs Z6ii, no?

Excellent review my dude. Ive mentioned the benefits of BSI to photographers comparing these two cameras and I’ve been wanting to make this video but haven’t been able to get my hands on a D750 yet. Great work.

Very glad I bought my D750 2 years ago in awesome shape for even cheaper than we saw here!

Very good review! Do you think that, in low lights condition, the Z6 ii does a better job than a D780? Thanks

I got a d750 with pretty low sc recently for AUD $390 …thats about $250 USD. I still cant believe it! Great condition.

The biggest improvement of the Z system vs the glorious Nikon DSLRs does not come from advancements in sensor technology, but rather from the new flange which allowed Nikon to design superior lenses, compared to their F mount counterparts. Therefore IMHO it does not make sense using an adapted 50 1.8G on the Z6ii. It would have been interesting to see the difference with a Z50 1.8S, which is said to be a vast improvement compared to G version, mounted on the mirrorless so that we could appreciate the differences between the two systems.

second hand D750 is that worth a new guy try to learn photographing

Amazing Review

I want to see Z6II VS Z7II High Dynamic Range Dark To Bright test~~~~

Hows the autofocus speed and accuracy with the FTZ ii adapter?

Can you do a comparison between the Nikon Z6ii and Nikon D780

You can get a D750 for around 600 euros tho. If someone does only photography that camera is a STEAL

I've had the d750 for 7 years and from the beginning on it showed extreme reddish artefacts when exposed correctly on PC (all state of the art Software), especially in the lower bottom of the picture and the corners (top of sensor) when contacted Nikon GER they said it's normal behavior. So when raising exposure in post like you, not more than 0,25 ... Afterwards all is falling into pieces. It's a shame even my canon 500d is better

The Z6ii lost the ability to set shutter speed using the rear command dial in all modes including S and M. I can change the shutter speed using the front command dial in S and M modes by inverting the main/sub command dials in the custom control settings. I can also change the shutter speeds in S and M modes using the touch screen. Therefore, the problem appears to be exclusively related to the back command disk. I have reset the camera to default settings to make sure that the menu setting is not the problem. The camera firmware has been updated to version 1.30. The camera was purchased new earlier this year. I was able to set the shutter speed using the rear command dial before updating the firmware. Has anyone come across this problem? I am trying to determine if it is a mechanical issue or a firmware update related issue. I googled the issue to see if it was related to the recent firmware update to version 1.30 and didn't see any posts about the update

I’m upgrading my D700 to the Z9. Looking forward to Z glass.

The D750 is a very good camera but the Z6 /Z6II are clear improvements and handle better . The lag on the Z6II is minimal and has a higher shutter speed limit than the D750. No way a D750 is worth $1600 plus these days. I have the Z6II for paid work with a Z5 for backup and I prefer my “lowly Z5 “ to the D750 , but that’s for my user case of Portraits , family portraits and real estate work.

is it okay d750 for wedding photography?

Can you do comparison Nikon d850 vs d780 ? Pls

Good comparison..The newer does better. But...I am a outdoor photographer, landscape. Tripod used...No threat of landscapes doing 60 mph. I`ve no use for video. If I want video...I'll get a video cam..I'm an old film user, loved slide film. I would gladly give up digital and rush back to color slide..

Great vid. Thanks.

Interesting 6:47 you show the z6ii maintaining color accuracy, while the 750 goes purple.. Meanwhile in your Z7II vs Z6II video, it shows the 6 going purple while the 7 keeps color accuracy. Just a suggestion for these dynamic range tests. It would be much more 'real world' to show you showing shots underexposed by 1/2/3 stops (and then brightening w exposure slider to get proper exposure) You could also do a run down of overexposure and either pulling down exp slider, or pulling down 'highlights' or 'whites' The whole "let's take a nearly black frame and increase the exposure by 5 stops" is basically a useless test for 99% of photographers. I'm a professional and I really wanted to see what it was like when you slightly adjusted files to show DR.. not increasing exposure by 5 stops.. Other than that.. your vids are pretty good!!

i heard when you're actually focusing and shooting on the z6ii it drops from 14 fps to 5.5 ?? is this really true ?

Still kept my D750 for low light focus

What about d780 vs z6ii?

Yo estoy muy contento con mi D750, compré una Z6ll y no me gustó, mejor la regrese

I don't think comparing cameras of two different generations and technology is fare. D750 dominated the market in its time. I still love D750. Real manly camera.

Love the channel ❤

best comparison video ever dude

I've just bought the Z6ii and am quite disappointed with it. I have Vs 1.3 firmware, but the autofocus is a real problem. I shoot street and fast moving events (dancing girls, Indian festivals, marching bands), and the wretched AFC has so many problems. I'm sticking with my Fuji X-T3's because I just don't miss any images with them. With similar focal length lenses on the Nikon, if there is any kind of strong back-lighting, the autofocus just cannot cope. It starts jumping around and goes here and there, instead of on my subject. I've tried all the different boxes and settings, but it does not make much difference. I was shocked because everybody bags out Fuji cameras for their 'terrible autofocus', so I thought the Nikon would nail my moving subjects. Unless they bring out another firmware update to fix this shortly, this will be going on the market to get sold off.

It was on back order because it’s an old camera lol.

Do the test Z6ll vs Z5😉

"Holly crap" says it all! Great comparison. Not really sure its fair to compare the Z's 14fps to the D's 5.5 fps without explaining the limitations on the Z.

My second hand d750 only cost me 450USD

You forgot to compare sharpness Z6ii produces lot sharper images

As it is shown in the video - if the D750 has the same image quality as the Z6II - I will never get the newer camera for twice or third the price - and even the thing with lens-adapters ... D750 was purplish - WTF - Lightroom, Photoshop, Corel Paintshop Pro, Capture One - all of these will make it right, saving you at least $1000 ...

erm, F lens on both cameras…how about using Z, what it’s made to use? Now compare…see no point in going Z unless you’re using Z lenses.

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There's pretty much no real world difference at all, and certainly not 2 grand's worth. I'll wait, and pick up a used Z6II