Z6II

Finds the Z6II great indoors with better dynamic range and image quality than the X-T5.

“But for shooting indoors, or an outdoor garden party, the Nikon is great.”

Finds the Z6II amazing in low light for a moonlit project with the 20mm and 50mm f/1.8 S.

“Ζ6ΙΙ works amazing in low light.”

Their Z6II has never hunted for focus in low light with f/2 and f/4 lenses.

“the Z6II is no slouch at low light either, and I've never had mine hunt for focus”

Finds the Z6II's AF fine for their stills work.

“I shoot exclusively stills and the AF is fine on z6ii for my work.”

Carried the Z6II across the Alps, though they're not sure they'd recommend it.

“I’ve successfully lugged my Z6ii (with the Z 24-70 F4 lens) halfway across the Alps this summer”

Finds the Z6II fine, though with a child they usually bring just one lens.

“I’ve got the Z6ii. It’s fine, but with a child and all I do find myself most often only bringing the camera and 1 lens.”

Uses the Z6II and Zfc for travel and finds both light enough.

“The Z6II is like 300g more. They are both light enough”

Travels with the Z6II and 24-120 and finds it a great combo.

“I have the Z6ii and it’s such a great lens camera combo.”

Upgraded from a D3200 to the Z6II after ten years and finds it amazing.

“It may take me longer to get rid of the Z6 as I think is an amazing camera in comparison.”

Tried the Z6II and returned it, finding mirrorless cameras lifeless.

“I've tried Z6ii and returned it while I still could.”

Filmed an event with a D750 and Z6II and increasingly prefers the Z6II, especially its autofocus.

“the mirrorless really is beginning to take the cake for me. Especially the autofocus.”

Did not enjoy the Z6II at all after the D750 and replaced it with a Z8.

“I did not enjoy the Z6II at all (especially coming from how good the 750 “just worked”).”

Had success with the Z6II for wildlife, but its AF wasn't up to their D850 or even D7500 for birds.

“I had great success with a Z6II for wildlife photography and its autofocus wasn’t up to par with the D850.”

Shot 1,240 frames of fire performers on their Z6II with three battery bars left.

“still three bars left on the z6ii.”

Finds the Z6II's AF great when it works, but it struggles with backlit subjects on detailed backgrounds.

“the Z6ii AF is great when it works, and it does work fine for many situations, but when it doesn't, it is quite annoying.”

Gets great pictures with their Z6II and the 180-600 at the park.

“U can get great pics with nikon z6ii.”

Loves their Z6II for hiking and travel, though they miss an optical viewfinder.

“I love my Z6ii so far, but I definitely miss the optical view finder.”

Moved from a D800 to the Z6II and found the autofocus speed gains small, though CFexpress cards were faster.

“even then the gains in AF speed aren’t huge”

Used their Z6II in heavy rain without damage, but a rubber panel under the battery door popped off.

“One of the rubber panels popped off my Z6II under the battery door”

Added a Z6II years ago, but it's their least-used body; they prefer their D5s, D4s and D500.

“I added a Z6ii a bunch of years back. It's my least used body.”

Shoots on a Z6II and finds the autofocus can be a struggle at times.

“I shoot on a Z6II, and the AF can definitely be a struggle sometimes.”

A concert photographer who shot Cage The Elephant in a Nashville bar with the Z6II and 14-24 and loves the results.

“For these photos, I used my Nikon Z6II with the Nikkor 14-24 lens. I absolutely love the results.”

Moved from a D750 to the Z6II and loves it as an undeniably better camera, though they miss the rugged D750.

“I love my Z6 II, it's undeniably a /better/ camera although I also regret selling and miss my ultra rugged D750.”

Always had focus issues with their Z6II indoors with flash, though workable.

“I had the Z6ii and I always had issues with the focus. Not terrible and totally workable.”

Finds it annoying that their Z6II resets temporary changes to U1 profiles when powered off.

“Does this mean that I could potentially have my Z6ii work like my D750 does, and not reset my settings when I turn it off and back on again? Because that's so annoying.”

Moved from a D7000 to the Z6II and is loving it so far.

“Swapping over from a D7000 to a Z6ii, quite the change. Loving it so far.”

Shoots a Z6II and is unhappy with its Expeed 6 autofocus despite testing every setting, and plans to move to a Z8.

“I shoot on a Z6 II and im so embarrassed of the EXPEED 6”

Used Z6IIs and Z5s for years at weddings and sports and, while Expeed 7 AF is better, rarely missed shots.

“I used a combination of Z6IIs and Z5s for years before the Z8 came out”

Moved from a D750 to the Z6II easily and soon appreciated the smaller, lighter body and better sensor.

“I had no issues going from a D750 to a Z6II and it didn’t take me long to appreciate the smaller, lighter body.”

Moved from a D750 to the Z6II and is very happy: great eye-detection AF, much better high ISO, and their F-mount lenses work well.

“I have moved from D750 to z6 ii and OMG. The eye detection AF is great, high ISO performance is way better than D750”

Owns both the Z6II and Z6III; after moving from D750s, finds the Z6II not enough of an improvement.

“Z6ii is not enough of an improvement in my opinion. I have both z6ii and z6iii.”

Still loves their D800s but dislikes the Z6II, finding it unlikeable, unresponsive and slow or inaccurate to focus, though the sensor is good.

“The Z6II is unlikeable, unresponsive and slow/mis-focusing. Sensor is good though ~ probably like the Z7II's”

Their Z6II, bought in 2020, refused to power on mid-event after swapping adapted F-mount lenses on the original FTZ, forcing them to borrow a camera; a fresh first-party battery brought it back.

“Upon swapping the lenses, my camera wouldn't turn on. Just... nothing. Ten minutes into the event. I panicked. I know you're supposed to always have a second body, but this”

Films family outings on the Z6II with the 24-70 f/2.8 S, but spends so much time babysitting video focus with people moving around that they aren't in the moment.

“I find that I am "not in the moment" because I'm busy babysitting the video focus, head buried in the LCD.”