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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Has the Generation 1 viewfinder. In reply to le_paul • 1 week ago 1 Yes the resolution does match between the two but the electronics driving the viewfinder images are different.If you want to see an example of this make sure for have a button on the camera set to Preview. Then stop the lens down to f11 or f16 in subdued interior lighting and hold the Preview button down. What you will see in the viewfinder of the Z7 II is an image with a fair amount of Noise in the display. On the Z8 or any Expeed 7 equipped Z camera is a viewfinder image completely free of noise.Adding to this issue is that the viewfinders on these cameras can be adjusted in the Setup menu. I keep mine set to Auto for my Z7 II and Zf and while they appear to be very similar someone with eyesight better than my 70 years old eyes may be able to see a difference. Then there is the matter if you have changed the viewfinder brightness to a setting other than Auto, in that case all bets are off. Finally there is the matter that Auto means the viewfinder brightness is determined by the ambient lighting as seen thru the camera lens.One aspect of the Z cameras that I still find a bit odd is that they do not hold the lens aperture wide open for focusing or metering. Basically the aperture is set to the setting on the camera up to f5.6. At lens apertures smaller than f5.6 the aperture will only close down to the setting on the camera if you hold the preview button down. The basic rule is this, if you camera is set to an aperture between f1.0 and f5.6 the metering and AF will be working at the aperture setting on the camera. If you are shooting in low light and having AF issues or want to minimize the DOF for manual focusing you need to change the aperture setting on the camera to the maximum aperture for the lens and reset it to your desired aperture before taking a picture.BTW, I happen to think this is pretty darned STUPID on Nikon's part. Because no matter how good the AF system is there are still situations where maximum aperture metering and focusing are very useful. Note just before the 1960's a major innovation
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