Z 7II

I’ve had a great experience with the Nikon Z 7II. Build quality is excellent. The menus are somewhat difficult to navigate until they are learned, but I am able to change settings as required without too much problem. My wish list is as follows:1. It’s a challenge to use focus shift shooting because the instructions are not clear and as often as not the focus stack has images in which focus isn’t shifted. 2. Autofocus for quickly moving subjects (birds, small animals, etc) is difficult to achieve. Bird and vehicles recognition capability from the Z 9 would be helpful in a firmware update. Also, when using wide area small or large, occasionally autofocus loses the subject and will not reacquire it. Again, a firmware update based on Z 9 capability would be helpful. Overall I am quite happy with my purchase and I am a dedicated Nikon customer. I love the growing family of Z mount lenses. Keep them coming!

After about a year I continue to have my expectations exceeded. Switching up from a Nikon D750 and D810. As I continue to explore various features I have found a number of nice surprises. I have used the Z7II with a number of lenses, including quite a few F mount. These include old Nikkor and Dyne macro manual focus lenses and FTZ where focus peaking is a big help. Also using the Nikkor 200-500mm and FTZ for wildlife. Latest lens acquisition is a Z MC 105mm, which is pretty remarkable. Setting up a custom menu is a time saver, as I tend to switch to DX crop with the 200-500mm for distant wildlife, and then switch back again. I would tend to recommend the FTZ II since it can be less troublesome with a tripod mount adapter. I continue to be very happy with the Z 7II.

Excellent Image quality, Great dynamic range. I don't do BIF The Focusing is just fine for my needs.Would I like to see some improvements? Sure, but this is a great camera and properly set up you can do almost anything with it. I don't need a Z9, but I may be tempted on a Z8 if you ever comes to market with the Z7II as a second. I have used Nikon equipment since the 70's and have always been happy them them.

I wanted a lighter camera so it fits the bill. I still like my 850 better.

The first few months with my Z7II I used my F mount gold ring lenses. The image quality of this combination was a major step up from my D3s and D810. A few months later I was able to purchase my two main kit lenses the Z 14-24mm f 2.8 S and the Z 70-20mm f2.8 S. These Z lenses in combination with the Z7II body have made my images clearer, sharper and more detailed that any camera/ lens combination I have ever used. I know that my wide shots will be sharp edge to edge. My telephoto shots are clear and clean without any distortion. And I have no complaints about the video I shot with both lenses. The processing and programmability of the Z7II is a major step up for me. I hope that Nikon continues to add firmware updates for this camera. Little by little the autofocus keeps improving. I would highly recommend the Z7II for anyone wanting to upgrade.

Not a professional photographer but I have been using Nikon equipment since the early 1970s for my amateur outings. Now retired I finally treated myself to a top of the line model. It was well worth the wait. Tough learning curve with the extensive menu system but I can now make the camera work for me.

I had a D500 and a D850.I then bought a Z7II. Extremely happy with the camera.I was using the D500 for my action photos.The D850 was sitting on the sidelinesBut then Nikon came out with the Z9.I sold my D500 and using the Z9 for the action stuff.But when just walking around. Or none high speed photos.I grab the Z7IIMy D850 is still holding space in the camera bag

I bought my Z7ii (Oct 2021) a year after getting the Z6ii (Nov 2020). The higher MP resolution was the biggest factor and it hasn't disappointed. Much greater detail and the ability to crop in more have been great. I use this camera as my main landscape, cityscape, and astrophotography camera and it's been an absolute joy to use.But with all that said above, I echo some of the criticisms from other reviewers. Focus accuracy does miss occasionally - even when the focus box tells you it has achieved focus, even on FW 1.40. I have worked around it, by taking multiple pics to give me the opportunity to pick the best exposure. But it would be great to have better focus accuracy. Also, I feel that focus acquisition, subject tracking, and focus tracking improvements are still not what I would expect for a camera with twice the processing power of the Gen1 Z6/7. Firmware 1.40 did provide some improvement in some of those features, so kudos to the Nikon programmers. But, again, with twice the processing power, I feel we would have seen a much more significant performance improvement over the Gen1 bodies.I rated this a 4-star, but if I could give it a more accurate rating it would be a 4.5-star.

I love my z7ii it’s fast with the z lens I have 2 of these one is in to Nikon for repair I fell and trip over a car stop can’t wait to get it back I do wildlife very sharp photos great camera