Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is a camera designed for serious photographers who already own quite a bit of Nikon glass and want to be able to make use of the new S-Line Z-mount lenses to come. There is almost nothing the D850 can do that the Z7 can't do almost as well and there is a lot that the Z7 can do that the D850 cannot. If you have a D850 and don't feel the need to buy a new body, don't feel the need to rush. If you were thinking about the D850, the Z7 is almost certainly the better buy as you can use the new lenses. The big upgrade on the body is the In-Body-Image-Stabilization (IBIS). This works ridiculously well. I was able to take a shot at 1/3rd sec first time with no visible camera shake. If you shoot video, the Z7 or Z6 are the cameras of choice. Not that you are likely to need such a long shutter speed to get enough light, with an f/4 aperture lens and insane ISO response, you can happily use this indoors in almost any light (I had to set the ISO to 64 to force the 1/3s). But slow shutter speeds have a lot of creative possibilities. Image blur in crowd scenes for example. The EVF is actually a big step up on an optical viewfinder once you get used to it as you have all the menus in the viewfinder so you can change menu options without taking your eye off the viewfinder. The autofocus is fast and accurate and requires some understanding of the camera before you can make the most of it. The camera is configured for pinpoint mode by default which is only using contrast detect. It works best in AF-C mode with face recognition mode enabled. Don't fall for the silly Sony marketing about 'eye focus', all face recognition autofocus identifies the position of the eyes and tries to focus on them. Manual focus works surprisingly well. Just flip the lens into manual mode and you have focus peaking. It is easier to focus this than any of my non-auto focus Nikons. Unlike the D850 or any DSLR, you have autofocus points spread across the full frame, not just the middle third. Regardless of the focus mode, you have automatic calibration for all your lenses as the focus detection is in the exact same plane as the image sensor, always. The 24-70 lens doesn't go as long as the 24-120 f/4 but as soon as you use it on the camera, you realize why they went for this size. It is the perfect walk-around lens and light enough not to need to think about leaving it at home. The lens is sharp across the frame and the lock mechanism is actually quite nice. It doesn't creep. The main drawback is that there are only three native lenses to choose from right now. But most folk buying this camera will already have a bag full of Nikon lenses and so they will only be interested in adding new lenses that are designed for the mirrorless format from the ground up and are markedly better than their existing lenses.