Nikon Z* mirrorless

trevorbray said:
Definitely hold it Dave. For me it was the handling that spoiled it over the weight.
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Thanks, I'm not sure I'd buy before handling... in fairness I wasn't keen on the handling of the Zf but still ended up buying one :ROFLMAO:

Likewise when I bought the Df all those years ago, I picked one up at the Photo Show to see if I liked it & fell in love... came home and sold off all my Fujifilm gear I had at the time for one!
 
Does anyone know if there is a lens profile for the Nikon Z 24-200 in Lightroom Classic (subscription) ? I've noticed there is one for the Z 400 f4.5.

Edit: I've just noticed the Nikon Z 14-30 doesn't have an automatic lens profile either.
 
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wilt said:
While the Z50II is ok for what it is. I think the majority, myself included were looking for a pro DX Z camera.
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The Nikon D2X but with a modern EXPEED chipset and a matching sensor?
 
wilt said:
While the Z50II is ok for what it is. I think the majority, myself included were looking for a pro DX Z camera.
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Had a quick look while I was waiting in the dentist. No IBIS, therefore for me no relevant improvements.
 
jknights said:
The Nikon D2X but with a modern EXPEED chipset and a matching sensor?
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Nothing wrong with the D2X in its day, but the good DX line of old hasn't transferred to Z mount. I think it's more like a DX mini Z8, I'd hope for. The D500 was a stand out DX, they need that in the Z mount.
Stacked sensor, ibis, joystick, better battery, more megapixels than this Z50II. I know that's a completely different camera and price range, but that's what I'm holding out for.
 
rob-nikon said:
Does anyone know if there is a lens profile for the Nikon Z 24-200 in Lightroom Classic (subscription) ? I've noticed there is one for the Z 400 f4.5.

Edit: I've just noticed the Nikon Z 14-30 doesn't have an automatic lens profile either.
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I think a lot of the Nikon Z lenses have the profiles "baked in" to the raws.
 
Peter123 said:
I think a lot of the Nikon Z lenses have the profiles "baked in" to the raws.
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As far as I am aware they all have the correction values in the exif, but there was some discussion, maybe a year ago, about LR not always reading them.
 
rob-nikon said:
Does anyone know if there is a lens profile for the Nikon Z 24-200 in Lightroom Classic (subscription) ? I've noticed there is one for the Z 400 f4.5.

Edit: I've just noticed the Nikon Z 14-30 doesn't have an automatic lens profile either.
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Have you tried changing the settings in the lens profile tab, from default to custom.

This, apparently, can sometimes trigger LR to read the Nikon lens profile built into the EXIF.
 
My Z6III just arrived, can’t wait to get out with it this weekend!

Just saw the price has dropped even further on e-infinity now to £1799 for anyone who’s in the market for one!
 
great thing about the Zf is the instant B&W preview button which I'm sure will increase the number of such shots I take if and when I get this camera (the price in Germany has dropped to little over £1500 new which means in particular a second-hand one is looking increasingly like an option). For some reason, the sun has usually shone when I've been in Glencoe so I have few moody photos from that part of the world.
 
More from the Zf and Voigtlander 50 f2 APO
nod to @trevjm

1st a mono jpeg as shot, I love the Black and White switch.
The wavy way by Trevor, on Flickr

2nd & 3rd A couple of straight Raw conversions of a deliberately overexposed frame.
I was trying to be a little more creative on another Dull day. Interestingly the sensor wasn't blown at all.

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The way back by Trevor, on Flickr

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The track to the farm by Trevor, on Flickr
 
@trevorbray have you tried the B&W shooting mode using RAW+JPG. Then you can turn the B&W NEF back into full colour in Nikon NX Studio.
 
jknights said:
@trevorbray have you tried the B&W shooting mode using RAW+JPG. Then you can turn the B&W NEF back into full colour in Nikon NX Studio.
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Surely all NEF files are colour? Only the Jpegs have the profile baked in? Or have I got this wrong?
 
Stephen L said:
Surely all NEF files are colour? Only the Jpegs have the profile baked in? Or have I got this wrong?
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Yes they are but the Zf NEFs taken in B&W mode originally showed in LR and PS as black and white only but Nikon NX Studio could turn them back into full colour.
There is an EXIF tag that needs flipping.
 
I was away on the Lake District on a family holiday last week. I managed to get out a couple of times but the grey cloud across the UK wasn't great for photography. I was hoping to get up Loughrigg Fell in misty conditions but the mist/cloud was low so I visited the boat house at Rydal Water (a place I've been thinking of visiting for a while)


Rydal Boat house in the mist by Rob Cain, on Flickr

The mist possibly hides the lack of autumn colour in the background trees. It was surprising how many trees had already lost their leaves by 1st November.


Misty Rydal Water by Rob Cain, on Flickr
 
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Peter123 said:
I think a lot of the Nikon Z lenses have the profiles "baked in" to the raws
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myotis said:
Have you tried changing the settings in the lens profile tab, from default to custom.

This, apparently, can sometimes trigger LR to read the Nikon lens profile built into the EXIF.
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I only noticed as I was getting some corner vignetting with the 24-200 when editing the images. It was only that the 400mm f4.5 lens has its own profile, but you are likely right that the 24-200 and 14-30 use a built in lens profile.

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rob-nikon said:
I only noticed as I was getting some corner vignetting with the 24-200 when editing the images. It was only that the 400mm f4.5 lens has its own profile, but you are likely right that the 24-200 and 14-30 use a built in lens profile.

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With Capture One, they normally use the "manufacturers profile" from the embedded exif data from the camera, but confusingly they also provide their own profiles when they don't think the manufacturers have done a good enough job. There are then two profiles available and you can choose which one you find better.

It means that some of the time they clearly identify the lens being profiled, and some of the time they just say "manufacturers profile", and it looks as if Adobe might be doing something similar.
 
jknights said:
Yes they are but the Zf NEFs taken in B&W mode originally showed in LR and PS as black and white only but Nikon NX Studio could turn them back into full colour.
There is an EXIF tag that needs flipping.
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Mine don’t. They come in as mono but within a second revert to colour as the preview file is built. Obviously the Jpegs come with their selected profile baked in. NX Studio can re-apply that, or any, profile.
BTW you don’t need to use NX; LR can apply whichever manufacturer profile you desire.
 
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Stephen L said:
Mine don’t. They come in as mono but within a second revert to colour as the preview file is built. Obviously the Jpegs come with their selected profile baked in. NX Studio can re-apply that, or any, profile.
BTW you don’t need to use NX; LR can apply whichever manufacturer profile you desire.
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Interesting. I havent tried with the latest version of Lightroom Classic v14 but the older versions when I first got my Zf behaved like that so only Nikon NX Studio allowed this change and was the only program that changed the EXIF so that it became a full colour NEF again.

If you want you can PM me a link to one of your NEF images and I can see what needs to be done. It however could be a change in the Nikon Zf firmware from v1.00 to current that disallows this change or it could be that LRC cant write these changes to the EXIF of the NEF.
 
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jknights said:
Interesting. I havent tried with the latest version of Lightroom Classic v14 but the older versions when I first got my Zf behaved like that so only Nikon NX Studio allowed this change and was the only program that changed the EXIF so that it became a full colour NEF again.

If you want you can PM me a link to one of your NEF images and I can see what needs to be done. It however could be a change in the Nikon Zf firmware from v1.00 to current that disallows this change or it could be that LRC cant write these changes to the EXIF of the NEF.
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It may be an option which can be ticked in the import dialog, although mine is just set as installed. And it has always worked this way from v1.0, and also from other cameras. Its simply the nature of raw files.
 
jknights said:
Interesting. I havent tried with the latest version of Lightroom Classic v14 but the older versions when I first got my Zf behaved like that so only Nikon NX Studio allowed this change and was the only program that changed the EXIF so that it became a full colour NEF again.

If you want you can PM me a link to one of your NEF images and I can see what needs to be done. It however could be a change in the Nikon Zf firmware from v1.00 to current that disallows this change or it could be that LRC cant write these changes to the EXIF of the NEF.
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Stephen L said:
It may be an option which can be ticked in the import dialog, although mine is just set as installed. And it has always worked this way from v1.0, and also from other cameras. Its simply the nature of raw files.
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You can set Lightroom to import with camera settings. The picture control settings will be visible on the RAW
 
wibbly said:
Buachaille Etive Mòr

A rare image shot on the Z7ii with the 14-30 F4 (knew there was a reason I'd kept it :ROFLMAO: ).


0411_Z720121 by Dave Young, on Flickr
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Nice shot. I like the way the little tree links the 2 subjects - the waterfalls and the Buckle.
 
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