First ever shots from the Nikon Z7 at F1.0 with Leica Noctilux - In the darkness

[Andrew Reid]

The Nikon Z7 could well be the best ever camera for adapting manual focus lenses.

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[docmoore]

I have been waiting for the Novoflex LEM to Z adapter ... shown on their website but no shipping to the US.

So hopefully BH will have them one day.

Focus by wire with the 24 - 70 is marginal at best.

Nice pictures in the article.

[BasiliskFilm]

Nice Saluki cross (?) hound, btw. Is it yours Andrew?

 

[Mark W]

 

Very curious about the more problematic but fun and potentially interesting cinematically lenses...

Do you have any of the wide Voigtlander's or Elmarits/Summicrons? Voigtlander 12m or 15mm and the Elmarit or Summicron 28mm would be really interesting to see with the thin sensor glass.

[Andrew Reid]

3 hours ago, BasiliskFilm said:

Nice Saluki cross (?) hound, btw. Is it yours Andrew?

It's the entire family's to share the burden!

Yes nice dog-eye you have - he is indeed a saluki cross! Crossed with what I don't know. Possibly a chimp. We did a DNA test on him last week and waiting to hear the results.

[Vintage Jimothy]

Any chance you'll upload some video footage of the Z7 + Noctilux combo, Andrew? The photos obviously look stunning, but I really want to see just how cinematic these new Nikons can be when paired with the right lenses. 

[BasiliskFilm]

4 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

It's the entire family's to share the burden!

Yes nice dog-eye you have - he is indeed a saluki cross! Crossed with what I don't know. Possibly a chimp. We did a DNA test on him last week and waiting to hear the results.

We are whippet people, but salukis would be our other hounds if we lived on our own country estate...
Would be interested to hear the DNA, I hear the tests are now getting more reliable than they once were as the databases get larger.

[Lukas Kalinowski]

Wow Thanks for such great comparision of all main players at the time! So cool to see all of those tools at once! 

[norliss]

Good stuff and lovely pics @Andrew Reid - I think there may be a typo on the second line though. Where you say

"Until now my two favourite lenses for 4K video"

did you mean cameras?

Looking forward to seeing some video footage from the Z7.

[Andrew Reid]

Ah yes thanks for spotting that. Should say:

"Until now my two favourite cameras for shooting 4K video with manual focus lenses have been the Leica SL and Sony A7 III."

[tomsemiterrific]

Andrew, I just received a Z6, and it looks promising. I've got an FD, M42, and EF to Z mount adapters ordered, but the Chinese, in good form, are taking their time getting them to me.

Not shocked to see Nikon nomenclaturists to have invented all kinds of new terms NO ONE ELSE uses. Like listing "highlights" when they should list "zebras."

In that vein, I cannot find where they list "shoot without lens" and where you can inform the camera what focal length you're shooting.

Can you kindly help me with this?

[docmoore]

7 hours ago, tomsemiterrific said:

Andrew, I just received a Z6, and it looks promising. I've got an FD, M42, and EF to Z mount adapters ordered, but the Chinese, in good form, are taking their time getting them to me.

Not shocked to see Nikon nomenclaturists to have invented all kinds of new terms NO ONE ELSE uses. Like listing "highlights" when they should list "zebras."

In that vein, I cannot find where they list "shoot without lens" and where you can inform the camera what focal length you're shooting.

Can you kindly help me with this?

P 298 in the manual