Z 7II

Z8 has slightly worse dynamic range than a D850. This will be noticable in how much you can pull from shadows in post processing. You can compensate for it by avoiding ISO 100-500, by exposure bracketing or by overexposing images. In most circumstances, you won’t notice it at all. Z7ii does better i

The D850 (and Z7ii) is still the pinnacle of sensor performance for still images. The Z8 has a slightly lower dynamic range. Most people get some benefits from switching to mirrorless, but better IQ is not one of them.

Z5ii has 2/3 stop better dynamic range than the Z6iii under ISO 800 and matches it above ISO 800. Stacked sensors generally have a read noise penalty - you see this in Z7ii vs Z8 as well (Z7ii has 1/3 stop better dynamic range at ISO 64, and at around 2/3 better at ISO 200, though the Z8 matches it

I’d be interested in a Z7iii too, but I doubt we’ll ever see one for the reasons already mentioned in this thread. That said, maybe your “pure photo” camera is already here in the Z7ii. I know—the autofocus isn’t as good as what you get with the Z6iii, and it lacks many of the newer Expeed 7 feature

It all depends on what you need. If you feel you need an improvement in AF, FPS, or video capabilities it may be worth it. Otherwise the D750 is an incredibly capable camera a the Z cameras don’t add anything to IQ for stills. You need to look at your personal needs and rent a Z camera to see if it

Except that the A7R does have a high speed readout sensor, more than twice as fast as the Z7/Z7II has despite having more pixels. That being said, despite the additional pixels it's not resolving much (in some cases, any) more detail or DR than the Z7 does, and Nikon has rarely been about spec chasi

Dynamic range differences When the Z6 iii was new and there was lots of discussion about dynamic range reductions: I took my old Z6 and new Z6 iii and shot a night scene with a tripod, same lens, matching manual settings. At 100% zoom, looking at a pair of photos, I could spot slightly more detail i

The Z7II only has extended dynamic range versus the Z5II below ISO100- will that really be all that useful? Landscapes and outdoor portraits maybe Astro or macro probably not as much. But more pixels can always be a blessing for these types of work- assuming you’ll actually use it for print sizes th

DR peaked at the D850/Z7/Z7ii. Older sensors have worse DR. It isn't until the advent of dual gain readout (as in the Panasonic S1ii and Sony A7V) where DR exceeds those levels.

I developed this habbit on my D810 that was usually good enough to go +3 on the shadows without noise, but if I would go +1.5 on the highlights I would never get them back. So I was always shooting -2/3 to feel like I was in the "middle" and give more ground for highlight recovery if need be. Now I