11-18-2018, 12:31 PM
Short version: I get less shots for the Z7, but more in focus.
Longer version: The D850 to me is a box of still hidden secrets - I could not tell somebody how to get constantly sharp BiF pics. The first problem always is, to aim at the subjects and keep them framed. In D850, it helps a lot to switch to DX mode, because I can see better what's coming into frame. The Z7 also has DX mode - but it changes the EVF picture, so no black line in the finder. That makes it easier to loose the subject.
I watched a utube vid from Mark Smith who is much better in this than I am: https://youtu.be/sNAziALpnXc
He made that comparison you're asking for, dave. I simply can't, because the next birds here are some swans, seagulls, ducks and other "ordinary" feathered animals.
It surprised me to get some mostly sharp tracking series.
Even with a busy background it kept tracking, but not with that special tracking mode. I can't tell anymore in which shot I used which AF-C setting, I tried some of them.
The cool thing is: I assigned AF-mode to one of the Fn keys in fronts and switching to Spot metering to the other, that really helped.
Longer version: The D850 to me is a box of still hidden secrets - I could not tell somebody how to get constantly sharp BiF pics. The first problem always is, to aim at the subjects and keep them framed. In D850, it helps a lot to switch to DX mode, because I can see better what's coming into frame. The Z7 also has DX mode - but it changes the EVF picture, so no black line in the finder. That makes it easier to loose the subject.
I watched a utube vid from Mark Smith who is much better in this than I am: https://youtu.be/sNAziALpnXc
He made that comparison you're asking for, dave. I simply can't, because the next birds here are some swans, seagulls, ducks and other "ordinary" feathered animals.
It surprised me to get some mostly sharp tracking series.
Even with a busy background it kept tracking, but not with that special tracking mode. I can't tell anymore in which shot I used which AF-C setting, I tried some of them.
The cool thing is: I assigned AF-mode to one of the Fn keys in fronts and switching to Spot metering to the other, that really helped.