I was shooting with Nikon for more than 8 years. A few days ago I bought a Lumix s5ii with a 50 mm pro 1.4 lens, I'm in love with this camera. Looking to buy a 15-35 mm lens and then will replace my z6ii with the next model from Lumix. A few weeks ago I was thinking about buying a Nikon Z8, but now there's no way I'm going to do that.
YES! I tell people that but they dont know untill they know! The Autofocus is great, like 90% of the ZVE1. You really would never know the difference. I was reluctant to get the S5ii, but MAN for the money you pay you can not get a better camera for the price in my opinion. Especially if you buy used! Thanks for watching and the comments!😊😊
YES! I totally agree! You cant beat it! It really is Awesome if you take the time to learn it. Built in fan, full hdmi, 6k open gate recording and great autofocus! If you buy used, you can not touch this cameras features with anything else in my opinion!
Lumix S5ii + a Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN 'Art' II looks like a sweet set-up and would cost about $2800 all in Nikon z6iii + the Nikon Z 24-70 f/2.8 would be the similar set-up and cost about 4500 Lumix combo would have better DR - and weigh 80 grams less if you cared. Tempted to buy them both and compare them but at the end of the day how do you ignore the $1700 difference.
That z6iii looks sweet, but at this point I have so much invested in lenses that I'm just going to have to wait for sony to catch up (if you want to look at it like that). A7S3 was WAY ahead of its time
Yeah, that camera is amazing. For sure. I also have the zve1 which has the same sensor. Not a big reason to switch if you already have the a 73.. Thank you for watching. I appreciate it end your comments
@alphaandomega2709 Absolutely. I love Sony auto focus. They are still on top. If you don't need professional features, Or need something light for travel? And it's good for pictures, a7cii is an amazing option as well. I actually I'm considering getting one, but I already own the zve1, I have nothing to really gain from that I don't take pictures often. Thank you for comments. I appreciate the discussion
I honestly can’t see the difference in Sony/Nikon/Canon autofocus in 2024 enough to make any significant difference. Sony’s all area AF looks simpler to use, but Nikon int he right AF mode is just as effective. Nikon has refined that AF like mad in the Z9 and trickled it into the other expeed 7 cameras. The Z9/8 seem to be basically the same as the A1 at this point, but the Z8 costs half.
I am currently deciding on my 1st camera. I think I want the s5ii or even the s5iix for future proof reasons. I love that it is an all around hybrid camera that is slight more focused on the video end of things but the stills that I've seen are beautiful. Planning on doing street photography, short films, and starting TH-cam. It might be overkill for a starter cam but I really want something I can grow into. Lens options are pretty good too. I'd also like to know what you think about this too. awesome comparisons btw I've looked into all of these cameras and I'm still on the fence.
Also trying to decide. They're running a promo for S5ii that gives a big discount on lenses and which stacks with the edu discount for some really wild discounts. Look into it!
@@blanket9890 yeah wtf, B*H listed it as going until July 1. It was $1600 with 35, 50, and 85 primes but now the bundle option isn't listed and the base price for the camera is $1600 instead of 1439. How annoying.
@@Healthy_Toki Yea I'm kinda disappointed. Maybe I'll wait longer but the best deals I see now Makes it seem not worth it cuz of the better deal before and makes me wanna look at Sony again😅😅.
Man, i can't believe I missed that s5ii deal with 2 lenses. I'm going back and forth between the a6700 and s5ii. The s5ii has skyrocketed in price over the last month. I need a camera that is photography primary (I need to take product photos for my new website). However, I want to start a TH-cam channel as well. So I really want a good hybrid. The canon r6 mkiii is probably awhile out still unfortunately.
Panasonic is useless for me because of this PanaLeica firmware glitch >>>> If you set AFL+AEL to OFF in menu and then switch from AFC to MF /AFS via the back dial or via the lens button the camera reverts to AEL lock via shutter half press instantly ( Leica Q3 and other Leica SL do the same ... #1 reason I stopped shooting Leica M cameras ... also the reason you can not shoot Zeiss ZE lenses on Pana/Leica with ANY adapter )
@@breakfastforyousoul haha, would be really great if anybody / you could confirm my findings ( because I can still not believe that what I found is true ) BTW none of the sponsored reviewers want's to tackle the subject - they just say : you are wrong ! ( and leave it at that :) ( same counts for Leica Q3) ... but it seems the reason why guys like Luca Bono advocate ZF lenses and NOT ZE :)
And by far the best telephoto lineup on the market right now. You have to pay WAY more for the same with Canon or Sony and Panasonic isn’t even in the race for telephoto, they don’t have any primes beyond 500mm.
I'm kind of envious of you Full Frame guys.... NOT that I want one. I had the R5 and dumped it, because FF never gave me the reach I needed. I'm envious, because you guys have SO many options, and as if those were not enough, every major brand comes out with new FF bodies all the time. Meanwhile, for bird shooters who need max reach, their is the Canon R7 (with all its shortcomings). The Olympus OM1 might be an option with its 2 X's crop factor. But for now, that really about it.
You know when I think about it, you're totally right, chris. tamron or sigma, or one of the other third parties really would make a killing if they came out with a 1000mm f4 or something or Like an eight hundred to twelve hundred zoom lens For a somewhat reasonable price, they would make an Absolute, killing, because there's no competition for that! Thank you for your comments, man. I appreciate it
Why not just use DX crop on a Z8 with the 180-600. That’s about the best value in wildlife shooting at the moment. A less expensive option would be one of the latest OM-1’s or OM-5 and the 75-300. $2500 for FF the Z6iii pretty much leaves everything behind right now.
@@kalimarus I'm sorry, but I'm confused.... The Z8 is a FF body, and the 180-600, is whatever it is, depending on the body. So that lens on a Z8 would only be 600mm correct ? I'm very used to a 1280mm equivalent. Just right for me.
@@Chris_Wolfgram The Z8 has a 20 mp DX mode, so you basically have APSC built in for crop. You can use TCs on the 180-600 as well. With the 1.4 TC you have that 1280 eq, and you have all the benefits of FF. I own M43 as well and it won’t beat my Z8 for image quality at higher iso that you encounter often with wildlife and high shutter speeds. The smaller M43 like the OM5 and 75-300 is a really nice small wildlife camera though.
@@kalimarus oh, okay. I get you now, the DX mode 👍 That would certainly work. So that would give you (I believe Nikon has a 1.5 X's crop ?) 240-900, which is a little short for me. Currently I'm shooting with a fixed 1280mm equivalent, but hoping to get the 200-800 sooner... Or later... Which would give me 320-1280mm, with almost half the MFD that I have now. Ideal for my shooting 🙂 Btw, I did use my Canon R5 in crop mode for a while, and that dropped my mp's from 45 to 17 ! But even besides the low mp's it lost something which is hard to put into words. I just know I do WAY better with my APS-C R7, than I did with my FF R5. Can't say it would be exactly the same experience with Nikon. But again, I'd try anything. I'm definitely not a brand loyalist 🙂
Yeah it is worse than the S5ii and even the Nikon Z6ii! Ouch. If all you do is youtube it would be fine, but you are giving that up for other things...
@@breakfastforyousoul This is crazy to me! How on earth did Nikon think they would get away with releasing a new flagship camera with less DR than the S5ii?? I'm sitting here researching the S5ii because of this blunder of there's.
The A7V could very well be a disappointment. Just look at the A9iii specs vs the Z6iii. Aside from 120 FPS RAW (the Z6iii does 120 in jpeg) and some advantage in flicker reduction for LED lighting the $6500 A9iii really doesn’t do anything better and takes a hit in image quality for general use because of the global shutter and the buffer is trash compared to the Z6iii. Why would the A7V suddenly surpass that camera in specs? I think Sony users are a bit in shock that Nikon has dropped the Z9/8/Zf and Z6iii which are just better cameras for less and knock out Sony at about every price point in value in 2024, and Nikon has a much better telephoto lineup for wildlife and sports which is where you use all that speed.
The more of these I watch the more convinced I am on the S5 II.
I was shooting with Nikon for more than 8 years. A few days ago I bought a Lumix s5ii with a 50 mm pro 1.4 lens, I'm in love with this camera. Looking to buy a 15-35 mm lens and then will replace my z6ii with the next model from Lumix. A few weeks ago I was thinking about buying a Nikon Z8, but now there's no way I'm going to do that.
Also the s5ii has better autofocus than the new Nikon Z6iii.
YES! I tell people that but they dont know untill they know! The Autofocus is great, like 90% of the ZVE1. You really would never know the difference. I was reluctant to get the S5ii, but MAN for the money you pay you can not get a better camera for the price in my opinion. Especially if you buy used! Thanks for watching and the comments!😊😊
YES! I totally agree! You cant beat it! It really is Awesome if you take the time to learn it. Built in fan, full hdmi, 6k open gate recording and great autofocus! If you buy used, you can not touch this cameras features with anything else in my opinion!
great video man, and awesome qualtiy
Thank you very much. I really appreciate it!
Lumix S5ii + a Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN 'Art' II looks like a sweet set-up and would cost about $2800 all in
Nikon z6iii + the Nikon Z 24-70 f/2.8 would be the similar set-up and cost about 4500
Lumix combo would have better DR - and weigh 80 grams less if you cared. Tempted to buy them both and compare them but at the end of the day how do you ignore the $1700 difference.
That z6iii looks sweet, but at this point I have so much invested in lenses that I'm just going to have to wait for sony to catch up (if you want to look at it like that). A7S3 was WAY ahead of its time
The Sony a7Cii has better autofocus. The only thing the Nikon has is decent frame rates.
Yeah, that camera is amazing. For sure. I also have the zve1 which has the same sensor.
Not a big reason to switch if you already have the a 73.. Thank you for watching. I appreciate it end your comments
@alphaandomega2709 Absolutely. I love Sony auto focus. They are still on top. If you don't need professional features, Or need something light for travel? And it's good for pictures, a7cii is an amazing option as well. I actually I'm considering getting one, but I already own the zve1, I have nothing to really gain from that I don't take pictures often. Thank you for comments. I appreciate the discussion
You can adapt Sony lenses and they work seamless :)
I honestly can’t see the difference in Sony/Nikon/Canon autofocus in 2024 enough to make any significant difference. Sony’s all area AF looks simpler to use, but Nikon int he right AF mode is just as effective. Nikon has refined that AF like mad in the Z9 and trickled it into the other expeed 7 cameras. The Z9/8 seem to be basically the same as the A1 at this point, but the Z8 costs half.
I am currently deciding on my 1st camera. I think I want the s5ii or even the s5iix for future proof reasons. I love that it is an all around hybrid camera that is slight more focused on the video end of things but the stills that I've seen are beautiful. Planning on doing street photography, short films, and starting TH-cam. It might be overkill for a starter cam but I really want something I can grow into. Lens options are pretty good too. I'd also like to know what you think about this too. awesome comparisons btw I've looked into all of these cameras and I'm still on the fence.
The s5ii/x also has better autofocus than Nikons whole mirrorless line up
Also trying to decide. They're running a promo for S5ii that gives a big discount on lenses and which stacks with the edu discount for some really wild discounts. Look into it!
@@Healthy_Toki Just looked up the prices( they skyrocketed). I feel the promo slipping thru my fingers. Hoping I can find a decent deal still.
@@blanket9890 yeah wtf, B*H listed it as going until July 1. It was $1600 with 35, 50, and 85 primes but now the bundle option isn't listed and the base price for the camera is $1600 instead of 1439. How annoying.
@@Healthy_Toki Yea I'm kinda disappointed. Maybe I'll wait longer but the best deals I see now Makes it seem not worth it cuz of the better deal before and makes me wanna look at Sony again😅😅.
I'm still going for the S5iix
Man, i can't believe I missed that s5ii deal with 2 lenses. I'm going back and forth between the a6700 and s5ii. The s5ii has skyrocketed in price over the last month. I need a camera that is photography primary (I need to take product photos for my new website). However, I want to start a TH-cam channel as well. So I really want a good hybrid. The canon r6 mkiii is probably awhile out still unfortunately.
LUMIX, better all rounder...Nikon does some great things but No in camera PS,no open gate...no redundancy...ALL of these are essential
Panasonic is useless for me because of this PanaLeica firmware glitch >>>> If you set AFL+AEL to OFF in menu and then switch from AFC to MF /AFS via the back dial or via the lens button the camera reverts to AEL lock via shutter half press instantly ( Leica Q3 and other Leica SL do the same ... #1 reason I stopped shooting Leica M cameras ... also the reason you can not shoot Zeiss ZE lenses on Pana/Leica with ANY adapter )
Whoa! Did not know that. Never affected me though, I dont shoot MF, I have not had an issue with mine yet... Thanks for watching!
@@breakfastforyousoul haha, would be really great if anybody / you could confirm my findings ( because I can still not believe that what I found is true ) BTW none of the sponsored reviewers want's to tackle the subject - they just say : you are wrong ! ( and leave it at that :) ( same counts for Leica Q3) ... but it seems the reason why guys like Luca Bono advocate ZF lenses and NOT ZE :)
Nikon Z 6 iii
Nikon all the way. 6k 60 raw, 12bit color internal. Great AF, beautiful colors on photo and video, best lens and bright future with RED tech.
And by far the best telephoto lineup on the market right now. You have to pay WAY more for the same with Canon or Sony and Panasonic isn’t even in the race for telephoto, they don’t have any primes beyond 500mm.
Yeah I really want to play with it! Still might get one and do a head to head with the S5ii. Although the 4k 60 is def a win for the Z6iii for sure.
@@breakfastforyousoul Panasonic has great video too, not sure you can go wrong either way for that.
A$ opening price z6iii $4500! A7iv $2900 with superior AF and lens options... that's a no from me. Great video and info though 👍
Appreciate your take on it. Sony does have the best lens options for sure. If you want many lenses, that is a good way to go. Thanks for watching!😀
enjoy poor rolling shutter performance and inferior colors 😂
I'm going with Nikon :)
I am sure you will love it, I really want to try it out!
I'm kind of envious of you Full Frame guys.... NOT that I want one. I had the R5 and dumped it, because FF never gave me the reach I needed. I'm envious, because you guys have SO many options, and as if those were not enough, every major brand comes out with new FF bodies all the time. Meanwhile, for bird shooters who need max reach, their is the Canon R7 (with all its shortcomings). The Olympus OM1 might be an option with its 2 X's crop factor. But for now, that really about it.
You know when I think about it, you're totally right, chris. tamron or sigma, or one of the other third parties really would make a killing if they came out with a 1000mm f4 or something or Like an eight hundred to twelve hundred zoom lens For a somewhat reasonable price, they would make an Absolute, killing, because there's no competition for that! Thank you for your comments, man. I appreciate it
Why not just use DX crop on a Z8 with the 180-600. That’s about the best value in wildlife shooting at the moment. A less expensive option would be one of the latest OM-1’s or OM-5 and the 75-300. $2500 for FF the Z6iii pretty much leaves everything behind right now.
@@kalimarus I'm sorry, but I'm confused.... The Z8 is a FF body, and the 180-600, is whatever it is, depending on the body. So that lens on a Z8 would only be 600mm correct ?
I'm very used to a 1280mm equivalent. Just right for me.
@@Chris_Wolfgram The Z8 has a 20
mp DX mode, so you basically have APSC built in for crop. You can use TCs on the 180-600 as well. With the 1.4 TC you have that 1280 eq, and you have all the benefits of FF. I own M43 as well and it won’t beat my Z8 for image quality at higher iso that you encounter often with wildlife and high shutter speeds. The smaller M43 like the OM5 and 75-300 is a really nice small wildlife camera though.
@@kalimarus oh, okay. I get you now, the DX mode 👍
That would certainly work.
So that would give you (I believe Nikon has a 1.5 X's crop ?) 240-900, which is a little short for me.
Currently I'm shooting with a fixed 1280mm equivalent, but hoping to get the 200-800 sooner... Or later... Which would give me 320-1280mm, with almost half the MFD that I have now. Ideal for my shooting 🙂
Btw, I did use my Canon R5 in crop mode for a while, and that dropped my mp's from 45 to 17 ! But even besides the low mp's it lost something which is hard to put into words. I just know I do WAY better with my APS-C R7, than I did with my FF R5.
Can't say it would be exactly the same experience with Nikon. But again, I'd try anything. I'm definitely not a brand loyalist 🙂
have u see the DR raw performance of z6iii on jared channel?
Yeah it is worse than the S5ii and even the Nikon Z6ii! Ouch. If all you do is youtube it would be fine, but you are giving that up for other things...
@@breakfastforyousoul This is crazy to me! How on earth did Nikon think they would get away with releasing a new flagship camera with less DR than the S5ii?? I'm sitting here researching the S5ii because of this blunder of there's.
Wait for the A7V or A7SIV …
There's always that option. You can wait for the bigger and better thing. It will be coming eventually! Appreciate the comments man
And the price be huge..
Nikon is in its prime now. Nikon z9, nikon z8, nikon z6 ii now, their lenses are getting rewards. Sony is actually in decline.
The A7V could very well be a disappointment. Just look at the A9iii specs vs the Z6iii. Aside from 120 FPS RAW (the Z6iii does 120 in jpeg) and some advantage in flicker reduction for LED lighting the $6500 A9iii really doesn’t do anything better and takes a hit in image quality for general use because of the global shutter and the buffer is trash compared to the Z6iii. Why would the A7V suddenly surpass that camera in specs? I think Sony users are a bit in shock that Nikon has dropped the Z9/8/Zf and Z6iii which are just better cameras for less and knock out Sony at about every price point in value in 2024, and Nikon has a much better telephoto lineup for wildlife and sports which is where you use all that speed.
you cant do any type of video paid job with z6iii due to the single card recording.
That does make me nervous
get a ninja v and dual record