Nikon has announced the new Zf, a full-frame retro style camera. When I first heard about this camera, I really wasn’t that interested. After all, I already own the Nikon Z9 and the Nikon Z6 II. And I actually have a real retro camera, the Nikon Fm2n. But then I saw it. It looks really nice. Take a look for yourself.
Nikon has hit it out of the park with this camera. I’ve had my Nikon Fm2n film camera for almost a year and I love it. Shooting film is fun. And this camera has so many manual knobs on it, it reminds me so much of my Fm2n. But don’t be concerned if you want your camera to be as automatic as possible. You can still change all the settings in the menus.
Colors? Did you say colors? The Zf will not disappoint. There is the standard black and then six more colors to choose from in the Zf. The only downside is it will cost you an extra $100 for any color other than black. I haven’t decided which one I want yet. But I’m definitely getting one with one of the colors.
So what’s the price? Well, it starts at $1,999.95. Not cheap. But half the price of the Z8. Right now, outside of the Z9 and the Z8, it will be Nikon’s best camera. This will be my everyday camera. I’ll probably have my Nikkor Z 40mm f/2 attached to it. If only I had purchased the SE version of that to match the retro styling of the Zf. I guess I’ll have to order the Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 (SE). I have a Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 AI-s attached to my Fm2n pretty much all the time. I just love that focal length.
The Nikon Zf isn’t set to be released until the end of October. So I hope to get a review out sometime in November once I’ve received mine and had the chance to use it some.
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