First Z6 shots in daylight: Since I bought a Z6 this past Fall, I had spent all that time shooting volleyball and basketball in poor dim lighting. So yesterday was the first...

tomcat

Since I bought a Z6 this past Fall, I had spent all that time shooting volleyball and basketball in poor dim lighting. So yesterday was the first opportunity to take a picture in sunlight. I was curious to see what the dynamic range results would be. This image is sooc, loaded into LR, then exported as a jpg. While in LR, I didn't even crop it or adjust anything. I think this is an outstanding "raw" image and I'm impressed with how the Z6 held the highlights on the white clapboards and then had shadow details in the adjacent building on the right. Can't wait to see what I can do with this....

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UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

The camera and that glass are keepers.

Bill_de Loc: US

tomcat wrote:

Since I bought a Z6 this past Fall, I had spent al... (show quote)

Like they say, ' the proof is in the puddin'.

Nice image that might get more views in the Photo Gallery.

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rrkazman

I remember when a friend a mine who made his living using Film said digital will never surpass film for clarity and richness of color. He was wrong. It's to bad he is gone he would have enjoyed this new digital age. Film was always a limiting factor in how many shots you could take.

tomcat

Bill_de wrote:

Like they say, ' the proof is in the puddin'.

Nice image that might get more views in the Photo Gallery.

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Thanks, I'll transfer it over there.

tomcat

UTMike wrote:

The camera and that glass are keepers.

Thanks, I am definitely keeping it because it's got potential (and my nose is not getting longer)

tomcat

rrkazman wrote:

I remember when a friend a mine who made his living using Film said digital will never surpass film for clarity and richness of color. He was wrong. It's to bad he is gone he would have enjoyed this new digital age. Film was always a limiting factor in how many shots you could take.

Back in the 1990's, I used to shoot Friday night football games for local newspapers. The editor gave me a 36 exposure roll of film for the entire game--lol

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Beautiful! You are gonna enjoy that camera and lens!!

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

That is an impressive image SOOC tomcat. I've been very interested in the Z6, and hope you continue to post your shots with it.

Photolady2014 Loc: Southwest Colorado

What lens did you use? Looks great!

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good shot, Tomcat.

tomcat

Photolady2014 wrote:

What lens did you use? Looks great!

I used the Z lens, 85mm f/1.8 S series designed for the Z cameras

tomcat

yssirk123 wrote:

That is an impressive image SOOC tomcat. I've been very interested in the Z6, and hope you continue to post your shots with it.

Thanks, I'll try to post some. But I got it mainly for sports shooting in the dimly lit gyms. However, during the early soccer games, there will be some instances of cloudy days where my D500 will "noise out". So I'll be switching to the Z6. I'll post some sports shots in a couple of weeks when the season starts.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

There are things that can be done with film that digital doesn't stand a chance at competing.

"Film was always a limiting factor in how many shots you could take." --- I guess that would be a concern for the spray and pray crowd.
--Bob

rrkazman wrote:

I remember when a friend a mine who made his living using Film said digital will never surpass film for clarity and richness of color. He was wrong. It's to bad he is gone he would have enjoyed this new digital age. Film was always a limiting factor in how many shots you could take.