Nikon Zr is coming

[Andrew Reid]

How about the original Sony a1?

The Z8 is a bit of a bargain, but out of the two I regret selling my a1 more, because it was smaller, lighter, and here's the kicker - better colour science. Which I'd never thought in a million years I'd say about a Sony. You also save a lot of card space by shooting in the upgraded 8K H.265 mode that looks as good as N-RAW for a quarter of the file size. E-mount saves you further money on glass and adapters as well.

If the OG a1 is similar in price to that Z8 with 24-70 bundle, I'd be tempted to go for the Sony and stick a nice small, but cheap, vintage 35mm on it.

I'd then pair that with a little Micro Four Thirds camera, maybe a good old GX80.

[BTM_Pix]

40 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

How about the original Sony a1?

Around £2300 so not a massive amount in it.

[Ken Ross]

On 11/16/2025 at 2:11 PM, ND64 said:

I wish someone in Nikon or RED explain what they did and what these codes actually do. NRAW show less purple noise at extreme underexposure but colors are all over the place. R3D NE is in a pool of purple noise, but colors are intact. 

Since the sensor is dual gain, below a certain ambient light level you should switch to the higher gain setting, ISO 6400. When you do that, presto, the noise is either gone or greatly diminished.