David Busch's Nikon Z7 Guide to Digital Photography

Introduction

Despite what you might read elsewhere, the Nikon Z series cameras are not the first mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras Nikon has offered. That distinction belongs to the company’s Nikon 1 product line, a series of consumer-oriented cameras that were truly small in size, and which used small 1-inch sensors. Your Nikon Z7 was carefully designed to fully meet the needs of a much different group: dedicated photo enthusiasts, semi-professionals, and professional photographers.

With the Z7, you’re not giving up much, other than a mirror and a pentaprism/pentamirror optical viewfinder, 12 ounces of weight, and quite a bit of bulk—compared to the Nikon D850, which is Nikon’s closest traditional dSLR in terms of resolution and features. ...