Plus, Sarah and I have the advantage of being intimately acquainted with both the Nikon D750, the Nikon Z6, and the Z6ii. Now, we want to make our research and considerations open to all photographers out there! Finally, in the final days of 2020, Nikon began shipping the Z6ii, the much-anticipated update to the Z6.īut as a professional wedding and portrait photographer, you might find yourself asking which camera body is right for me? Since joining the program with us, almost all of our apprentices made the leap from crop-sensor to full-frame camera, and we talked them through the DSLR vs. Then, in 2020, Nikon released a long-overdue update to the D750, the Nikon D780, which took many of the technology upgrades from Nikon’s mirrorless cameras and applied them to the DSLR format. This (along with Sony and Canon releasing their first professional mirrorless cameras around the same time) was a turning point in digital photography. This was the first deviation from the F-mount DSLR for professional photographers since it stepped onto the digital scene with the Nikon D1 in 1999. Then, in 2018, Nikon released its first iteration of mirrorless cameras. Unless you shoot for large-format print, sports or photojournalism, the D750-level was all you ever needed! The Nikon D850 (and it’s mirrorless counterpart, the Nikon Z7/Z7ii) is double the price in exchange for a 45-megapixel sensor (honestly TOO big for most wedding and portrait needs), while the Nikon D6 (and the mirrorless Z9) costs 2X and weighs 3X, essentially in exchange for a smaller image sensor and a few extra frames per second. While Nikon has two higher-end DSLRs, we always felt like they were overkill for most wedding and portrait photographers. DSLR is such a foundational decision to all the other gear decisions, we decided this blog would be Part Zero in the series!įor most of the last decade, the Nikon D750 was, in our opinion, the top-of-the-line professional Nikon camera body, and the best fit for most professional portrait and wedding photographers. Canon Mirrorless RP or R6), Sony, or anything else! Since Mirrorless vs. Although we’re Nikon shooters ourselves, hopefully the advice in this blog - as well as the entire series - will be helpful even if you shoot Canon (Canon DSLR vs. This blog specifically (one of our most popular of ALL TIME) is all about deciding between a mirrorless and DSLR camera. The series is all about helping photographers at any stage of their business - whether just getting their first paid jobs, or in the thick of their first years as wedding photographers - think strategically about how to spend their hard-earned photography dollars! Hey photographers! Welcome to the very first part of our blog/video series, “Camera Bag Essentials”.
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