Nikon Z6 III Review: A Hybrid Camera for the Masses

Last updated: January 26, 2025 3:08 am

By MT HANNACH

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Nikon’s last Z6 The camera brings the high -end autofocus of the manufacturer of cameras to a consumer camera at a more reasonable price. In almost all areas that matter, the new Z6 III equals or surpasses the much more expensive high -end of the company. Nikon Z8.

Even if it is not perfect, the Z6 III is one of the Best cameras without a full -format mirror On the market, and he is able to manage almost all the photographic situations that most of us will meet. Landscape and fauna professionals will probably stick to their Z8 for the higher resolution sensor, but for all the others, it is the Nikon you need.

A leap forward

The new Z6 III of Nikon is a much greater upgrade than the previous version compared to the original. It brings most of the flagship features of Z8 and Z9, much more expensive, from Nikon to the Z6 range.

Aerial view of a Nikon Z6 Three, a black digital camera showing the front lens and the small dial at the top left

The design of the body has been refined, even if it is not very different from that of Z6 II. The camera weighs 1,7 book, which is well evenly with larger lenses, and the Nikon handle is the largest I have used, which makes it comfortable and easy to transport. Unlike Nikon zf of retro inspirationThere is not a ton of external controls here. There is a dial to change the shooting modes, as well as several other knobs, pimples and scroll wheel, which all offer you many customizable options that you can configure as you wish, but it lacks this feeling inspired by ZF film.

The flagship features of the Z6 III are the new partially stacked sensor (more information below), a updated, very rapid and precise 3D monitoring system, and the pro-professional encoding for video. There are also a multitude of small small updates that make a daily shooting a better and more fluid experience.

The Z6 III has a new 24 -megapixel CMOS sensor, which Nikon calls a “partially stacked” sensor, which means that you benefit from some of the advantages in terms of a stacked CMOS sensor, like those of Nikon Z8 and Z9, but not the drawbacks, or at least less drawbacks. The stacked sensors, uh, stack the treatment circuits just above the sensor itself (technically, it is behind the sensor), which means that the RAM is directly linked to the sensor, which allows an incredibly fast reading . This is what allows high -end cameras to take up to 12 RAW images per second without the viewfinder going out.