Is There Something Going on With the Nikon Z6 III Sensor? | The PetaPixel Podcast

This week, Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake concluded their review of the Nikon Z6 III. It’s a fantastic overall camera that has some interesting new technology, but the few limitations it has appear directly linked to the sensor.

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The Nikon Z6 III has some issues with dynamic range and odd “flickering” during high ISO video shooting, but that doesn’t make it a bad camera. Even with these issues, it compares very well against the Sony a7 IV and the Canon R6 Mark II. Still, the PetaPixel Podcast team wanted to go into more detail regarding the issues with the Z6 III and explain what they hope to see happen from Nikon in response.

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In This Episode

• 00:00 – Intro
• 10:36 – Sigma (sort of) makes more lenses work with with a9 III’s 120FPS mode
• 14:19 – Hugh Brownstone’s Leica Q3 grip
• 19:21 – The world’s first underwater housing for the Leica M6
• 21:58 – Harman makes multi-million-pound investment in the future of film manufacturing.
• 25:40 – Pentax Astrophotography Assistant is paid firmware update to K-1 and K-1 II
• 30:21 – Is there something going on with the Nikon Z6 III sensor?
• 48:55 – What have you been up to?
• 55:37 – Tech Support
• 55:53 – Is Micro Four Thirds good for street photography anymore?
• 1:01:27 – Can you help explain sensor size conversions?
• 1:06:48 – How should you store camera equipment in high humidity locations?
• 1:09:04 – What’s the most affordable Mac option for the most power?
• 1:12:56 – Is there something to the “Leica Look” people talk about?
• 1:16:28 – What happened to the “$500” pocket cam? What happened to Type 1 sensors?
• 1:20:53 – Can you explain what about Panasonic’s video tools makes them better than, say, Nikon?
• 1:22:55 – Is there a fixed lens compact camera with good zoom?
• 1:24:33 – Don’t forget about Darktable!
• 1:29:02 – How come camera companies share so little info about their processors?