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Nikon’s upcoming Z6 III is promising to be a genuinely unique camera among competitors and even amidst its own cousins from the same brand.
In this particular part of the camera market, there are a few excellent options that deliver stiff competition to any new entrant. One notable example is Canon’s EOS R6 II and another is Sony’s superb a7 IV.
However, placed alongside them, the Nikon Z6 III looks like it will deliver powerful performance across the board in impressive ways that the others don’t quite achieve.
For starters, the new Nikon camera, slated for release by the end of June, has the specs to perform smoothly and powerfully as both a photo and video camera.
One of the core aspects of what we can expect from the Z6 III is that its maker invested time and effort into making it more than just a midling shadow of Nikon’s priciest top-shelf cameras.
Instead, it offers features that are as robust as those of Nikon’s own pricier cameras and also select aspects that even outperform what these other cameras can do for both photo and video.
The Z6 III features a partially stacked 24.5MP image sensor for one thing. This is something many cameras in its price range lack, and for example, Sony’s a7 IV doesn’t have it at all.
For a stacked sensor from Sony or Canon, you’d have to splurge on some of these brands’ best cameras. In Sony’s case, it would be the flagship a1, and with Canon, it would be the EOS R3.
Both of these cameras cost a lot more than the R6 III does. In Nikon’s case, the Z8 and Z9 also offer stacked sensors, and they too cost a fair bit more than the Z6 III.
Sure, the sensor on the Z6 III isn’t a fully stacked model. Instead, it’s only partially stacked but it nonetheless gives the Z6 III some of the same performance found in a fully stacked sensor, except without a correspondingly huge price.
The sensor on the Z III isn’t as fast at readout, AF, or continuous shooting as the fully stacked sensors in the flagship cameras mentioned above.
However, it is a better performer than any conventional sensor you’d find in most mid-range cameras from rival brands.
For example, the partially-stacked sensor of the Z6 III lets it shoot continuously at up to a whopping 120fps if capturing 10MP JPEGs.
One video, the Z6 III also promises excellent new performance metrics over what’s usually the case with cameras in its price range.
It can internally shoot 6K video at up to 60p and can also shoot RAW video internally. On top of this, it’s capable of 4K at 120fps and 1080p HD video at 240p.
That last spec for FHD video is something no similarly priced Sony or Canon camera is quite capable of and also something that no Nikon camera at all can deliver, not even the brand’s flagship Z9.
Overall, the Nikon Z6 III isn’t going to be just a slight improvement over its predecessor the Z6 II. It also won’t be more or less on par with similarly priced mid-range cameras from its closest rivals.
Instead, its specs indicate something closer to a whole new photo and video recording experience at such a moderate price range.
The Z6 III is now available on preorder for $2,496.95 leading up to its late-June release.
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