The Nikon Z 7II is a high-end

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(MILC) produced by

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, and is the successor to the

Nikon Z 7 The Nikon Z 7 is a 45.7 megapixel full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera produced by Nikon. The camera was officially announced on August 23, 2018, for release in September 2018. It was the first camera to use Nikon's new Z-mount sys ...

. The camera was officially announced on October 14, 2020, alongside the Nikon Z 6II, and became available for purchase on November 5. It uses Nikon's

Z-mount Nikon Z-mount (stylised as \mathbb) is an interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its mirrorless digital cameras. In late 2018, Nikon released two cameras that use this mount, the full-frame Nikon Z 7 and Nikon Z 6. In late 2019 N ...

system.

Features

* The most notable upgrade over the Nikon Z 7 is the inclusion of a second memory card slot. The Z 7II features an

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slot and a

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slot. * The camera features dual

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6 image processing engines, a first for Nikon cameras. This improves autofocus performance and enables 4K video recording at 60 fps. * Low light sensitivity has been improved to -3 to +17 EV. * The frame rate for photos is increased from 9 fps in extended high-speed continuous to 10 fps with a larger buffer as well (increased from 23 12-bit lossless RAW files to 77). * The

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refresh rate and blackout time is improved from the Z 7. * The autofocus system has improved with a new Wide-Area AF option with eye autofocus for both people and animals. * Battery life has been increased from 330 shots to 360 shots (or from 85 min to 105 min in video recording). * In video recording, the camera can now record 4K "Ultra HD" footage at 60p with a 1.08x crop.

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