Hey folks, Matt from rdtheimage.com, the Nikon Z6, the Nikon Z7 mirrorless full frame cameras have been officially announced and the pretty much from what I can tell everything we were hoping they would be everything we were promised all the leaks the rumors it all seems to pretty much have come true but interestingly enough and I'm sure I'm gonna find some points to pick but right off the bat we've got a major youtuber already not recommended them to pros actually stumbled across this reading Kirk Tuck's website the visual science lab as you know I quite enjoy reading Kirk stuff I often talk about points or thoughts he's brought up that I've been thinking about myself and have a counterpoint to or thinking through in any case his article it's already started the Nikon Z's won't ship to the end of September earliest and already the youtuber viewers have found a major point of contention so that caught my eye and he says here it is Tony Northrop will be recommending that professional photographers not purchase the Z6 or Z7 because wait for it the camera does not feature dual card slots this is his positioning having not used either camera and I will be interested to see if his position changes once he is delivered to New York City fetted and entertained by Nikon's PR agency who will no doubt provide a rationale and rational and defensible argument as to why going forward so this is interesting and the article here is really interesting I recommend you have a read through it basically he kind of takes a tongue in cheek rebuttal to Tony and I diggo over and have a look at Tony's video at first he kind of does it softly at first and when he starts with the Z6 then when he gets into the Z7 but he basically is really saying what Kirk says here that he doesn't recommend it to photographers pro photographers simply because of this single card slot which is an interesting position and get back to that in a minute Kirk makes an interesting point I think he's kind of neutral on the idea well actually says I'm neutral on the whole dual card slot in broggleo however he does kind of counter it tongue in cheek he goes on to say that of course he would never go on a shoot and I'm gonna I'm paraphrasing here without two light stands and two tripods and dual flashes and dual cameras and dual memory cards and dual cars and dual bags and he's even considered but hasn't yet done dual wives always has dual assistants though in case one assistant fails which is just silly and but funny making the point that perhaps that is a little bit over the top saying that as a professional we couldn't use these Z6 and Z7 cameras because of their single card slot so I went over and I watched the video from Tony and Tony does seem to like the cameras but he does come down on that pretty much like Kirk said that he couldn't recommend it professionals over the use of one card slot and this is interesting especially because I just recently watched a video from Tony saying where he'd made a mistake that the Canon 60 mark two was amazing in fact he said it was his favorite or the best vlogging camera ever something to that extent granted vlogging maybe he's not considering that professional use but there we have a camera I guess you could argue a mid-level camera that is one single card slot and not a problem apparently and I thought of all the cameras I've shot over the years that don't have dual cards lots namely the one of the first ones it came to mind was the D700 which is a cult classic many people still love this camera in fact I believe there's a bit of a sales run on them right now possibly Kirk started that himself just because people are realizing that these things are still amazing imaging cameras but I know lots of pros that shot a pair of D700s as their main setup for professional work for events and weddings and a lot of wedding photographers that that was their setup single card slots folks so kind of interesting that a lot of professionals for a long time have used cameras D700 a great example and still do I mean I think there's pros out there shooting the 60 mark two as a full frame professional setup pair of those not a bad setup they only have one card slot now don't get me wrong here I'm not saying it's a bad thing to have two cards slots and obviously the the issue we're talking about here and what Tony's referring to is with two card slots you can set the camera up to basically record to both the same image in other words you're creating a backup file immediately that's not a bad thing but I'm I think it might be a little over the top to say it is a necessary thing or that we can't recommend a camera that doesn't have dual card slots for pro use I think I think really that I can't think of the last time I had a card fail I think they've come a long way and I think if you're using as I think Kirk points out brand name cards the likelihood of you having a card failure is very very small I mean touch wood I can't remember the last time I had one fail and I think most people if they think about it can't either and I have shot a lot of events and weddings with cameras like the D700 that have only one card slot now there is a much bigger issue with the single card slot and you know what we'll get to that in a second video because I want your response or your thoughts on this I'm curious to see what you guys think do you think Tony's concern here with it only having a single card slot is a little overblown is it a deal killer for you where you all excited about the Z6 and the Z7 the new mirrorless from Nikon and now you won't be buying one because they have single card slots just curious see to me that would not even be a consideration on whether or not I would buy these cameras for pro use or hobby use whatever doesn't matter not even the consideration for me I guess because I've had so many years of shooting with cameras they only had one the dual card slot thing is is kind of a bonus but it's not a necessity for me and I certainly wouldn't turn down an amazing tool because it only had one card slot but I was curious how many of you agree with Tony that this negates them as an option that you wouldn't use them and is it only for pro work pro work would this be a problem for you with if you're only shooting hobbyist work if you're not shooting paid work I'm just curious let me know in the comments below how you where you come down on this issue of single card slots and does it rule out a camera in this case the Z6 and the Z7 but essentially we could extend that to any camera because that's basically what Tony's saying you can't recommend any camera that has a single card slot for professional use I'm just curious do you agree with that or do you disagree let me know in the comments below let me know what your position is and why I'm just curious I'd like to take the pulse of you guys and see like I'm at are you are more of you like myself where it's a bonus but it's not really an issue or more of you thinking Tony's got it right and you wouldn't use the camera because I was a single card slot just curious let me know in the comments below let's discuss it keep it civil and stay tuned we'll be back soon here at are the image calm