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id="cnetReview" section="rvwBody"> Nikon's mirrorless cameras take some great photos.

Lori Grunin/CNET Nikon may be very late to market with its pro and prosumer mirrorless cameras, but as far as I can tell from a few hours of shooting with the high-end Z7, Nikon's hits very close to the bullseye on the first try. The Z7 is basically a mirrorless adaptation of the excellent but burdensome Nikon D850, while the Z6 is an up-to-date prosumer full frame (the D610 and D750 are a bit old at this point).

However, despite the company's claim of "mirrorless reinvented," it's a pretty conventional example of the category; Nikon should have gone with "mirrorless refined." Because the refinements, from the pitch-perfect shutter to the we'll-make-it-as-big-as-we-want grip, are what make it a pleasure to use.

Nikon's strategy follows Sony's to a certain extent: two models, one expensive high-end, one more prosumer midrange. They have identical bodies differentiated predominantly by the se