The Nikon ZR is the first in a line of 'Z Cinema' cameras born from Nikon's acquisition of high-end cinematography company Red. It's based heavily on the Nikon Z6 III stills-oriented camera, but adds Red's renowned 'Color Science' to achieve professional cinema-grade footage for the first time in a consumer-level video-centric camera.
I go into a lot more detail about the technical details of the camera in my 'Introducing the Nikon ZR' news story, but for this review, I am concentrating on my personal experience of using the camera. Nikon initially gave me a sneak preview in a sound studio, where I got to try out the camera's video (and stills) capabilities for myself, with the help of a drummer and a lot of paint. And now I've got my hands on a review sample to truly put it through its paces. Here's how I got on.
