The Nikon ZR has a few video quality surprises

When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. Photo: Mitchell Clark We're finishing up our review of the Nikon ZR, the company's video-focused camera with the same 24MP partially stacked full-frame sensor found in the Z6III, and, as part of our testing, have put it in front of our studio test scene. We've captured a load of video stills to test out the camera's many, many video modes. Image ComparisonThis widget is not optimized for RSS feed readers. Click here to open it in a new browser window / tab. As with the Z6III, the ZR's compressed footage is very detailed in both 4K and 5.4K. However, Nikon has clearly changed how it processes this footage, and it appears to be applying less, or more subtle, sharpening than the Z6III. Compared to hybrid stills/video cameras , the ZR has similar levels of detail to the similar pixel-count Panasonic S1II, as well as to the Canon EOS R6 III's oversampled 4K mode. However, the Canon's 7K open gate footage pr