Fstoppers iconFstoppersOct 22, 2026

Is the Nikon ZR Enough Reason to Switch to Nikon for Video?

Nikon now owns RED, and the first camera to come out of that deal is the Nikon ZR, a compact body that records RED's raw codec for a little over $2,000. If you shoot video for clients or your own films, that pairing puts a codec once tied to cinema camera budgets inside a body small enough to balance on a basic gimbal.

Is the Nikon ZR Enough Reason to Switch to Nikon for Video?

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