It's all so subjective, and to some extent arbitrary, but here's my take: The 89% score reflects the fact that this is a very fine camera with much to commend it. The silver award means that although DPR recommends the camera, given the shortcomings identified in the review, they cannot highly recommend it.
I'm not sure I understand. Is that sarcasm or are you serious? Has there been another Nikon ML camera? Oh, you mean the N1??
No, I expected 90 +/- 2. So, it's in that range
No, I'm waiting for Z6
You seem to you have missed an important link on the review page. The criteria for score and award are different. There is no correlation. Here... https://www.dpreview.com/articles/4416254604/camera-scores-ratings-explained
What a strange criterion.
Some people thought it would be filled with Gen 1 product flaws. Other people shouted that it would CRUSH SONY IMMEDIATELY. The middle group probably hoped it would be a typical Nikon product: essentially conservative, with good engineering and performance. That middle group were on the money, IMHO.
It's a very, very nice camera. It should be a big success.
Not class leading.
Thanks for the link but it still doesn't make sense. Shouldn't the two be linked? What is the point of the score if a lower scoring camera is more highly recommended than a highly scoring one?
From the same link, "If a new model raises the expected performance level for a class of camera, then that's the one you need to match to get a Gold. In other words, simply doing as well as a camera that got a Gold in the past may not be sufficient."
The score is to cater to those who over-rationalize everything, and the award is to account for gut feeling.
Anybody deciding to spend money on a camera based on a score like that, has different issues... I dont care how the Z7 scores, I care about how goodit feels in my hands...
'less camera', LOL
DPReview clearly disagrees with you. Go look at the ratings of the individual components. The Z7 definitely leads on build and ergonomics. Nothing else.
The A7R III is a great camera (I owned one) and will give yield high-quality output. And there’s nothing like Sony’s Eye-AF. I loved that on mine. Enjoy it in good health!
It had nothing to do with 1% and everything to do with the individual components (there is a lot of yellow in the side-by-side). This really is just in line with everything else I have seen from most reviewers. I also got the A7RIII (new) for $1K less than the Z7 is offering for.
