I have had my Nikon Z6 for about three years. My primary use is for travel photography, landscape and portraiture of family members individually and as groups. I love this camera.Currently I have Nikon 24–120mm f4 S, Nikon 50 mm F1.8 S, Nikon 70–300 mm f4.5-5.6 af-P and Nikon 300mm f4 AF-S.thinking about moving to Nikon Z7 as prices have dropped for used significantly.Interested in hearing from people who made that move or who have the two cameras.Is it more difficult to use the higher resolution camera?are the files significantly different and more satisfying?do you lose a lot for low light photography?thank you for your help.

HNassif wrote:I have had my Nikon Z6 for about three years. My primary use is for travel photography, landscape and portraiture of family members individually and as groups. I love this camera.Currently I have Nikon 24–120mm f4 S, Nikon 50 mm F1.8 S, Nikon 70–300 mm f4.5-5.6 af-P and Nikon 300mm f4 AF-S.thinking about moving to Nikon Z7 as prices have dropped for used significantly.When moving/transitioning, always keep both for a while.  Another body is being announced in Q4.  It will likely drive prices (especially used) down quite a bit, along with sales, through the holidays.Interested in hearing from people who made that move or who have the two cameras.Is it more difficult to use the higher resolution camera?The cameras (and the II's) share the same manual and are identical in use.are the files significantly different and more satisfying?Yes, but will seem noisier because you're doubling your resolution at 100%.  Most of the time I shoot JPG (when I don't need highlight recovery, mixed lighting, or critical skin tone corrections) and they are nicer than my D750's NEF's.do you lose a lot for low light photography?Yes -1EV difference is hardly noticeable.  ISO/Noise after PP is negligible.  This is discussed here at nauseum.  YMMVthank you for your help.Happy shooting!

HNassif wrote:I have had my Nikon Z6 for about three years. My primary use is for travel photography, landscape and portraiture of family members individually and as groups. I love this camera.Currently I have Nikon 24–120mm f4 S, Nikon 50 mm F1.8 S, Nikon 70–300 mm f4.5-5.6 af-P and Nikon 300mm f4 AF-S.thinking about moving to Nikon Z7 as prices have dropped for used significantly.Interested in hearing from people who made that move or who have the two cameras.Is it more difficult to use the higher resolution camera?are the files significantly different and more satisfying?do you lose a lot for low light photography?thank you for your help.When I got my 1st Z6 back in Nov 2018 right after it became available, I deliberattely had skipped the earlier introduced Z7While its 45 megapixl UQ was on par with the D850 I also was using at that time, the AF got at best pretty luke warm, and sometime even worse reports from many of the more reputed reviewers (so not the usual internet trolls)Stll decided to get a Z6 desspite of that because of the better Live View and Video AF, compared to eg the D850 much better better implemented Silent Shutter mode, and Focus FeakingFortunately, as I found out after my 1si serious shoot mid Dec 2018 (a catwalk show, fast moving models under not always good stage light) , the 'oroginal' Z6's AF (stil only FW1.0) was much better then epected .https://pbase.com/paul_k/20181209_mafb_tropenfestThat, combined with the compared to the D850 despite lesser mepaixel count still excellent IQ and high ISO performaance, and IMO much better in praticular skin tones of dark skinned models (which on Nikon DSLR's like eg D800 and D850 IMX would tend to leaan into a yellowish or worse orange cast) made me get a 2nd Z6 before the end of the same yearAnd after a year using the D850, less and less, alongdside the Z6's to eventually sell that camera  despite its superior AF, as I found I used it in less then 95%  of my shootsDid miss the 45 megapixels though, as I;m a pretty sloppy photographer, and catwalk or eg dance don't always allow to immediately get the perfect frame, which meant croping afterwards.So last year I got a mint 2nd hand Z7II, whcih already attractiveky priced, became hard to let go by after I traded in one Z6No problems /difference betwen handling the Z6 or Z7Ii. Basically same menu and button layout, nor issues with handling the bigger files and higher demands on shooting ( a bit more careful with camera shake and lens IQ, similar to when I was shooting te D850)The Z7II has an AF and high ISO performance comparable with the 2018 Z6 FW 3/40 (very important, as the several FW updaates have siginificantly improved the original Z6 AF, basically making it a new camera in that respect), and of course than the oriinal Z7 (which even  after its latest FW updates still lags the 'original Z6)So if you don't shoot fast moving subjects, whether during travel hotography of family shoots (kids runing around !)  the Z7 could be a viable pick, and wil of course do the job well for landscapes.As far as high ISO is concerned, the original Z6 can handle going up to SO 25600 well, so if you 'lose' one stop on that with the Z7 you stil lhave an excllent perfornace (my 2021D1H tops out at ISO 800)my 2 cents

HNassif wrote:I have had my Nikon Z6 for about three years. My primary use is for travel photography, landscape and portraiture of family members individually and as groups. I love this camera.Currently I have Nikon 24–120mm f4 S, Nikon 50 mm F1.8 S, Nikon 70–300 mm f4.5-5.6 af-P and Nikon 300mm f4 AF-S.thinking about moving to Nikon Z7 as prices have dropped for used significantly.Interested in hearing from people who made that move or who have the two cameras.Is it more difficult to use the higher resolution camera?are the files significantly different and more satisfying?do you lose a lot for low light photography?thank you for your help.Disclaimer: Since I no longer own the Z6, I will speak in terms of the Z6 II and Z7 II but they are very similar and unlikely that you'll see the differences in practice (in terms of performance differecnes between a Z6 / Z6 II and Z7 / Z7 II).  The only major differences worth noting is the additional hardware options for the Z7 II (dual card slot, USB power and grip).  But I have owned all four thus far and to be honest, not a real big difference between the gen 1 and gen 2 bodies aside from hardware changes.To be honest, the Z6 is a great travel camera. The Z7 is great too, but unless you need another 20MP, it's sort of a large upgrade for just a resolution bump IMO. And to be honest, when I'm traveling, and Landscape/portraiture is not what I'll be doing, I'm grabbing my Z6 II. The Z7 II I generally reserve for landscape, portraits or if I feel I'm going to need DX crop mode for something. Beyond that, my Z6 II has been my go-to camera for the past couple of months of just random shooting.I've had pretty much both version of the Z FF cameras (Z6 and Z7) and to be honest, I probably shoot with my Z6 II more because I feel it's a bit more versatile than my Z7 II (Z6 shoots faster, files are smaller, and low-light performance is a bit better especially around ISO 1600-6400). The same applies to the gen 1 Z camera for the most part.As for if it's harder to use a high res camera, the only thing I can say (and this is how it was put to me a long time ago): things like camera shake in higher resolution cameras, will probably be more visible in a 45MP image than it will be in a 24MP image as the lower-res cameras are a bit more "forgiving" in that regard. With IBIS though this is usually less of a concern and I can get some shots i otherwise would not have been able to get in low light with a non-IBIS camera. So in a way, it's not that much harder, but you do have to be aware of things like camera shake on high-res cameras as it will likely be more evident if it's present.But for your needs, I'd say either upgrade to a Z6 II (and keep your Z6 as a backup) or don't buy anything and travel more. The Z7 is nice. The extra resolution is nice to have, but I think it's overkill for some people. Commerical use, yeah it's good to have because sometimes you don't know what the client will use the image for (a billboard, a large poster, etc). But for personal travel photography, 24MP is plenty and really I feel it's the sweet spot in terms of resolution and performance.As for low-light, I feel that my images from my Z7 (II) are a bit worse than the Z6 (but maybe by a stop or so). I try not to shoot the Z7 II beyond ISO 1600 if I can avoid it. The Z6 II have no problems shooting that up to ISO 3200-6400. So your Z6 will have about a 1-1.5 stop advantage over the Z7's. If low-light is your concern, stick with the Z6 series, or get a Z5 (which would be a step backwards from a Z6 unless you're just looking for a backup camera).Long story short, keep your Z6. It's a great camera for your needs, and I think for your use-case the extra $1000 to get a Z7 is likely not going to be justified or even "visible" in your uses (either literally or figuratively). If you wanted, I would say rather than buying a new body, maybe treat yourself to a new lens. Maybe grab the Z 14-30 to round-out your lens selection so you have coverage from 14 to 300mm.

Thank you everyone so much for the detailed response. Very helpful.