
Nikon's Zf is a full-frame mirrorless camera with classic styling, built around a 24MP BSI CMOS sensor. Matching the camera's high-end photo attributes, the Zf offers a variety of frame rates and resolutions for all your video needs. Oversampled from 6K, UHD 4K video recording is possible with full pixel readout up to 30p, and Full HD 1080p video recording is also supported up to 120p for slow motion playback. The video quality is fairly vivid with full details; however, to edit such H.265 files in DaVinci Resolve 18 is not so easy.
"I'm working with a company that just invested in a few Nikon Zf cameras which shoot in MOV format. We are trying to find a good workflow for making Apple ProRess from these MOVs. As it's crucial to sync audio and video with timecode and relink back to the MOVs for editing on DaVinci Resolve 18. Is there any program you know can do such a job?"
As is known to us, DaVinci Resolve 18 accept MP4 and MOV the best, while H.265 is not accepted by it well. So, to edit Nikon Zf H.265 footage in DaVinci Resolve 18, users need to convert H.265 to H.264/DNxHD/Apple ProRes first for the best video effect.To achieve this, Acrok Video Converter Ultimate is the ideal tool. This software can help transcode Nikon Zf to DaVinci Resolve 18 best editing format with high video quality. If you are Mac user, Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac can help you solve the issue of Nikon Zf H.265 and DaVinci Resolve 18 incompatibility.
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How to convert Nikon Zf H.265 for using in DaVinci Resolve 18
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Add H.265 files to the converter
Download Acrok Video Converter Ultimate and load H.265 files from Nikon Zf. This is an excellent 6K/4K Video Converter for DaVinci Resolve. Install and run it. After that , click "Add file" icon to load your files, while "Add folder" will save your time if you have your files all in one folder. You can play the loaded videos via right preview window.

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Set Output Format
On Windows, here are some presets for your DaVnci Resolve to choose which will free you from confused situation that you don't know which format or parameters you could go for. If you plan to transcode H.265 to ProRes for DaVinci Resolve, please follow Editing Software > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov). For Mac users, please select the profile under "Final Cut Pro" category. Of course, you can se4 4K H.264 MP4 as output too.

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Settings and Edit Video
You can click settings button to adjust output parameters, such as resolution, bitrate, etc. Or if you just want to keep the original quality, you can choose to leave the default settings here. Select the video that you plan to edit then click "Edit" icon, you can do some editings as your needs.

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Start Converting Video
Click convert button in the main interface to start converting Nikon Zf H.265 files to Apple ProRes codec. Acrok H.265 Video Converter for DaVinci Resolve can convert Nikon Zf 6K and 4K H.265 files at a fast speed, video and audio synchronization are perfect guaranteed. If you also need to convert DVD and Blu-ray movies, this software can give you a hand too, it's all in one converter that can handle all the videos.