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| Posted: Fri Jan 17th, 2020 03:42 |
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Iain
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I noticed when I was watching a Gordon Buchanan program that when he needs to travel light he uses a Nikon for his videos.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17th, 2020 08:28 |
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Robert
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I have read many disparaging comments about the Z bodies and lenses. It's a very pleasant change to read this from Lens Rentals on a take apart (they call it a 'teardown',it's anything but that) of a Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 lens.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17th, 2020 09:43 |
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chrishamer
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Robert wrote:I have read many disparaging comments about the Z bodies and lenses. It's a very pleasant change to read this from Lens Rentals on a take apart (they call it a 'teardown',it's anything but that) of a Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 lens. I honestly don't get it to be honest, my two theories are that the high prices of the 1.8 lenses made everyone judge them without trying them and the second is that people ripping into the Z kit online just want to convince themselves they don't want them? Other than the lack of 3D tracking and slightly worse night time AF I find it exactly the same in terms of ease of operation as the D600 and D800. In fact I've found a lot of it easier. Not surprised to see people happy with the video quality, I honestly think the 4K looks great. I found this article very interesting http://www.sansmirror.com/newsviews/2019-mirrorless-camera/july-september-2019-mirrorl/a-nikon-mirrorless-safari.html
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17th, 2020 10:22 |
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Robert
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Yes, that was a very good article, thanks for posting the link.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17th, 2020 10:40 |
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jk
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I have so many F mount lenses that I see little or no need to buy S mount lenses even though I am sure they are very desirable. I have thd FTZ adapter which works very well on all my AFS lenses and if not then that qaint thing called manual focus can be done.  My other big issue is S mount wont fit, or focus to infinity, on F mount cameras.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17th, 2020 11:06 |
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chrishamer
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jk wrote:I have so many F mount lenses that I see little or no need to buy S mount lenses even though I am sure they are very desirable. I have thd FTZ adapter which works very well on all my AFS lenses and if not then that qaint thing called manual focus can be done. Absolutely, makes sense, if you have F mount glass - especially if it's high end the actual benefits would be negligible. Personally I never had that many lenses, the only ones I sold were a couple of AF-D ones as they were a bit pointless on the Z6. I've found the 24-70 F4S great as a travel lens, and the 50mm 1.8S has proven pretty impressive too. I'll get some more S lenses eventually, but I'm going to prioritise a 200-500 5.6 before getting the 14-30 F4S and maybe the 70-200 2.8S
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17th, 2020 11:19 |
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jk
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The 200-500 is a great lens. Works brilliantly on the D500 for birding but also on the D850. However on D850 the high MP and long focal length leaves you compromising on shutter speed or high ISO. I reckon the higher MPs force you up one or even two stops of shutter speed compared with 24MP. On your Z6 it should work well.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 18th, 2020 04:20 |
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Robert
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What occurred to me when I first saw the Z specification was that there would be a plethora of adaptors made for almost any lens old and new. That is happening, most possible combinations are now readily available and the list is growing, presenting the ability to place a very competent sensor behind almost any glass. For some, perhaps many, that is irrelevant but for those who venture out of the box it's priceless. To spite the inevitable naysayers, Nikon have I believe created a masterpiece which will evolve as the D series did. I would love to see a take apart account of dismantling a Z camera, I suspect the innards are every bit as well made as the 24-70 f/2.8 lens.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 18th, 2020 05:12 |
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jk
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Yes the adapters are definitely coming. I have a Nikon to FujiX adapter that has an element in it that allows the Fuji to have the same FOV as on my Nikon. So my Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro behaves the same as on my Nikon. I want a similar adapter but Hasselblad lens to Z mount. Actually what I really want is my Hasselblad 2000FCW with 30mm f4, 80mm f2.8, and 150mm f4 back but with a full size 60x60mm (in reality 56x56mm) digital back. I do not want to have to process film or prints again.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 18th, 2020 13:53 |
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Robert
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jk wrote:Actually what I really want is my Hasselblad 2000FCW with 30mm f4, 80mm f2.8, and 150mm f4 back but with a full size 60x60mm (in reality 56x56mm) digital back. I do not want to have to process film or prints again. Yes indeed I would have thought it would be desirable on many fronts, this trend to ever smaller sensors somehow misses the point, I desperately miss my Bronica S2a despite the reversed image. I don't miss the film aspect.
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