I’m following the same path but twenty years behind you. Thanks for sharing your experience with equipment as a photographer getting older. If I owned the second I’d rarely take it out, whereas the 35-70mm works as a walkaround lens. My new favourite Nikon lens is the venerable Nikon F 35-70mm f2.8 at 660gr which preceded the 24-70mm f2.8 VR at 1060gr. Of course with both Canon and Nikon, there are so many great used lenses out there it’s possible to build a very decent bag at great prices. Instead of €3000 f1.2 prime lenses which weigh 2kg, Nikon releases €600 f1.8 lenses which weigh 500gr. What’s particularly nice about shooting Nikon is they are focused on high quality affordable lenses which high end amateur photographers would want to use. Once a photographer knows about this weakness, it’s a rare shot and there’s any number of ways to work around it (most easily by focusing on something lighter at the same focal plane). Nikon auto-focus is a bit better than Canon except when shooting something dark backlit. Still miss Canon menus and skin tones just a bit (Nikon is much better than Sony but Canon handles caucasian skin tones best with just the right amount of cherry in the cheeks without turning anyone orange or purple) but otherwise the Nikon experience has been great. Photolab does such a great job on Canon high ISO chroma noise (at least two stops) that the difference in high ISO noise (at least one stop) is largely neutralised (Photolab gives roughly one stop back to Nikon RAW images as the noise is less chroma and more luminance). This is important for photographers using any RAW development tool except for DxO Photolab ironically. High ISO noise is much better with Nikon cameras. The ISO invariant shadows for most of Nikon’s line (not the D4 and especially not the D5 but the D750, D810, Z6, D850, Z7, Z50, etc) are a real blessing to retain highlights and raise shadows. I liked it so much that eventually I sold all of my Canon and Sony gear and went entirely Nikon. I tired of Canon’s cripple hammer on video (5D III, M6, 5DSR) and didn’t like shooting two brands.Īfter trying this and that, I brought in a Nikon Z6 for testing. I was a Canon shooter when I first started using Photolab and joined the community here. The fact that this camera doesn’t have IBIS like some competing cameras is not an issue for me. ![]() The only negative comments in the reviews is its lack of IBIS. ![]() Adobe just added support for it today so I can at least edit in LR for now. It’s an extremely popular body with Nikon already struggling to keep up from their pre-orders, not to mention it’s basically a Z50 in retro clothing. Fits nice and snug, with additional for charger, batteries (if I can ever get one) cards and additional filters (I bought step-up rings for both lenses to shoot with a CPL) and I even manage to get an Ultra Pod in it.Īnyway, will be curious to see how long it takes for Z fc support in PL4. Sure the lenses are slower that my big glass, but between the 5 stop image stabilization and DxOs awesome DeepPrime AI, lens speed isn’t a concern.įWIW, the ThinkTank Turnstyle 5 V2.0 sling bag is terrific for this kit. Gives me 24-375mm equivalent coverage in a package that is smaller than a D780 and a 24-70 F2.8 and a LOT lighter. My complete kit is the Z fc body with Z DX 16-50 and 50-250. ![]() I normally shoot full size DSLR (D780/D850) but this is perfect for travel. I owned FM, FE2 and FG bodies back in the day and as soon as Nikon announced this I pre-ordered (splurged for the cool green color). I got mine about a week ago and I’m really enjoying it. Same thing as Mark and a couple others… curious about support for the Z fc. Mind if I join the party? I have been using DxO for a few months now and just now joined the forums.
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