I drop in on UHH from time to time and it's been the same for years, it's like the wild west. There is a site for primarily Nikon shooters called Nikonians which I find is more constructive in it's criticisms than what you find here.
The 105 mm 1.4 is an excellent lens on either camera. The wider and closer mount of the Z cameras doesn't afford telephoto lenses the same increase as wide-angle primes.
gunflint wrote:
Hello,
This question is for Nikon Mirrorless users...I have been using the D850 since it came out. I am primarily a landscape photographer (not professional) and do some wildlife. I understand the various advantages the mirrorless cameras have for wildlife but am not clear on if there are advantages for landscape photography. I am considering the Z8 so I would appreciate any information you can share with me.
A second part...is there any quality loss or problem if I continue to use my current Nikon lenses with the adapter for the Z cameras?
Thank you so much, and if this has already been discussed I appologize.
David
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The Nikon lenses for mirrorless cameras, particularly the f 1.2 S Line, was the main reason I switched to the Z8 from my D-850. Still kept the D-850 and all the DSLR lenses but, the 50 mm 1.2 and the 85 mm 1.2 are stellar. Can't wait for the 35 mm 1.2 due to come out this fall.
Phones are good for "picture taking" not for photography.
keywest305 wrote:
So I entered into the mirrorless world with the Z9 and my question is for anyone who used the f-mount lens with the adapter on the Z camera. Is there really a difference that's worth selling my F mount 70-200 2.8 and 105 1.4 e to get Z mount glass.
I'm by no means an expert, but the Z glass with the S designation, aside from offering superb bokeh, especially with the f1.2 versions, is exceptionally sharp from center to edge.
As an occasional elderly shooter, I find the 5 axis VR in my Nikon Z7 mirrorless grants to me more keepers shooting hand held and 4-5 more stops. Had that feature been in the D850, I probably wouldn't have jumped to mirrorless right away.
saxman71 wrote:
Thank you and I completely agree with your background assessment. Some of my crops in this series are meant to reduce the background distractions. Thus some important body parts have perhaps been cut off.
I shoot full frame and with just about everyone of your photos I was thinking 105 mm 1.4 E on FF would solve the background distraction, is there a DX complement?
In a mirrorless camera, I would have thought that having a larger lens mounting diameter ( I believe it's 55mm for Nikons) would have provided for a faster lens design in terms of f stop. Yet the mirrorless lens for Nikon, (save the Noct 0.95) are still the same old 2.8, 1.8 run of the mill apertures. I know more light is gathered with the larger diameter, but without going to a larger aperture what's the point of going to 55 mm's if there aren't lens that take advantage of it?
I stand corrected, thank you.
That one is so old that I'd forgotten about it.
Apparently she's either to young or to inexperienced to remember film cameras, can you imagine an SLR with two rolls of film?
I would suggest the 85 mm. I have the 1.4 and really like the bokeh produced by it, but I have heard some good things about the 1.8 as well.
It may have been a dream but, I thought I remembered a time when before going into PS from LR that the image first opened up in ACR
When I'm in Lightroom Classic CC and right click on a raw image, I right click on "Edit in" and choose "edit in Adobe Photoshop CC 2018" my image goes straight to Photoshop without first opening in Adobe Camera Raw. Is there a box somewhere I need to tick to get to open first in ACR?