Which To Buy
Mar 29, 2022 16:56:30 #
Dalek wrote:
Obviously, you do not use the gun (or camera) guys dictionary. The word need is not there and the word want is in bold-face letters and is a synonym to credit card. Imagine that. Keep shooting.
No credit card involved. I sold equipment I no longer used to finance my Z9.
Mar 30, 2022 11:51:13 #
yvesfeder
Loc: Bath, ME
One thing you learn in old age is patience............. At age 84 and a Nikon person since the 1960s I'm a creature of habit........ and have a few legacy Nikkor lenses which I can accomodate on my Z with the FTZ adapter. The Zs are absolutely superb cameras. No need to going round and round about "what's better" because those who are "faithful" to some other marque will of course praise THEIR favorites!
Mar 30, 2022 14:53:32 #
Bo3bG
Loc: Midwest
Fuji XS10 for color, sharpness, price, and no need to shoot RAW. Unless you like all that work.
Mar 31, 2022 23:51:44 #
mundy-F2
Loc: Chicago suburban area
hrblaine wrote:
When I shot 35mm, I had a Nikon, can't remember the flavor. Got it thru the PX while serving in Korea. When I switched to digital in the dim post Korean past, for some now unknown reason, I went with Canon. Over the years, Canon has worked fine for me. I haven't bought a body in years. Once in a while, I get a new lens. All a real photographer needs in a normal lens on a good body. Zoom with your feet, so what if you miss one shot in a thousand. Harry
I agree, zoom with your feet. I use my Z 35mm f/1.8 S as my normal lens on a Z6ii.
Mundy
Mar 31, 2022 23:53:44 #
Apr 1, 2022 00:12:31 #
mundy-F2 wrote:
Nice image.
Mundy
Mundy
No way could he zoom with his feet for that. 😜🤪
Apr 1, 2022 14:16:41 #
yvesfeder
Loc: Bath, ME
It is clear from all the reviews that the Z9 is incredibly revolutionary. Technically, generations have been leapfrogged to create this marvel. It is so far beyond any of the former iterations (Z6-II,m Z-7+, etc.) it isn't even on the same planet. But it would be useless on Mars, because a Mars-o-Naut with the fat spacegloves could not use any of the controls. The glove fingers are just too large to work the buttons. Another factor to consider for any zealot anxious to get the "very latest and best" is that for the price of a Z9, one could actually purchase a darn nice used car! A 1960 Lincoln four door convertible, or a 1949 Buick Roadmaster! Or, why not pay an exorbitant sum for a Leica with a Summicron lens? You could put that on a shelf and talk about it! But no. A Z9 would be a marvelous acquisition. That is, until the Z10 comes out.
Apr 22, 2022 09:16:45 #
yvesfeder
Loc: Bath, ME
The brand of equipment matters little. It's the EYE and the FOTOG's mind and heart that MAKE the picture. One does not fret over what kind of typewriter a good author uses to write his/her books - just as those would ask a concert violinist afterwards backstage "what kind of violin is that"! As Jascha Heifetz answered a fan once who said "your violin sounds wonderful" - he bent down and put his ear over his violin lying in its case, and he answered, "Funny! I don't hear anything."
There are of course fotogs who've taken pix with homemade cameras - !!! and everything from pocket cams to digital Hasselblads that cost as much as an automobile! Some are heavier or lighter, have more or fewer controls, more megapixels, etc.etc. but in the end............. oh well. All that makes for competition and expensive ads!
There are of course fotogs who've taken pix with homemade cameras - !!! and everything from pocket cams to digital Hasselblads that cost as much as an automobile! Some are heavier or lighter, have more or fewer controls, more megapixels, etc.etc. but in the end............. oh well. All that makes for competition and expensive ads!
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