What would you buy today?
Dec 1, 2020 09:10:25 #
AutoISO wrote:
For Nikon users: if you were to buy a new camera b... (show quote)
None of those ! ......If you are doing birds, do you realize the increased focal length you will need with FF in order to realize any IQ gains ?? If it were me, I would be using the Z50 with the 300 and 500 PF lenses or STAY with the D500.
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Dec 1, 2020 09:28:37 #
I now own and will keep my D500!..However were I to venture into more landscape work, I'd go and add the FF D850 hands down!!..It's a bargain at today's pricing as well!
Dec 1, 2020 09:50:25 #
AutoISO wrote:
For Nikon users: if you were to buy a new camera b... (show quote)
D850 all the camera you will need.
Dec 1, 2020 10:05:34 #
DavidPine
Loc: Fredericksburg, TX
AutoISO wrote:
For Nikon users: if you were to buy a new camera b... (show quote)
D850 and the rumor is that a D880 and D580 are in the works.
Dec 1, 2020 10:20:12 #
spraguead
Loc: Boston, MA
AutoISO wrote:
For Nikon users: if you were to buy a new camera b... (show quote)
If it weren't for the price of the z lenses, I would go for one of the z II bodies. Nikon is at a point where Sony was a few years back - a great system, but not a lot of glass out there so buyers are at the mercy of Nikon lens prices. I am currently straddling the Nikon D750 and Sony a7iii systems as I need the 4k video, not sure where I'll land in the coming year, but I will not keep both systems.
Dec 1, 2020 10:37:36 #
I was in a somewhat similar situation in the Spring. I also have a D500 with the 200-500mm lens that I use to shoot wildlife. I was thinking about getting a D850 but went with the Z7 and I’m very happy with that decision. There is a little bit of a learning curve because the controls don’t exactly mirror my D500, but it still feels like I’m shooting a Nikon. What somebody on here called “crutches” I call very nice and useful features, especially IBIS and the ability to see the exposure. It removes the guesswork when using EC. The D500 with the 200-500 is still my go to wildlife rig, (except when I’m shooting from a kayak and use my Sony RX10MIV), but it’s the Z7 for just about everything else. I love the resolution for landscapes and macro, but the Z6 might be a better choice if you shoot a lot of high ISO work.
Dec 1, 2020 11:14:57 #
Kozan
Loc: Trenton Tennessee
AutoISO wrote:
For Nikon users: if you were to buy a new camera b... (show quote)
I would go with the Z6 II. I, too, have the D850 and the D500, the Z50, and the Z6. Will sell most of the DSLR gear including lenses to get the Z6 II. The quick focusing and the sharp lenses for it have sold me.
Kozan
Dec 1, 2020 11:16:53 #
CO wrote:
I would get the Nikon Z6II. 24 megapixels is more ... (show quote)
Trust me, no one is looking at her eyes.
Dec 1, 2020 11:31:13 #
Gene51 wrote:
The D850 will feel completely familiar to your D50... (show quote)
My thoughts and Nikon camera body ownership closely parallels Gene's. My main Nikon bodies are a D850 and D500 with lenses from 20mm to 500mm. Since most of may shooting is nature oriented, I see no benefit for me in purchasing right now any of the Nikon mirrorless bodies.
Dec 1, 2020 11:50:05 #
Z6 II gets my vote. I'm in the middle of going *all* Z but there're a couple of my bodies I'll keep; the D5 and the D500. The D5 is a no-brainer it's a Bill Hickock shooter, D500 because the Z50 is still too new to me, and maybe not up to the 500's capabilities. I love shooting *fast* and that's the only downside of the Z's so far, the infernal lag "waking up." I *kinda* solved that last time out with the Z6II shooting some surfing; I just kept tapping the trigger to keep it awake and that seemed to work. Other than that bugbear, I'm totally in love with the Z line...especially the glass.
Dec 1, 2020 11:54:07 #
Gspeed wrote:
Stick with what you have; use the $ you would have paid for the D850 to do some really nice travel and bring your D500 with you.
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~ Eileen
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~ Eileen
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Dec 1, 2020 12:09:43 #
I had a Nikon D750 when it was first released. But I wanted to jump on the bandwagon and gave the 750 up and sold it for a Fuji XT-1 in 2017. I didn’t like it after the first month but kept it until the 2019 Cyber Monday deal and repurchase a Nikon D750. It was too small, buttons would be pressed by mistake and I didn’t like the EVF.
To me the full frame DSLR feels like a camera. So needless to say, I would go with the Nikon D850.
To me the full frame DSLR feels like a camera. So needless to say, I would go with the Nikon D850.
Dec 1, 2020 12:11:21 #
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Dec 1, 2020 12:17:45 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Most people only dream of success, the successful few wake up and buy a mirrorless camera.
Amen.
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