craggycrossers wrote:
Hi Terry - gotta say I'm not sure of your meaning - what i will say is I'm still 'compus mentis' enough of the way I have both Fuji and Nikon set up to be able to continue using either ....... whichever system I might (eventually) choose to discard. The question's simple for me ..... and nowt to do with 'affordability' ...... 'do I really need both systems ...... am I simply being extravagant'? I'm a simple 'hobbyist' !
Sale of Fuji gear and my Z6 would make a hefty contribution to the cost of a Z8 - we're all different !!
Hi Terry - gotta say I'm not sure of your meaning ... (
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In the end, it's your money to spend any way you wish, I just don't understand why even pros, but especially hobbyists, need to own every body in one system, let alone two or more. I can certainly see having a backup if you're doing something important, but rushing out to buy a new body every time one is released seems extravagant to me. Maybe it's because I've never had the kind of money to throw around that it takes to do that.
I traded all my film gear—one Canon T-90, and one Mamiya TLR and about 8 lenses for my first DSLR and, I think, two lenses. I don't remember if it was a D100 or 200, but I didn't like it and eventually got rid of it and got a D2X. Naturally, right after I bought it the D3 came out and I was stuck with the crop sensor, but it worked, and i used it for 20 years as my only camera. When I had money to spend, I spent it on a better lens.
After mirrorless cameras had been out for several years, I was starting to hear that manufacturers were beginning to phase out the DSLR so I thought I'd see what all the fuss was about, and I bought a Z50 and the 16-50 kit lens. I still had my Nikkor F-mounts, so I got the adapter. I loved the Z50 so I put the D2X on the shelf and for two years the Z50 was "my camera." But now I think I need a full frame, so what to do? There is now a Z5, Z6, Z6ii, Z7, Z7ii, Z9 and rumors of a Z8. After doing some research, (the Z6 is better for this, the Z7 for that, the Z9 is the flagship and does it all, but not as well as brand S, etc.)
I bought a Z7ii. I kept the Z50 (!! Two cameras?? Oh well, this may be my last fling, let's go all in!!)
Great camera, I loved it! So complicated, but I'll get it down eventually and then...what's this, the Z8 is out and it's the Z9 in a cheaper suit? Okay, but if I get that, the Z7ii has to go. I don't need THREE cameras under any conceivable circumstances. So I traded up under a Nikon promotion going on and now I have a Z50 and a Z8. I am slowly, one at a time, selling off my F-mount lenses and replacing them with Zs, but I have no duplicates; in fact I sold an almost new 200-500 and ordered a 180-600 (which I am STILL waiting for) and then I will be set for the rest of my life.
Already Nikon has announced a firmware update to the Z9 which is supposed to be unrivaled for it's bird focus capability. I will not buy a Z9 to get that. Many, many others will. The Z8 may or may not get something similar, but for me what it has already is fantastic (or will be, if I ever get the 180-600) and so this is my camera, forever.
Yeah, everyone is different...