zzzynick wrote:
I am with you. Why?
I don't know.
I have 3 Canon older 1D and 1Ds bodies, that take stunning pictures.
Add 5 L lenses to that. And a couple of Tamron G2's.
Now I am supposed to sell all of this for pennies on a dollar, to get the newest, coolest camera ever made?{until next years newest, coolest model}
I don't think so. I will keep what I have.
I will bet American money, that if you took the same shot with the Z and my camera. You wouldn't be able to tell them apart.
You are both right and wrong! First you are correct in that YOU are already invested in Canon. Second, you are happy with and comfortable with your cameras and lenses.. No Reason to change. So, NO!!! you are not supposed to nor should you change. However you are wrong, in that, IF you were unhappy with your setup and wanted to change brands and types, and were interested in a completely different setup, the Z cameras would be WORTH A LOOK. You are not in the market so it is worthless. Personally, I have Nikon Gear. I have a D7000, D7100 and D610. My glass is all Nikon (and for the most part all FX lenses). If I was in the market to move to a mirrorless, then it MIGHT be worth a look because I could move to mirrorless and not have to "reinvest" in lenses. If I had any other brand of camera and was looking to change to a brand that gave me the ability to use a wide inventory of lenses without waiting, then I would have to give a look at the Z and see how it fit my needs. Nikon is targeting those customers plus newbies getting into cameras. As you may have noticed, MOST serious photographers have considerably more money tied up in glass (lenses) than they do in camera bodies. This tends to cause them to pick a brand and stay with it. In this case, Nikon's entry into mirrorless gives customers that do NOT currently have a large lens inventory, and those just entering the market, something to look at. Nikon's initial entry into mirrorless is and should not be considered their final try. It is an ENTRY (in this case 2 entries at 2 different price points. IT is ALSO their first attempt in this market. If the entry meets whatever targets that Nikon is looking for (and I'm pretty sure that engineers at corporate are already working on them), Nikon will introduce follow-on models with different, more, and better features. Look at the DSLR.. originally, NONE of the camera manufacturers were making full frame... WHY? because the technology (and experience) to build that size sensor wasn't there yet. Also, The market wasn't ready to move from DX to FX .. remember, digital at that time was mainly point and shoot (and very expensive for what you got, and really low resolution) and not suitable for serious photographers (amateur and pro) to invest in. Look at the Nikon One. It was a tweener between point and shoot and DSLR.. It was a decent "entry level" camera system but, could you really imagine a photographer that was being paid big money for a photoshoot (say a wedding) showing up with a Nikon One and 2 lenses? (I saw a couple of those while I worked at Nikon, and the (wannabe) photographer was NOT pleased with the reception that she got from "potential" clients. One even told her that if she (the client) had known that she intended to shoot the wedding with a point and shoot, they would have gone elsewhere. (now this doesn't even touch the secondary point that here photos really would have had to improve to be considered amateurish... they were really bad) but that was the photographer and not the point. In this case, all that we have seen of the camera is stuff from advertising, etc. It hasn't even been released to the public yet. Everyone is basing investment decisions on me too. remarks from people that have seen general ideas and concepts.. Lets wait and see. Give the camera a chance to be on the market and probably be revised in the next year or too. UNLESS I was just getting into photography now.. and wasn't currently invested in bodies or lenses... I would at least look.. No, I probably wouldn't purchase it but I might wait to invest in anything else until the smoke cleared. AND, If I was seriously interested and needed to buy now, I might go with an FX D6XX or something so that I could move to the Z when it was ready. Now is the time for serious photographers to stop and say, "well, its an interesting concept and it is Nikon... and I already have Nikon lenses... so lets wait and see". If I had Canon, I would seriously wait (and I'm personally not a Canon fan... though I respect them) and see what and how Canon reacts.. and react they will. And the other camera makers, that are already in, are stopping to evaluate where Nikon and Canon are going to land in this market. If I were one of the Non-Canon/Nikon camera makers, I wouldn't be scared but I WOULD be warry. It's like a very large gorilla entering a room.. you don't know if the gorilla is mean, or not mean, it may be tame.. but you DO keep your eye on it.