The 24-70mm f2.8 Tamron probably won't work because it's earlier than the G2 version of the lens, and I don't think the lens firmware can be updated (certainly not at home, maybe at a Tamron service center). I have the G2 version and it didn't work with my Z7 until after I updated the firmware with a TAP-in console. Tamron released new lens firmware for the G2 a few months after the Z7 was first available. Same story with the 70-200mm F2.8 Tamron (which nobody asked about), works great with the new firmware, not at all with the old firmware.

The 105mm macro works great with the FTZ adapter.

The 50mm F1.8D lens requires a screw drive AF motor in the camera (or adapter) which the Z cameras don't have so it would be MF only.

[quote=rkaminer]
... for the CFexpress card compatibility ... anyway, but does the CF card actually improve the writing speed? ...

Don't use that abbreviation "CF" for CFexpress cards because there's such a thing as a CF card, they're still common, and they're different from what we've just been discussing. It would cause confusion, and we already have plenty.

Yes. So far I only own a couple XQD cards and a 128GB CFexpress card that I use in a Z7. All the updates to the Z7 firmware were quick, easy, and without any weird issues including the update to allow CFexpress cards. The camera doesn't seem to work any differently (no noticeable speed difference anyway) with any of the cards I've used. I don't even know if there's a way to tell which type of card one has in the camera short of removing it to read the label.

When you use an XQD card or a CFexpress card in a card reader, you can notice the difference is speed. XQD cards are pretty fast (compared to SD UHS-I) and the CFexpress cards are like 4 times faster than XQD.

The only compatibility issue I've noticed, and it's not much of an issue, is that
1. XQD card readers on the market before CFexpress was available don't read CFexpress cards, no surprise since CFexpress is newer
2. but most CFexpress card readers don't read XQD cards.
Some card readers can work with both card types, but you can't assume that's the case. So, pay attention to that when purchasing a card reader. I have the Sony MRW-G1 and I tested it with both card types, it works.

English as a Second Language (ESL)? That was a dead guess, not a good one. There's gotta be a good explanation, nobody would do this on purpose.

Sad.

So, what kind of monitor are you getting?

Are you sure about that? I haven't seen a laptop that can't use an external monitor since like 1990. Maybe have somebody at your local Fry's take a look at your laptops to see if they have the proper cable (I miss Fry's now, having moved to Colorado). My local Fry's used to be the one in Manhattan Beach, which wasn't even an especially large one, but they seemed to have every type of PC cable/adapter ever made.

Try setting the video card on your PC tower to some different resolutions or different color settings to see if that affects the green tint.

Or, do you have a DVD player or cable TV box or Fire TV stick with an HDMI output that could display something/anything on your monitor? Even at the lower resolution of TV you should be able to see the green tint.

It's probably a monitor problem. Good Luck.

It harmonized well with the question. Yes, I used a thesaurus.

Ask Siri

I was told it's the Massachusetts state bird. While I was stationed there in the 80's I whacked one with a rolled up newspaper, and it got really mad.

Absolutely yes. I always think of the monitor separately from the computer for some reason, and it seems I'm not the only one. Of course with a laptop you have to consider both at the same time.

I have an inexpensive LG 4K monitor, which I've never bothered to calibrate, and just adjusted it until I liked the way it looks. Sure there are better or more accurate monitors available, but I'm happy with my current setup.

The answer is yes.

A video card is a graphics card. And they come in a variety of performance and price levels, the expensive ones are faster. Extreme speed in a video card is good for gaming to quickly render 3D graphics, but anything over $300 (for just the video card) isn't going to increase performance for photo pp much.

All the upgrades that make a gaming computer what it is (fast CPU, a lot of memory, good video card, flashing RGB LED lights everywhere) are the same upgrades you would want for photo pp. Except for all the flashing RGB LED lights which seem to only cost a couple o'bucks, and I guess gamers love that stuff. My new computer has a bunch of those lights, and after making sure they worked properly and then admiring them for a few weeks, it was simple to turn them off.

[quote=BBurns]... I am not sure if Office 2007 will run in Win10 ...

I'm sure, it does.

Also, many people dislike the idea of S/W subscriptions.

MS Outlook is about all I use as well. Last time I looked, Outlook was only offered in a package with a few things I never used, clever marketing on the part of MS.

If the newer Acronis claims to be able to "restore" to a "new" computer I'm not gonna argue , I've been happy with their products so far.

Be sure to do a full backup of your new computer as it is now. You might want to return to what you have now if anything goes wrong with the restore process.

Your Acronis backup of your old computer is most likely useless for your new computer. If you try to restore that backup to your new computer, it will replace the Windows 10 on your new computer with whatever OS was on the C: drive of your old computer, and your new computer will not be able to even boot up. I have used a few versions of Acronis over the years, and the "full backups" that it makes can only be used to restore to the same original computer. Possibly you could restore to another computer with identical hardware, but I wouldn't bet much money that that would work either.

Do you still have the old computer and the old Acronis? If so, you could make backups of drives or folders from the old computer containing only data, and restore them to equivalent places on your new computer. You should enlist some local help to do this.

You cannot just make backups of your c: drive or program folders from your old computer and restore to a new computer and then expect anything to work. All of the programs on the old computer will need to be installed on the new computer, just copying the program files to the new computer will not result in a working program.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but what you're trying to do will be a bit more complicated than you have planned for so far. The good news is that it's possible to copy over all your data by any of a few different methods. Re-installing all your programs will involve case-by-case considerations.
- Some programs allow multiple installations (then no problem),
- others need to be de-registered from the old computer before installing and registering on the new computer,
- and some others may only be registered/licensed to one computer (your old computer) and you need to pay again to install them on another computer (and this is likely to happen with MS Office assuming you don't have a multiple installation license). Sorry again, it can get complicated.

Please don't be discouraged. When I've done this myself (many times now, and I think it's kind of fun) it's pretty much used up all my free time for a week or so. Then after that I'm real happy to have a shiny new fast dependable computer for several years. Good luck. Get some local help.

Capture One is from Phase One not from Nikon. The version I have, Capture One Pro 20, was not free (there's only a 30-day free trial period). It is offered as either an outright purchase or as a subscription for around $10-20/month. I went the purchase route a few weeks ago when B&H had Capture One Pro discounted to $200 (normally $300), and I'm pretty happy with how well it works (it's fast, and the menus seem to make more sense to me than Photoshop Elements menus). I've been happy enough with the Nikon software I've been using for years (for free), but Capture One is faster and it does more (layers, masks, cloning/healing brush tools for examples) so I recommend it.

There are free versions, called Capture One Express for Fujifilm and Capture One Express for Sony, but they leave out some desirable functions (like tethered capture, and I forget what else) and only work with Fujifilm files or Sony files. The Capture One website doesn't seem to list a Capture One Express for Nikon. They seem to change their website pretty often.

To make their marketing more complicated, Phase One also offers other non-free versions that are full featured, but only work with Fujifilm files, Sony files, or Nikon files. So those versions cost less than the full Pro version, but obviously more than the free versions, and all 3 of those are offered as either a purchase or a subscription.