chasgroh wrote:
To preface: I've been a Nikon guy for 12 years, pretty much exclusively. As you might guess, I'm heavily invested in Nikon gear...especially lensing. So the latest Z7's have caught my eye, and since I'm shopping for a mirrorless, logically I'm gravitating toward one that will handle my lenses. So I go to the pre-show a month or so ago...Nikon-Jesus and his disciples up front waving arms, showing dated video, and *letting* us poor peons line up and touch the new camera. That's it, though, cuz my XQD card had to stay in my pocket. That's right, they wouldn't let us take a few shots for later perusal on our 'puters (which is why I walked out without touching the grail). Other than the obvious condescending attitude of the speaker (don't recall his name, but he was a Nikon *dude*) the card thing really stuck in my craw. Well, OK then, time simmered me down a bit. Today I went back to the same store that hosted the Nikon "event" and asked if they had a new model I could play with a bit (Samy's Camera in Costa Mesa, CA). I was told that they had shipment in for pre-orders only...no demos. Huh? Really? It IS a religion! Faith heals and you have to buy your camera on faith too. Haha, after walking out I called a pro buddy in Illinois (a Canon guy, but not religious at all) and kinda laid out my gripe about how Nikon was handling the new camera situation. He's a level-headed sort (unlike this recovering Type A) and through some conversation, once again I felt better. But, really, when he told me a mutual friend from my area went down to a Canon dealer and they let him take a new mirrorless out of the store to test out (and, of course, keep the images on his card for later viewing)...haha...I'm kinda going, "...do I really want to stay with a company that is so insensitive to their clientele, and downright dumb marketing-wise, too? Well, short answer, yes kinda-maybe. But, boy, am I checking out Panasonic! End of rant. Again, better I am feeling ($1 to Yoda).
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It is a shame that they would not let you try it I want to my local brick-and-mortar store yesterday with a memory card and tried the new camera Z7. They had several in stock and then downloaded the pictures and went back and purchase the camera. It is an amazing piece of equipment I hope you have the opportunity to try one and yes your F series lenses work incredibly well on the Z7.