RahulKhosla wrote:
I have a lot of Nikon gear, so am pretty deeply "invested" in that brand. None of the three bodies I have (D5/850/500) are mirrorless and I have been thinking about adding a mirrorless body to the arsenal to get faster shutter speed and AF esp for BIF and wildlife action as well as for better video capabilities. I have heard a lot about the wonders of Sony and other mirrorless bodies and lenses - however, going outside the Nikon range would mean interoperability problems. What would you wise people advise?
a) stick with Nikon?
b) if yes, which one?
c) if not, what would you recommend and how would compatibility / interoperability be solved?
d) should I just shut up and stick with DSLR's ?!!
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Hi, I bought a Nikon Z7 and a Sony A9 and learnt a few things I want to share:
Background: I don't have a D5 but I have D3/850/750/500 and loads of Nikkor lens and accessories. I bought Z7 when it first came out with the kit lens and I am very happy with its picture quality, versatility, and weight. I am not a wedding/sport photographer so the lack of dual card slots is not a problem.
1. The stacked CMOS sensors technology is the reason I purchased Sony A9. I don’t have D5 to compare but the A9’s keeper rate is a tad better than D500. I don’t know if that minute difference will justify the change of the whole eco system.
2. If you want to take extremely high-resolution bird-in-flight and high-speed sport photographs. Waiting is probably a good strategy to see if the camera manufacturers will move the A9, A9II, D5, D6, D500 (all 24MP) high frame rate technology to a larger sensor camera. The most mirrorless cameras on the market today and your DSLRs will handle the landscape / portraiture / medium keeper rate sport / wildlife photography with ease.
We all know that camera lens is more important than camera body.
3. Do not wait for Sony to change its lens E-mount size from 46.1mm to 55mm (Nikon mirrorless Z-mount). Even if it happens the current E-mount lens will not perform 100% via the adapter. Nikon FTZ adapter taught me a practical lesson.
4. The shorter flange distance and larger lens mount size will afford Nikon to build higher quality and lighter future Z lens that’s why I only rent GM100-400mm or FE600mm lens for the A9 and keep my Nikon 500mm prime with 1.4 extender on D850 (they will do the job as A9 + FE 600mm and $15,000 cheaper). I am waiting to see the Nikon Z 200-600mm lens specs.
5. Dual card slots are good for backup, but not necessarily for speed. Two XQD, XQD Express, or SD Express are good for both backup and speed, but they come with a hefty price.
Hope this will help.
If you use mirrorless camera it is better to have two. Mirrorless camera's sensor is a dust magnet. So frequent changing lens on the go on mirrorless camera is not recommended. The new Canon EOS R is an exception its shutter closes when changing lens (I am a Nikon guy).
I have buried 2 dogs and 2 cats in our farm since 2014, plus one dog was cremated. We will continue to provide the remaining 5 dogs and 2 cats a good life. The emotional drain is too much to bear when they passed away.
Phlearn is my goto website for Photoshop questions. I've been it's member for 2 years. Aaron's Watcom video was my initiation to using the Pen Tablet. Although he (or should he) didn't explain how to solve the right-click problem. 1. The right-click button was insensitive when using it as keyboard shortcut to adjust the pen size and hardness. And 2. The right-click was too sensitive when drawing with Pen tool it keeps generating a dialog box.
After I disabled "the press and hold as right-click" from the Control panel Pen and Touch section the second problem seems to go away (not completely but it's bearable). But the first problem which is to use it as the keyboard shortcut to adjust the Pen size still persists. May be I should upgrade to the model Aaron was using in his video that would help...
I marked the pen on the top side of the duo button to remind myself avoiding it. Great minds thinking alike, LOL. Thanks.
Thanks for the advice. I discovered that "The latest is not always the greatest". Sometimes too eager to upgrade / update causes problem. The online recommendation of a tool product should be taken with a lot of grain of salt.
Everybody, thank you for the quick response and help. I apologize for the misinformation in the initial post. It is the right-click not the double-click causing the problem. Following suggestion I disabled the right-click for the Pen in the control panel it seems to happen less (3 times in drawing a simple path around a head). I will keep trying and contact Watcom and Googling, thank you.
I was told that the pen tablet is an useful tool in applying pen pressure when doing Composite or Masking work in Photoshop, by Phlearn, Phtoshop Café, Lumenzia, just to name a few. I bought a Watcom Intuos PS (< $100US) and the learning curve is steep. The hand-eye coordination is not that difficult comparing to the technical issues I encountered with the tablet in the process.
The recent problem is the unexpected doubl-click generated by the Intuos which makes the Pen tool very hard to use. I have to put my left hand on the ESC key to constantly undo the dialog box generated by the double-click generated by the pen tablet. I configured the upper pen button as double-click and I am very careful not to touch it. Googled the problem didn't help.
Can anybody help? I am using a Windows 10 64-bit PC, all the software, OS, Watcom, PS, LR, are up to date.
He is all Fuji gears now.
We have FIVE congresswo/men, and no tax deduction...
Nicely done Sylvia. Especially the surreal look of the 4th picture.