Cameron T
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My response was in the context of "if you're going to trade them at some point". If you're still shooting film, then you probably never will.
Nikon F Mount Lenses on the way out?
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O
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It all depends on what your doing as to trading in or updating.
At the moment i don't want to invest into mirror less to much, i have the Z9 and a 50mm 1.8S and i rent anything exotic i need, i find the FX gear does the job well as it has for years except video which i am not into.
Myself i have the wholly trio FX as the work horses, D850, Z9 I rent the rest.............
For normal stills a I phone 15 seems to meet a lot of what stands still LOL.
My last trip for month saw me using for still shots the smart phone 95% of the time in HD.
Cross roads, if you are going to change its better sooner than later.
For me i am waiting to see if i want to move forward or chnage trains completely.
Only an opinion
At the moment i don't want to invest into mirror less to much, i have the Z9 and a 50mm 1.8S and i rent anything exotic i need, i find the FX gear does the job well as it has for years except video which i am not into.
Myself i have the wholly trio FX as the work horses, D850, Z9 I rent the rest.............
For normal stills a I phone 15 seems to meet a lot of what stands still LOL.
My last trip for month saw me using for still shots the smart phone 95% of the time in HD.
Cross roads, if you are going to change its better sooner than later.
For me i am waiting to see if i want to move forward or chnage trains completely.
Only an opinion
The only possible saviour I see is a rapid rise of perhaps 20% in the value of the yen.
The Japanese consider it has been at a very low value for over 12 months.
If this happens the discounts currently common or new equipment will evaporate, new street prices will increase and secondhand F prices should follow.
Dawatm
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The 120-300 2.8 was the last F mount lens, released in 2020 with the D6.
Compared to May of 2022 what you can get for f mount lenses and DSLR's has dropped a lot.
I got really lucky and sold the last of my f mount lenses and DSLR's by the middle of May 2022 just after I got my Z800 pf 5-1-22. With my Z9 that made my 600f/4E and other f mount lenses and D6, D850 and D500 destined to sit on the shelf. So I took the plunge and paid for a lot of Z mount gear.
As others have said the longer you wait the lower the prices will go on that f mount and dslr gear.
O
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Hi Ken do you find the actual 800 file to be as good or better than the 600 F4E side by side no TC.
A bit hard to say ... since I have photographed in many more situations now with the Z8 than I did with the 600 f/4 E and only had them both in use for about 8 days ... but while I had them both they were very similar and logistically there was no contest the 800pf won hands down.
Keep in mind I have never been a "full time" pro but have sold prints, been published, and my images are used by non profits in web pages, posters, mailers etc. and citizen sience stuff like e bird etc., newspaper and journal aritcles by ornithologists etc.. I am not much of a pixel peeper.
I have a lot of images that have sold, hang on my wall etc. that were taken with Tamron 150-600 G2, Nikon 200-500 (after the 3rd warranty repair it worked), Sigma 150 and 60-600 sport, Nikon 28-300, Tamron 24-70 G2, 500pf, 600 f/4E (probably the fewest) and now the Z800.
I just put some run and gun bird ID photos in the wildlife presentation forum Z9& Z800 pf.
Life Bird For Me ... a rare for Idaho Black and White Warbler ... and a Bewick's Wren and Northern Flicker also photographed during the chase.
Black and White Warbler doing it's thing and a couple of other, run and gun, bird ID shots grabbed that day. Bewick's Wren and Northern Flicker.
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Not side by side and in different conditions and lighting. The first Song Sparrow and Black-capped Chickadee were taken with the 600 f/4E on Z9 and the second Black-capped Chickadee and Song Sparrow were taken with the Z800 on the Z9.
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