Advice Wanted Thinking of more megapixels

[MoonMind]

Over and done with - and with a great outcome as far as I can see. In my experience, having the count available in a body that helps handling it is always a plus - and the Z 7 II makes shooting at full resolution a breeze. For everyday photography, I rarely miss the higher resolution, but for a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, I'd definitely bring my own Z 7 II.

In fact, I've recently used it as a minimal travel setup with the Z 26mm f/2.8 pancake - and it made for a surprisingly pleasant, very capable combo. It's worth it.

btw. Did you notice how old the article was? The newer version linked at the bottom is from 2014 ... Times have changed, higher megapixel counts don't mean performance issues anymore if you know what you're doing.

M.

 

[davidzvi]

Over and done with - and with a great outcome as far as I can see. In my experience, having the count available in a body that helps handling it is always a plus - and the Z 7 II makes shooting at full resolution a breeze. For everyday photography, I rarely miss the higher resolution, but for a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, I'd definitely bring my own Z 7 II.

In fact, I've recently used it as a minimal travel setup with the Z 26mm f/2.8 pancake - and it made for a surprisingly pleasant, very capable combo. It's worth it.
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Part of the reason for going with a higher MP body was also to contrast my other gear, not to replace it.

 

[Brian]

But I did not even suggest to David to buy a Leica M Monochrom, M8, or M9 as I could give him source code for the image processing. I am so much more open minded to using software that you do not even write yourself. I used to. The 1980s for me. Paid for the first house, and for the '90 T-Bird. Writing Fortran code still pays all the bills.

 

[davidzvi]

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But I did not even suggest to David to buy a Leica M Monochrom, M8, or M9 as I could give him source code for the image processing.....

AF is a requirement. Only thinking about the Voigtlander mentioned above because it's so wide on FF that pretty much everything is in focus because of the nature of the lens.

 

[Brian]

If Nikon or someone else comes out with an AF adapter for the Z-Series cameras to use screw-drive AF-D series lenses, "I'm in". Would be similar to the original AF convertor (TC-16) for the F3AF, motor built in to the adapter. Until then- I have all of the AF-D Micro-Nikkor lenses, use on the Df and reason to get another DSLR. They are sharp, and better than the AF-S Micro-Nikkors in terms of color correction and distortion. They were made for film, so digital corrections were not folded in to the design. The AF-D Micro-Nikkor 200/4 is one of the sharpest lenses made by Nikon.

Of course they work manual focus on the Z series. Using them in AF mode is nice. You can buy an AF adapter to use M-Mount lenses on the Z-Series cameras. Those lenses- I have.

 

[MichailK]

Well, it's done.

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Advocating for Greece over Italy,
you now have a reason more to choose Greece, even more if you are interested in religious places as well:

Saint Nikon