AdamT
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Re: Honestly, would you buy ...
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Honestly, would you buy an R, RP or R6 over the new Nikon Z5 camera if primarily a stills shooter with no existing camera gear or brand loyalty?
Sadly the Z5 would have appeared to have inherited the lame AF system of the Z6 (whicj still comes out bottom on DPR's tests) , it would by the tech also appear to have an even older sensor (no doubt complete with the heavy AA filter sony 24Mp FF sensors have) , Hopefully its not inherited the banding issue when pulling shadows and hopefully not simply jammed the thing permanently in 12bit mode or fudged some masking out routine in the firmware , then there`s the flaky FTZ adapter (OK that`s a bit strong but an RF or M adapter it is not) ....
thankfully they did fix the silly 1 XQD slot business by giving it 2 UHS2s instead but failed to take advantage of the opportunity to give the thing a traditional Nikon look (a`la DF or even D5) so it joins its older bretheren as the Fugliest Mirrorless camera ever made ..
I shoot Nikon for work and I wouldn`t touch a Z with a bargepole , admittedly the 1 card slot, banding and lame AF were the main reasons and they`ve definitely fixed one of these issues here but unless they`ve fixed the other two it`s same old same old .. I'm sure it`ll sell , Sony's complacency has helped this as has Canon`s not putting the 30Mp sensor in the RP but not one for me
Canon have done well with the 24Mp DPAF APS_C sensors in the M series , maybe its time for a new tech FF one with amazing DR and high ISOs to go in an RP mark-II
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