Good luck! Unless this was entirely hypothetical.
Nope, see my update post below.
Wow! I really thought this was a thought piece. I did not know that my opinion could possibly play a role in your purchasing decision. With the great weight of that responsibility, I might not have said anything!
I try hard to stay open-minded. I think staying open-minded is one of the things that keeps a person's brain young. I was surprised after the first few posts saying I shouldn't feel guilty at all. But they kept piling up and I really took notice and read every reply. All those single Likes are mine.
But, seriously, I think you made a very wise decision not just to buy used gear but to buy that particular gear. I think you will have a blast with it! I hope you post an impressions thread at some point and share some pics and opinions.
Well, thanks.
Initial impression: The camera FEELS like an SLR in the hand, but doesn't sound/feel like it when I pull the trigger and there's no mirror slap. It's going to take some getting used to.
The images are great; they have that certain something that FF images have, and I just LOVE Nikon's jpegs. I also love their "Active-D Lighting" (Nikon's version of tasteful HDR applied as part of their JPG processing) The images so far look just like those from my dearly departed D610.
The humble 24-50/4-6.3 lens is an amazing performer to me. Reading the reviews, they criticize corner sharpness and it worried me, but for practical purposes, it is sharp and distortion-free right across the frame. I do notice that it sometimes has trouble focusing in low indoor lighting. (I think lowering their dim max. aperture to f/6.3 was a mistake; should've stuck with f/5.6)
I think I'll keep it as a travel lens, even after the 24-120 arrives, as I find I rarely use telephoto in my travels, and the 24-50 is SO light and compact.
I was going to order an FTZ adapter and use my old Tamron 70-300, but my friend offered to buy it for halfway between the offer I got from MPB and what I might get if I ebay it, so it looks like I'll eventually buy the slow Tamron 70-300 to round out the kit. (maybe a mirror telephoto lens later...)
