Is it worth to upgrade from Nikon aps-c to nikon Z series ?

[oidspatz]

Hallo,

first i may introduce me a liitle bit. I am retired photographer, was primary shooting events, house warming partys and stuff like this. While i get older :-D i changed from Nikon FX to the DX series, ending up with the D7200 and, off course, a lot of Nikon Glass. Most used all the time is the old 35-70mm 2.8 D and the 105 mm DC, which accompanied me for a really long time and i love them because they are build like a tank. Beside this there are the 35mm 1.8 and the 70-200 2.8 as well as the 10-24.

Due to my retirement i am able to change to the private site, and my plans are to stay half of the year in my RV and travelling around. So my photography will switch to Landcape and street photograpohy, i think.

Well, to cut a long story short, i am still happy with the d7200, but for me there is too much struggle for landscape, i.e noise opn high iso etc.

I looked around and found the Z8, evtl. the Z9 to be a suitable one. But as i have seen the FTZ Adapter has no autofocus motor (screw) so my favorite lenses won't work as expected and you know, a old guy loves his old toys :-D

Another option is to switch to D850, but that's 7yrs old ...

What do you guy's think about the switch ?

Btw, shooting Nikon for a really long time i can nearly blind operate the camera

Thank's a lot for reading my long post and for all your thoughts.

All the best

Reinhard

 

[John Crowe]

I would get a used D850 and use it with your lenses as you transition into your changing requirements in retirement.

You may decide to add lenses down the road so stick with AF-S lenses. Perhaps transition your AF lenses to AF-S as well, so a future switch to Z will be less painful.

It doesn't matter that the D850 is seven years old, it is still an exceptional camera.

 

[UncleVanya]

Z8 is pretty big. D850 is even bigger. You might consider the monster adapter and the Sony a7c II or a7cr if you liked the size of your apsc gear. Another approach would be the z7ii as it’s a bit smaller.

 

[HyperCypher]

Stick with dslrs and your familiar lenses … probably a D850 makes most sense for you. Still arguably the best photographic sensor ever unless you move to medium formatt. Keep your 7200 for portability. Such a fine camera. Look around for a good used 24-70 2.8.

 

[Ringwraith69]

Stick with dslrs and your familiar lenses … probably a D850 makes most sense for you. Still arguably the best photographic sensor ever unless you move to medium formatt. Keep your 7200 for portability. Such a fine camera. Look around for a good used 24-70 2.8.

I second the advice to stick with DSLR's for the time being. The D850 is awesome, you could also have a look at the D780 (FX) or D7500 (DX). Or if you're really brave, a D5 or D6...

 

[MustAg]

First off, at the expense of sounding too technical, you can have Nikon APSCs that are also Z series.. albeit not very good ones. I've owned both D7200 and Z50. For stills, the Z50 is probably not much better than your D7200. I mean Z50 is better, but not miles ahead. The biggest differences are the sensor's DR, AF in live view and video.. although the Z50 is hardly the camera to upgrade to if you care about video.

I also have experience with Z6 II, and it's certainly a huge upgrade from D7200. Used ones are reasonably priced but you won't be able to use your older lenses with it.

If you don't care about shooting video, then the best upgrade would be a D750 actually. I see them for 400 to 500 bucks used on fb marketplace all the time, and they're excellent value at this price. The only problem is AF in live view is crap but you're used to this with D7200 so if it's no biggie this would be my recommendation.

If you wanna stay in APSC, but switch to a mirrorless camera, then you'll have to look at Sony Canon or Fuji cause Nikon APSC mirrorless bodies just suck.