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To me, lower ISO support is desirable to act as a built-in 1-stop or 2 stop neutral density filter. Unfortunately even the Nikon Z7 or Z7 II do not have native ISO support less than ISO 64. ...

Agree with this. I just did not know about the virtual horizons feature earlier on my D8x0 cameras because I would use the spirit level. With the lighter RRS TFC-14 + BH-30 + Nikon Z7, I was ...

You asked for me? ;-) :-)

I also love to use the virtual horizon feature using LCD for composing with a Z7 & a tripod. Since my BH-30 does not have a spirit level, the virtual horizon feature is very useful. The feature is ...

Yes - I looked at it but ended up with an RRS TFC-14 with a RRS BH-30 head. Yes, it is a little more expensive than the Peak Design, and a slightly longer folded length, but I have found it a very ...

Check out : https://thecentercolumn.com/rankings/all-purpose-tripod-rankings/ https://thecentercolumn.com/rankings/systematic-tripod-rankings/ https://thecentercolumn.com/rankings/travel-tripod-ran ...

Take care. In the specs here (https://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/z-mount/z_70-200mmf28_vr_s/spec.htm), they mention weight as: Approximately 1,440 g/3 lb 2.8 oz (with the tripod collar); approxi ...

About the size & weight difference point as I mentioned in my other post https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64981254 : Without the tripod collar on the Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S, the weight advantage ...

I have had the 70-200mm f/4, 70-200mm f/2.8 VR II and 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR (bought before 70-200 f4). I replaced the 3 of them with 70-200 f/2.8E FL VR and AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E VR. Reasons: I ...

oivecrp2>> but compared to what is out there, Nikon just isn't there yet, not to mention, neither the Z6II nor the Z7II are readily available. So I moved over to the R5
oivecrp2>> but as I get...

Ah well - the internet. Have to explain it was sarcasm :)

Not sure if that is an example of trickle down - which is technology introduced into the flagship trickling down successively to lower models. Maybe something like an example from the past: D3 (Aug ...

It is going to be very very difficult - since Nikon does not have an engineering/R&D team ;-) Exactly - since Nikon has never been able to leapfrog Canon last few decades and now it needs to ...

During travel, my most used lenses are 14-30 f/4 and 24-70 f/4. A 70-200mm or a 180mm is used occasionally for details or portraits and sometimes landscapes. For portraits I prefer the 200mm end ...

As I said I will stop contributing to this thread other than for specific points. So here is a take by Thom that I agree with & lines up with my points: That said, I know there's a ton of you out ...

Doesn't have to be Nikon developing an FTZ-D. From my earlier post just 2-3 posts above https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64913635: But in fact this is more of a customer satisfaction problem ...

Yes. I tend to use a zoom like 70-200mm more at the extremities - at 70mm and at 200mm. I am covered at 70mm by the 24-70 and I like the 200mm end to be f/2.8.

And here I was dreaming of using the 180mm lens with a 1.5x crop to go to roughly the view of 270mm! I thought I could use the 1.5x crop on 24-70mm to get to 105mm and the 180mm to simulate as a ...

Not 16mm fisheye, 135mm f/2 DC, 180mm f/2.8D or 200mm f/4 micro - which is a fair number. Why is it hard to believe if someone has a fair collection of AF-D glass (costly to replace) will find an ...

As I said, I found it difficult to manual focus the 180mm f/2.8D - not the 16mm fisheye. But since the fisheye is a little tricky to use even otherwise, to remove one variable I will not mind ...