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@QuarryCat

Yes, that's what I'm shooting now. I'm very happy with my Nikon equipment. But I only switched systems because Olympus didn't make a tele lens for m4/3 that I wanted to use at the...

I rented an E-M5 back in the day for a project since my E-30 didn't shoot video. I don't think I've ever been quite so impressed with a camera.

I shoot Nikon DX right now (and am very happy), but...

The fact that Nikon can design and engineer fantastic lenses that people want to buy faster than they can build them is a good thing for Nikon.

Rather than complaining about slow production, we...

Sigma makes a nice 120-300/2.8 that has been around for a long while...

Micro Four Thirds is a fine system and Olympus knows how to make very good lenses.

That said, the lightweight tele crown right now belongs to Nikon with the very good PF lenses.

My Sigma 18-35/1.8 is a big heavy thing. It's heavier than my 300/4.

Yet it's sharp as hell and I use it all the time.

I have no idea why people engage in brand trolling.

Fact is that both Sony and Nikon (and Sigma and Canon and Olympus and...) are capable of making good glass. Pick your favorite and go shoot.

It might be more highly corrected or have less vignetting; Nikon seems to be sparing no expense in engineering these Z lenses.

I actually care; if I go mirrorless (from my D500) it'll be to shoot...

Nikon's *old* models, meanwhile, still work very well to take pictures.

If the new models are no better than the D750, D5, D850, and D500, then pick up one of those and go shoot.

So, I have a D500. About a year and a half ago the screen broke and damaged the liquid crystal so you can't see anything. This was probably my fault somehow, but I don't know how I did it. Stuff ...

On my D500: (1) Image quality is still great at 700 f/8, with the usual caveat: this is a 700mm lens, so atmospheric refraction between you and the subject matters far more for image quality than ...

On my D500 I've found VR to work well at slower shutter speeds like these. This is a qualitatively different behavior from the 300PF.

Are you trying to pick out single objects (Jupiter, Andromeda) or take wideangle pictures involving the stars and Milky Way plus a landscape?

YHBT. YHL. HAND.

I can't figure out why I'd want one of these over a D750, frankly.

Hopefully this will push used D750 prices down even more and I'll finally go fullframe; until then, my D500 serves very well!

I don't see how they could write this article and leave out the Sigma 18-35 and 50-100 f/1.8.

My experience with wildlife photography is that much of the time things other than absolute optical quality are the limiting factor in acuity: (1) focus accuracy (2) camera shake / tripod ...

Sigma, though, _is_ a prolific lens maker.

Nikon:

* I'm leery of giving up my D500 for a Z-series camera because of ergonomics. The D500 is so easy to control. If you're going to convince me to move to the Z-mount, convince me that the...