Brian P Smith

My 85mm Z came flawless, but a year prior I received a refurbished 50 1.8S that had the front two elements completely destroyed - really badly.  Nikon gave me a bit of pushback but let me return it. ...

As mentioned, one of the benefits of 100mp is to get cleaner end files after cropping etc (just like some shoot 8K to get cleaner 4K footage). Of course, there will be different silos of ...

For me, the battery upgrade alone is worth considering a newer A7R series - earlier A7 bodies just ate batteries for days. If you're doing car-based landscape, not bad. If you're out backpacking...

Z6 Body only for $1000 not too shabby either. Z50 +16-50 kit is somehow less expensive than Z50 body only, which is wild.

A Z-mount 500mm may be a ways off indeed. But if they ever make it, I will pre-order it if it follows the internal TC design. 500 F4 + 1.4 TC is near perfect combo for me.

There is also the fact that some lenses will perform well focused close in, some better when focused close to infinity, and some in between. Of course, in the end it is not practical to test all...

Like many others - the AF-P 70-300; Because Nikon hasn't even roadmapped a 70-200 F4, and although the 100-400 is nice, I don't use >200mm enough to justify a $2000 lens The other lens I have is a ...

The 200-600 is basically vaporware at this point if they don't drop it at CP+. I'm still holding out for a Z8 + 200-600 + extra announcement at CP+ in a month, but if the 200-600 doesn't show at CP ...

Not something I'd use in practice but definitely an interesting take on a zoom range at that price point..

Honestly I prefer that vs the Sony and Fuji rumor sites that post misleading and nonsensical rumors and revise old posts to look correct while trying to pump as much ad revenue as possible through ...

I'm going to say right around $2800. The 85/1.8 S is already an amazing lens, this should be stellar, with an astronomical price to compliment that :-D

Being tin-foil hat for a moment, I've noticed a sudden increase of traded in 100-400s at large retailers like B&H, perhaps by some in the know hoping to get max value before the 200-600 is ...

I was about to jokingly post... hoping for that DL 18-50 to come back

Excellent, constructive addition to this thread...

Like the recent "Landscape of the Year" awards, some of these are just impossible based on the physics and nature of the lights. Unfortunately some appear to be heavily manipulated and color hued...

It's almost as if, different lenses are a good fit, for different people, in different situations.

Thanks for the replies! I am leaning towards the 100-400 as that is traditionally what I have enjoyed in the past, but having tested the 24-70 and 70-200 2.8's I'm falling back in love with the ...

How much focal length overlap are folks usually comfortable with? Currently have the Z24-120 and a few primes, primarily shooting landscapes and some (personal) portraiture. In the past I've liked ...

#10 Looks like conditions that are physically impossible.

It seems to me that Nikon has chosen to go with f/1.2 and f/1.8 for prime lenses and skip f/1.4 entirely.  The f/1.2 being the "top of the line" and 1.8 more "budget" (although sill more pricey ...