#Digital camera retro design manual#
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Knowing I would probably go Full-Frame mirrorless one day, i got an FX 24-200 before another vacation. Last Thanksgiving, I opted for the Z50 only with the 16-50, because I wanted a walk-around camera that was more capable than my cell phone for a vacation. I loved the photos, but hated the heavy camera and lenses when on vacation. I went digital and updated from a D50 to D70 to D7100 and finally the D850 in 2018 before a big vacation. I've had at least one Nikon since the early 70's. In the way is the 50mm f.95 from 7ARTISANS. They are not as fancy as the voigtlanders, but not that bad. I also got 3 mabual lenses from TTARTISAN 17mm f1.4, 35 f1.4, and 50mm f1.2.

#Digital camera retro design full#

I hope, as many of us, the new adapter will bring full functionality to the F lenses. But I read in someplace else that Nikon is working in a new adapter FTZ2. I do have to lock the lens at F22 otherwise it won't work. I bought also the FTZ adapter and I am using it with the Nikkor 50mm f1.8 D. You are the first reviewer who uploads great pictures that show the Z fc potential. So you could see the capability of the Z fc of using both lens formats. Probably the reason Nikon send you two cameras one with a native DX lens, and the other with an FX lens.

Here one small correction: the NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8 (SE) is not a DX lens. The one I bought as a kit comes with 16-50mm special edition lens (Silver). In my opinion a aluminum bottom would add more character to the camera. The day I received my camera the first thing I notice was the plastic battery door. I do agree in the points you mention that Nikon could improve. Although my eyes can't wait for to see and read about the coming Z 9. Times have changed dramatically and now we have wonderful technology at our hands but would be foolish of me to get the Z 7II at once. I am trying to get back to photography, and back in time I used to shoot with an Nikon FM. But now we're in a different price class and it will be a struggle to keep the package small enough. In Z6 II fc version it would also be nice to keep the IBIS.

I would still like to keep the great Z6 II video upgrades though as the ability to shoot video just as well as stills is a real blessing. Z6 resolution is enough as vintage lenses fall apart after 20 MP for the most part (I have a large collection of Leica, Pentax, Minolta vintage glass – even the Leica Elmarit 90mm starts to just show extra glass grain above 20 MP). I'd also prefer full frame as shooting 35mm vintage lenses on the format for which they are made is more satisfying. That part of photography I don't miss.īut for the days where one wants to pretend that it's really a retro camera then turn the screen face in and roll with it. In the bad old days photographers spent a lot of time rolling around on the floor trying to get low angles which are easily done now with tilt screens. Also not much fun for shooting small children. Without a monitor, such a camera would be useless for video. Naysayers have other options to please them but I would be loathe to give up this camera. I am also considering available primes, probably a macro, to use with it. There will be very little menu diving once one becomes familiar with the camera and set it up the way you like. The menus are easy to access and clearly laid out. Auto ISO, once assigned, is easy to access. Aperture is easily controlled on front command dial and clearly seen in view finder or on LCD. The color depth is very nice and files easily convert to B&W. This camera with the two Z mount zooms (18-50 & 50-240) is very sharp in its resolving ability. I do not miss a big grip which I had on a D700. I waited for this from Nikon and it does not disappoint.

#Digital camera retro design manual#

The manual dial controls add value for me because that is the way I learned (on my old Canon AT1) and still love to shoot. I have had my Ffc for a month and love the camera. I think the majority of the users won’t notice this difference and perhaps even prefer the reduced weight over a heavy camera. Perhaps the lack of a heavy pentaprism also plays its part in reducing the weight. The Z fc is made of an aluminum alloy that has less weight compared to the metal construction of the FE. Picking up the Nikon Z fc brings a bit of a surprise, especially when you have the Nikon FE next to it. It’s not full frame (35mm film) like the old Nikon FE. Although the size is very similar, the new Nikon Z fc is an APS-C camera with a 1.5x crop. But there is one big difference that can’t be ignored when comparing the Nikon Z fc with an older SLR like the FE. It makes the camera a bit higher, which is good news for the photographer with large hands. The Nikon representative told me about an extra grip that will be available, offering more to hold on to. The 35mm film is replaced by a APS-C sensor.