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But at this time it's for different purpose.
On a recent trip to a French bird reserve with a friend, I became aware of a failing in my set up or rather approach.
I took my D500 with 300mm and tc attached.
Mike borrowed Jans LUMIX FZ2000.
When we were in the hide I was able to pump off shots ( like the grebes on the bird thread) with my gear. So was mike, admittedly at a lesser 480mm compared to my 630mm, but still croppable without massive quality loss.
What I WASNT able to do, having left my wide zoom in the car, was take scenery, habitat and general shots. Mike was, having a 24-480mm zoom on the LUMIX.
Sure if I had taken my 16-85 lens as well, I could have swopped back and forth. But frankly that would have been a pain In the @rse. Every time I was shooting scenery I could guarantee a bird would pop up demanding the 600mm!!
As it happens it works ok. Mike got the scenery and I got the birds...so we swopped image files. 😆
So apart from always having a second photographer with me it seems to me that I need a second camera with a wide angle lens attached and ready... alongside the long range body and lens.
A Z body and lens might fill that wide range position, alongside the D500 for long reach situations. But the wife's FZ2000 at a fraction of the Nikon Z options could equally fill that gap ...and some... up to 400mm.
In these wide situations the slowness of the mirrorless is not an issue.
Heck...I used my iPhone and got some good scenery shots on the day!!
Until a Z camera with F mount telephoto lenses attached can be shown to match the D500 with the same lens attached I don't see it superseding the DSLR or being a complete all rounder....at an economic price.
Last edited on Mon Sep 17th, 2018 18:40 by Eric
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