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How many exposures have you taken on your Z7? It may be indicative as to whether you are getting enough use out of it to warrant an upgrade.
Remember I work across 5-8 cameras so I dont have a representative number of images for all my photography. Also in the last year I have taken less images as I am working on my new house.
Z7 = 5500
D850 = 3500
D500 = 2500
XH1 = 1000
XT3 = 3000
others (D300s, D300, D90 , X100, X100S, X100F) = totalling about 3000
Also I am doing almost no bird or flamenco photography so my image count is very low.
Since getting the D850 and reassessing my own photography 'needs and habits' I have come to the realisation that any other camera would sit on the shelf 99 times out of 100....so why buy something with that prospect? For me at least, the days of having a camera and lens for every eventuality have gone. Having a camera and lens collection that satisfies even 80% of my needs is good enough.
I have always been a minimalist. 😆. We have a saying in our house “ we much prefer it's space to it's companyâ€
When lightroom came out and enabled sorting 'by focal length', I discovered 95% of my photography was using 2 zoom lenses. So I sold the rest. It's true I have bought (and sold again) new cameras & lenses, but I have never had to re-buy a camera or lens I got rid of. So I sort of regard that as a correct action plan.
I understand your thought process but not an ethos I follow.
The second hand value of cameras is very poor (1/3-1/4 of purchase price after 2 years) and the resale price in second hand market by dealers is hugely inflated (~twice the purchase in trade-in or more). On that basis I prefer to just keep and reuse as appropriate. So my D3S can now be used for portraits and some general work and copying of negatives and prints, as 12MP is sharp enough. My Fujis tend to have very low second hand value so I just keep and convert to IR or Full Spectrum use.
Lenses are difficult. They are once again purchased low by dealers and sold high. I have seen a friend's long telephoto lens that he sold for £550 then sold on by a dealer for £1300. This is a nice profit for the dealer! So my view is I sell to people I know at a reasonable price which is lower than the cost of second hand purchase and more to me than a dealer would give me.
At this stage the dead money is not an issue as it is spent money and the trade-in money is coppers!
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