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Exciting news over here as my Z8 landed today. A decade ago I invested in a D500 (one of my best ever purchases) due to the sport, animal and airshow photography I was doing. A few years ago my style of photography completely changed and I went full-frame for the first time with the marvellous...

Beautiful images, they really are remarkable creatures

I guess the danger for a photographer sorting out their fading eyesight is that they go to all that effort and afterwards their photos still look out of focus :)

Hehehe nice and incestuous then :) The balance for Nikon is I suppose letting Nikon users take advantage of cheaper third party lenses while retaining stronger brand name control compared to DSLR times. And/or Thor's point too about ease and speed of expanding their range. Compared to other...

Ah, it was the Tamron link that I didn't know about, so they're (sort of) bringing the third party element in house. Must say I'm very pleased indeed with my pair of F4s...

Can't help I'm afraid, but do wonder why Nikon chose the 70-180 as the cheaper option instead of an F4 70-200

I covered a local club for a couple of years a while before Covid. I had a Sigma 150-600, brilliant lens but heavy so used a monopod as a compromise between flexibility and steadiness. How much of the 600 I needed really depended on the angle of shot I wanted and the relation to which part of...

Always my go-to when I go to London and my first stop on the walk down from Euston, so much so that I became a member last year. Love the feel of the place, quality coffee shop and shop even before you get to the galleries. Current exhibition by Letizia Battaglia is excellent even if very raw...

Another D70 here! Funny, when I look back on photos from that time I never think "oh, look at the low resolution". We truly are blessed with the tech we get to work with.

Really interesting. I would find it hard to change from using the viewfinder now from habit as much as anything. Although I did adapt a little for action photograpy, using the viewfinder but holding the camera a little way form the face so that I had some peripheral vision.

Nice pic. Would be interesting if you got rid of the objects in the medium distance (poles, stone jetty) but kept the horizon and sky. Might create the effect you are looking for?

Hi Rob, I'm behind on the Z range. Was the larger size a design choice or a necessity because of the spec/new tech in it?

That makes sense I think. The D500 was a lower spec version of the D5 which was aimed at pro photo-journalists and was all about speed, speed, speed. Even with cut back spec the principle of a wide range of AF points is likely the case. I took a lot of photos of club cricket with mine and it was...

That would be really interesting! Always felt the DX00 cameras were a mini-cheat mode. The amount of the equivalent D5 we got with the D500 was way out of proportion to the considerable price drop to be gained. Obviously only for anyone happy with with the smaller sensor but this wasn't an...

I've had my Z7ii for four years now and feels so complete to me that the usual yearnings for an upgrade simply haven't occurred. I absolutely love it. I guess my shooting has changed though as it used to consist of a lot more action in sport and wildlife. The Z7ii can't touch my D500 for...