Chapel le Dale Church by Stephen Lee, on Flickr
Balancing by luftwalk, on Flickr
On the prowl by luftwalk, on Flickr
Sand shower by luftwalk, on Flickr
I have a 135 2.8 Ai that I play with sometimes. Small and light. But usually I’m very happy with the 70-300 AF-P. Focus accuracy and image quality are great with the Z.
For the very few occasions I need anything longer than 70mm low price and weight/bulk are key. As landscapes move at a glacial pace, I reckon I can manage with manual focus.
Great set. I presume the sigma didn’t need any firmware update nonsense?A walk in the local ZOO with the Z6 and Sigma 100-400mm. Great lens to carry around...light, sharp and good range.
Actually, after minutes of careful consideration and penny-counting, I've just ordered a Nikon 70-300mm f4.5-5.6E ED VR AF-P for delivery tomorrow.
. I have been very happy with mine! Just a quick sample or two
A walk in the local ZOO with the Z6 and Sigma 100-400mm. Great lens to carry around...light, sharp and good range.
where is the local zoo exactly? These are pretty nice photos but I guess as a mainly non-wildlife photographer, I'd prefer the savings in weight of the AF-P 70-300
I'm used to carrying the 200-500 around all day and before that the Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 Sport, so the 100-400 is a nice light weight lens for me
I've bought some Ex-Pro, which are fine if you don't need the in-camera charging facility. I looked but couldn't just find anyone selling 15b at much less than retail.
Wow, what a bizarre omission
Wow, what a bizarre omission
It’s the controls that are the issue, if there’s no ports then the grip can’t have a shutter release and dials etc
The battery holder part of the Sony grip has an array of electrical contacts that must ‘join’ them up electronically.
Theoretically it would be possible to transmit control signals down the existing connections of a battery. All it needs is a microprocessor at each end of the battery circuit. And of course, there are more than two pins on a battery. Something similar to CANBUS systems on vehicles and planes. Whether it is physically possible using existing body constraints is another matter. (/end worms can/)On the subject of the battery grip, I'm very interested in that as well, as I find when shooting with the bigger lenses for birding etc., that the Z6 can feel very unbalanced and it would be nice under those conditions to give it a bit more heft and bulk. I too though, will be amazed if they never thought to add some sort of connectivity for a vertical portrait shutter and dials (though that necessarily still wouldn't' be a deal breaker for me, as it's just additional size I'd really need under those circumstances.)
In what ever form it does eventually arrive in (if it arrives at all), I fully expect Nikon to still charge the earth for it like they do with all their grips
TBH all OEM battery grips are a rip off.On the subject of the battery grip, I'm very interested in that as well, as I find when shooting with the bigger lenses for birding etc., that the Z6 can feel very unbalanced and it would be nice under those conditions to give it a bit more heft and bulk. I too though, will be amazed if they never thought to add some sort of connectivity for a vertical portrait shutter and dials (though that necessarily still wouldn't' be a deal breaker for me, as it's just additional size I'd really need under those circumstances.)
In what ever form it does eventually arrive in (if it arrives at all), I fully expect Nikon to still charge the earth for it like they do with all their grips
Any idea what the update includes, I can't find anything about it?
Ahh that one, I thought that had been released already so thought this was something different
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