Nikon Z* mirrorless

@trevorbray always seems to be the instigator …..

Oh, I’ve just ordered the Nikon 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR
 
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Can someone that has the 180-600mm tell me the best camo brand to purchase?
 
Been mulling over different bodies over the weekend, , I’m hovering on getting the z6ii despite its shortcomings. I only normally do wildlife mainly birds , I’m aware that it doesn’t have bird I.d , but it does take XQD cards which I have .. it’s nice and light weight , it’s only 25mp but if I go for th3 45mp models I would likely have to upgrade my computer as well .
I have a fair selection of f mount lenses in fx 200-500, 70-200 f4 , 85mm f1.8 ,sigma 150mm macro. And a few more
I will be retaining my Olympus gear so I’m not that bothered over bird I.d when needed but I love the resolution of the Nikon lenses .
So good deal or not ???
 
Sod it took the plunge just bought one from Wex rated 9+ mint with 500 shutter count . Totally everything included .. will borrow my lads ftz adaptor till I get my own
 
So I just upgraded to a Z5ii. From a D300... The difference is just, astonishing. Went with the 24-200mm, as I wanted an all-in-one lens for travel - plan is to add the 180-600mm in the future for wildlife/airshows, and maybe a macro lens.

There's a quite a few decent looking setup guides on YouTube - any opinions on some of the better ones?
 
TartanArmy said:
So I just upgraded to a Z5ii. From a D300... The difference is just, astonishing. Went with the 24-200mm, as I wanted an all-in-one lens for travel - plan is to add the 180-600mm in the future for wildlife/airshows, and maybe a macro lens.

There's a quite a few decent looking setup guides on YouTube - any opinions on some of the better ones?
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Try this

View: https://youtu.be/H9MAiN-NJb0?si=7i0o-i16xenkCb0T
 
Z6ii out for delivery today . Got my lads FTZii adaptor ready to go ,even the weather is brighter than of late
 
Just arrived, it’s a factory refurbished one so looks brand new. Battery on charge ,will set up this evening
 
arrived about 2p.m done a rough set up with my lads battery installed , about 4 p.m a long tailed tit was snooping round the fat balls outside and got this shot through the double glazing , think the camera might be a keeper iso 10,000
through the looking glass by jeff cohen, on Flickr
 
Question to all those that have the Nikon 180-600mm. Have you kept the same foot and just added a long Arca plate or have you changed out the collar? Also, I am looking at the “Lance” 3 Legged Thing monopod with the Docx Foot added. Do you just attach the current foot that comes as standard to the head of the monopod or do you use a ball head, if so which do you recommend ?
 

@the black fox, great photos. thanks for sharing your exif data on Flickr.​

I have the Nikon Z6ii and 50mm 1.8 Prime. you have inspired me !!
 
Gandalf said:
Question to all those that have the Nikon 180-600mm. Have you kept the same foot and just added a long Arca plate or have you changed out the collar? Also, I am looking at the “Lance” 3 Legged Thing monopod with the Docx Foot added. Do you just attach the current foot that comes as standard to the head of the monopod or do you use a ball head, if so which do you recommend ?
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Same foot with one of these, found needed the long plate to balance the lens on gimbal. Russ.
 
Cordy said:

@the black fox, great photos. thanks for sharing your exif data on Flickr.​

I have the Nikon Z6ii and 50mm 1.8 Prime. you have inspired me !!
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I have spent the afternoon setting up camera for. Wildlife via watching reviews on u.tube ( Steve berry is best) now updated firmware to newest version , enabled focus tracking etc ..
Will hopefully have a test run tomorrow with the local gull population .. only thing I don’t like is BBF got it enabled but will probably change back to just front shutter focus . Camera is now sporting my 200-500mm f5.6 VR and I hopefully have a 1.4 mkiii tc in the post . That should make up for the crop body d500 differences . First batch from camera have looked good so it’s now a learning curve . Also enabled silent electronic shutter .. and we shall soon see if having no bird I.d is a hindrance or not .. if it proves irrelevant then this cameras a steal in brand new condition for £800
 
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jknights said:
Nice shots Jeff. Good to see you over here. Hope that all is good with you.


Glad to see you too Iain.
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yeah all good jk .. soldiering on as they say
 
male and female bullfinches ,in the rain , getting the hang of this now ..done a total reset after these were taken just need the weather to clear up now
berry nice by jeff cohen, on Flickr
dried fruit by jeff cohen, on Flickr
 
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Icee said:
It's good how older lenses produce better results on a mirrorless body.
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Certainly is Iain ,only got F mount lenses at the moment luckily my lads not using his FTZ adaptor for now.. getting to like this camera the more I use it . Got a larger eyepiece coming tomorrow hopefully work better with my specs u
 
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Question all,

I am only a new Nikon Z person, Can you suggest a light weight Nikon dslr with decent autofocus that I can pair with the 50mm f1.8 G lens.

Cheers
 
Gandalf said:
Question all,

I am only a new Nikon Z person, Can you suggest a light weight Nikon dslr with decent autofocus that I can pair with the 50mm f1.8 G lens.

Cheers
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A D600/610 will be about the same size as your Zf. Have you considered a FTZ adapter as then you could use the 50mm f1.8 G (I think that lens is AFS, which is required for AF to work on the FTZ adapter) and then you can use on the Zf or Z8.
 
jknights said:
A D600/610 will be about the same size as your Zf. Have you considered a FTZ adapter as then you could use the 50mm f1.8 G (I think that lens is AFS, which is required for AF to work on the FTZ adapter) and then you can use on the Zf or Z8.
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I have the adapter, but the 50mm doesn’t sound right on both the ZF and Z8 so wanted to try it on an older body. I am also seeing some fogging when I connect to the adapter on the back element of the lens, so it’s another reason why I wanted to try it on a dslr body.
 
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