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 p.4 #2 · Will Nikon build anymore DSLR's, or are they done with DSLR's? | |
chambeshi wrote:
Fiscal facts dictate the greater majority of owners will persist with their expensive systems built up over a decade and longer. This applies especially to Nikon owners of telephotos of the G and E vintage (i.e. current models). Any perceived/reported Performance issues of the FTZ with Z cameras is the least of our concerns, especially with the current Nikkor telephotos.
Perhaps it is different for the genuine beginner, but many in this Nikon forum are heavily invested in their Nikon gear, and cannot afford many, if indeed any, new lenses.
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Grasshoppers are free to leap, even though the existing systems work rather well
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I think what is also missed is the G and E lenses provide Nikon shooters with some compelling intermediary cost lenses that simply aren't available for some other systems (e.g., Sony and L mount). Sony for example has some areas of their lens lineup where your choice is between ultra expensive and excellent lenses or relatively low priced zooms with nothing in between. This sort of very expensive prime vs. quite low priced zoom is most obvious for their long lenses. The have $12,000 excellent primes or they have relatively low cost zooms ($2,000 or so), but exactly zero prime lenses longer than 135mm that are less than $10,000. In contrast, if you shoot Nikon either DSLRs or mirrorless there are 7 excellent primes longer than 135mm that can be had on the used market for less than $5,000 (Nikon G 200 f/2 VR II, Nikon G 300 f/2.8 VR II, Nikon E 300 f/4 PF, Nikon G 400 f/2.8 VR II, Nikon G 500 f/4 VR, Nikon E 500 f/5.6 PF, and Nikon 600 f/4 VR) all of these lenses offer compelling performance on Nikon cameras (both mirrorless and DSLRs), and with a brand like Sony or an L mount camera there just isn't anything like these lenses available and there isn't likely to be any such lenses available in the next 5 years anywhere near the price of these lenses.
It isn't just the long lenses where Nikon has this advantage of relatively inexpensive lenses for what they are values. There is a whole slew of really good Nikon G lenses that exist at a price that simply isn't available for newer systems that have only mirrorless designed lenses. For example Sony has a relatively expensive 24 f/1.4 GM that sells used for around $1,100 used and a new 24 f/2.8 G lens that sells for $600--nothing in between. Nikon has a fast G lens (i.e., 24 f/1.4 G) that sells for around $700. Similarly Sony has an expensive 35 f/1.4 GM that sells for $1,400 and an inexpensive 35 f/1.8 that sells for about $350--again nothing in between. Nikon has a fast G lens (i.e., 35 f/1.4 G) that sells for about $900. The same story at 85mm--Sony has an expensive 85 f/1.4 GM. that sells for about $1,400 used, and an inexpensive 85 f/1.8 that goes for about $425--nothing in between. In contrast Nikon has an 85 f/1.4 G that sells for about $900. If you add to these the 58 f/1.4 G which sells for about $900 and the 28 f/1.4 E that sells for about $1,100 that don't have equivalents on other systems, Nikon has a very compelling set of fast and relatively inexpensive primes at shorter focal lengths. Sure some of the newer designs that cost a lot more may well be better and in some cases smaller, but the options for Nikon are still compelling, IMO, and especially so if you are on a budget.
Suffice it to say that DSLR lenses on Nikon Z cameras are in my view an under appreciated and important part of what the Z system offers. They may not be at the cutting edge of performance, but they still perform very well and provide an excellent value proposition for people who want to use the Z cameras, but also for people who want to continue to use DSLRs.
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