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graytrekker wrote:
Like many other older photographers here, I grew up in the Nikon system. I readily admit I am a dinosaur and am not representative of the larger population of photographers out there.
I always considered myself a brand loyal Nikon shooter. But when it was time to move to mirrorless, Nikon had nothing - so I moved to Sony. However, along the way I did pick up a used Df, as I had quite a lot of legacy Nikon lenses from the 70s and 80s, and a couple from the early 90s. The Df can shoot nearly any F-mount lens made since 1959, including AF-D lenses. Sure, the Df has shortcomings, but the experience with these old lenses on the Df was what I was looking for when I want to feel like I'm in my 20s and 30s again, using the old lenses I grew up with. I really enjoy the Df and it works for me for what I want out of it. YMMV
The Zf? Doesn't make sense to me. What is the point of "retro" if there aren't manual lenses for it? I am sure in the fullness of time there will be - like Cosina who have released a couple of Z-mount Voigtlanders. You could shoot E-mount lenses with the Techart or Megadap adapters, and, of course the old Nikkors with an FTZ adapter. For me, though, that defeats the purpose. And all the designer colors - really? What does that say about the target audience for this camera.
Like I said, I am a dinosaur. Here comes the comet - "don't look up"!!
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You hit the nail on the head. The Df is a really cool concept because it fully supports all of this legacy glass, glass that has aperture rings and makes sense on a dial camera.
A Df II F mount body that is as technically capable as the Zf would be a hell of a thing. It will never happen, sadly.
I've said it from the beginning...Z6 shooters are so hard up for an upgrade that they were blinded to the inadequacies of the Zf and dove in without critical analysis of how the camera actually functions. Funny how many "I tried it and returned it" posts we're seeing, almost like a certain someone said that would happen
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