AdaptedLenses wrote:
Z30 w/ 16-50 is a good kick around camera for $399
Can't overstate the degree to which this camera surprised me. I grabbed it at a similar price a few months ago, expecting to give it to one of the kids or having it on hand for when someone wanted to shoot alongside me.
Well, I did give it to my daughter, and ordered another. Gave that one away, and ordered another.
It's TINY. Like having a lens cap with a grip that takes a battery and SD card. It opens up all sorts of fun options. Winter jacket pocket? The Z30 fits in there. With the 26/2.8, it almost fits in a jeans pocket. Cargo pocket, surely. And yet it's still the same sensor we see in the Z50ii, can still pull off 11fps, and I find myself using it as a second body for wildlife trips. It takes a 70-200 VERY well, and the resulting images are fantastic. It fits into social situations where something like the Z8 might not — even when it's wearing a comically large lens. It just has a whimsy to it which belies its true potential. Stealthy, silly fun.
For $399 including a kick-around lens, you'd be silly not to at least try it. If nothing else, you've got a good gift for someone.
Enjoy, it's a great lens. It's excellent for the event work I use it for. It's kinda my fault that I use the GF 110 more than it for the majority of my headshot and on location portraiture work. RoamingScott wrote:
Screw it, I'm in for an 85 1.2. First time someone posting these sales has cost ME money, now I know how it feels
JadedWriter wrote:
Enjoy, it's a great lens. It's excellent for the event work I use it for. It's kinda my fault that I use the GF 110 more than it for the majority of my headshot and on location portraiture work.
I plan to put it against the 110 to see which I prefer more and ditch the lesser.
I kept both. They are basically stuck to dedicated purposes. Events, video and basically anything I have 0 control over is the 85 1.2. Headshots, studio, on location portrait work is the 110. I like the aspect ratio and colors out of the GFX system. RoamingScott wrote:
I plan to put it against the 110 to see which I prefer more and ditch the lesser.
JadedWriter wrote:
I kept both. They are basically stuck to dedicated purposes. Events, video and basically anything I have 0 control over is the 85 1.2. Headshots, studio, on location portrait work is the 110. I like the aspect ratio and colors out of the GFX system.
The 85 being able to...actually AF-C...for sports is exciting and my main compelling reason to switch. The 110 is GOATed for portraits.
Yup. I don't use GFX for unpredictable stuff for a reason RoamingScott wrote:
The 85 being able to...actually AF-C...for sports is exciting and my main compelling reason to switch. The 110 is GOATed for portraits.
That stinks. I haven’t bought returns from Nikon before, do they have an option for exchange? Does this depend on availability?
RoamingScott wrote:
Bleh, my 85 1.2 has multiple pieces of debris behind the front element. Likely wouldn’t affect IQ but would for sure affect resale.
