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I would also recommend adapting, especially if manual focus is not an obstacle.
There are so many beautiful lenses from past decades that are worth adapting (Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Minolta, Contax C/Y, Mamiya 645, 6x7, 7, Zeiss/Hasselblad/Rollei 6x6, Zenza Bronica, Pentax 645, Pentax 6x7..), many of them really inexpensive, some of course overhyped and spoiled in price.
A relatively inexpensive way to cope with occasional GAS attacks.
There are tons of wonderful lenses out there, especially if manual focus and non-CPU is an option, that also offer variety in rendering/looks, making them a very good complement to modern, very high-resolution, and highly corrected lenses.
I still occasionally use all my old glass from SLR and Mamiya 645 times.
M42 (SMC Takumar, Tomioka, Carl Zeiss Jena, Vivitar, A. Schacht Ulm, Rikenon...), Canon FD (20-35/3.5 L, 85/1.2 L, 135/2.8, 200/2,8), Mamiya 645 lenses are the ones for me, but there are so many older mounts with good, inexpensive vintage lenses.
If you don't have a problem with a bulky adapter, then old medium format lenses are also worth a look.
Mamiya 645 if you want it to remain reasonably compact, the lenses are comparatively small and light, optically high quality and comparatively inexpensive, only the adapter is bulky.
Image quality is exceptionally good with my Sekor C 80mm f/2.8 N and Sekor C 150/3.5 N when adapted to Z-mount.
To illustrate just how compact lenses were back then:
The Mamiya 645 Sekor C 80mm f/2.8 N weighs a mere 220g.
That's just over half the weight of a Z 50mm f/1.8 S.
Length: Nikon Z 50/1.8 S = 86.5 mm, Mamiya Sekor C 80/2.8 N = 43.5 mm, so again only half the length, even though it has a larger image circle, which has a positive effect on corner quality.
Sure, the adapter negates that, but even with the adapter it's no bigger than a Z 50/1.8 S, and still lighter even with adapters.
Even the C 150/3.5 N is shorter than the Z 50/1.8 S without an adapter, weighs about the same, and has a smaller diameter and filter diameter.
Even good projector lenses can be a lot of fun and the Z system can handle almost everything.
I also adapted one of my two old Rollei V/S Heidosmat MC 90mm f/2.4 lenses, from a Rollei Twin slide projector with crossfade technology, using a Pixco M52 - M42 Helicoid Adapter + M42 to Z Adapter.
It doesn't have an aperture mechanism, so it only has an aperture of f/2.4, but it's still just plain fun.
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