Monday, I will begin my last week of work. I will retire at the end of the month, but my last day in the office is Wednesday. My original plan was to give myself a retirement gift of a Leica Q3. After much consideration, I decided that for that amount of money I could take a major step toward getting a new camera system that should last me for many years. I won't list everything I've bought (or will soon purchase) as it consists of several AF lenses, but I also purchased two new bodies. I bought a Z8 and the newly released Z50 II. I've had the Z8 for a couple of weeks and recently posted a couple of photos taken with it. I realize these two cameras are on opposite ends of the spectrum, but I will use the Z8 for landscape and my grandsons' sports. But, I also wanted a camera that is light and small enough to carry around whenever I'm out and about. The announcement of the Z50 II made the decision an easy one.
The Z50 II arrived yesterday so I went out this morning to see how it works. I still own a Zhongyi Lens Turbo II from when I previously owned a Z50 and Zfc, so I brought it out of retirement.
The downside of buying a newly released camera is that my photo editing software doesn't yet support the RAW files. I could have used NX Studio to convert the NEFs to TIFFs, but decided to just use the JPGs. I made minor crops, but otherwise, these are straight out of camera.
spoupard wrote:
Monday, I will begin my last week of work. I will retire at the end of the month, but my last day in the office is Wednesday. My original plan was to give myself a retirement gift of a Leica Q3. After much consideration, I decided that for that amount of money I could take a major step toward getting a new camera system that should last me for many years. I won't list everything I've bought (or will soon purchase) as it consists of several AF lenses, but I also purchased two new bodies. I bought a Z8 and the newly released Z50 II. I've had the Z8 for a couple of weeks and recently posted a couple of photos taken with it. I realize these two cameras are on opposite ends of the spectrum, but I will use the Z8 for landscape and my grandsons' sports. But, I also wanted a camera that is light and small enough to carry around whenever I'm out and about. The announcement of the Z50 II made the decision an easy one.
The Z50 II arrived yesterday so I went out this morning to see how it works. I still own a Zhongyi Lens Turbo II from when I previously owned a Z50 and Zfc, so I brought it out of retirement.
The downside of buying a newly released camera is that my photo editing software doesn't yet support the RAW files. I could have used NX Studio to convert the NEFs to TIFFs, but decided to just use the JPGs. I made minor crops, but otherwise, these are straight out of camera.
spoupard wrote:
Monday, I will begin my last week of work. I will retire at the end of the month, but my last day in the office is Wednesday. My original plan was to give myself a retirement gift of a Leica Q3. After much consideration, I decided that for that amount of money I could take a major step toward getting a new camera system that should last me for many years. I won't list everything I've bought (or will soon purchase) as it consists of several AF lenses, but I also purchased two new bodies. I bought a Z8 and the newly released Z50 II. I've had the Z8 for a couple of weeks and recently posted a couple of photos taken with it. I realize these two cameras are on opposite ends of the spectrum, but I will use the Z8 for landscape and my grandsons' sports. But, I also wanted a camera that is light and small enough to carry around whenever I'm out and about. The announcement of the Z50 II made the decision an easy one.
The Z50 II arrived yesterday so I went out this morning to see how it works. I still own a Zhongyi Lens Turbo II from when I previously owned a Z50 and Zfc, so I brought it out of retirement.
The downside of buying a newly released camera is that my photo editing software doesn't yet support the RAW files. I could have used NX Studio to convert the NEFs to TIFFs, but decided to just use the JPGs. I made minor crops, but otherwise, these are straight out of camera.
Congratulations! Welcome to the 'R' club. Fantastic news on the new cameras too.
When I retired in May my photo output actually dropped. Hopefully that won't be the case with you with all than new hardware at hand.
Funny you should mention a Z8 since Black Friday deals in the UK are making that camera quite attractive at the moment.
When I was in NYC I popped into B&H and handled both the Z8 and Zf.
Enjoy next week. Exciting times ahead.
Colin
spoupard wrote:
Monday, I will begin my last week of work. I will retire at the end of the month, but my last day in the office is Wednesday. My original plan was to give myself a retirement gift of a Leica Q3. After much consideration, I decided that for that amount of money I could take a major step toward getting a new camera system that should last me for many years. I won't list everything I've bought (or will soon purchase) as it consists of several AF lenses, but I also purchased two new bodies. I bought a Z8 and the newly released Z50 II. I've had the Z8 for a couple of weeks and recently posted a couple of photos taken with it. I realize these two cameras are on opposite ends of the spectrum, but I will use the Z8 for landscape and my grandsons' sports. But, I also wanted a camera that is light and small enough to carry around whenever I'm out and about. The announcement of the Z50 II made the decision an easy one.
The Z50 II arrived yesterday so I went out this morning to see how it works. I still own a Zhongyi Lens Turbo II from when I previously owned a Z50 and Zfc, so I brought it out of retirement.
The downside of buying a newly released camera is that my photo editing software doesn't yet support the RAW files. I could have used NX Studio to convert the NEFs to TIFFs, but decided to just use the JPGs. I made minor crops, but otherwise, these are straight out of camera.
Playing with the 80-200 on the Z5 - a photostack of 5 images at f9 (or thereabouts)
This is part of our view over the Knysna estuary at 200mm (about 1/3). The lens has a lovely "feel" to the images but lacks a bit of resolution on a 24Mp sensor - IMO ?
Anyway hopefully you'll see why we love Knysna
Congratulations! Welcome to the 'R' club. Fantastic news on the new cameras too.
When I retired in May my photo output actually dropped. Hopefully that won't be the case with you with all than new hardware at hand.
Funny you should mention a Z8 since Black Friday deals in the UK are making that camera quite attractive at the moment.
When I was in NYC I popped into B&H and handled both the Z8 and Zf.
Enjoy next week. Exciting times ahead.
Colin
Thanks, Colin. You certainly seem to be enjoying retirement. I picked up my Z8 with 24-120/4 lens direct from Nikon as a refurb for about the same price I could get a Z6III with 24-120/4. It was an easy decision.
Oosty wrote:
Playing with the 80-200 on the Z5 - a photostack of 5 images at f9 (or thereabouts)
This is part of our view over the Knysna estuary at 200mm (about 1/3). The lens has a lovely "feel" to the images but lacks a bit of resolution on a 24Mp sensor - IMO ?
Anyway hopefully you'll see why we love Knysna
spoupard wrote:
Monday, I will begin my last week of work. I will retire at the end of the month, but my last day in the office is Wednesday. My original plan was to give myself a retirement gift of a Leica Q3. After much consideration, I decided that for that amount of money I could take a major step toward getting a new camera system that should last me for many years. I won't list everything I've bought (or will soon purchase) as it consists of several AF lenses, but I also purchased two new bodies. I bought a Z8 and the newly released Z50 II. I've had the Z8 for a couple of weeks and recently posted a couple of photos taken with it. I realize these two cameras are on opposite ends of the spectrum, but I will use the Z8 for landscape and my grandsons' sports. But, I also wanted a camera that is light and small enough to carry around whenever I'm out and about. The announcement of the Z50 II made the decision an easy one.
The Z50 II arrived yesterday so I went out this morning to see how it works. I still own a Zhongyi Lens Turbo II from when I previously owned a Z50 and Zfc, so I brought it out of retirement.
The downside of buying a newly released camera is that my photo editing software doesn't yet support the RAW files. I could have used NX Studio to convert the NEFs to TIFFs, but decided to just use the JPGs. I made minor crops, but otherwise, these are straight out of camera.
Congrats Scott, on both counts, but especially on the big "R"!
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Oosty wrote:
Playing with the 80-200 on the Z5 - a photostack of 5 images at f9 (or thereabouts)
This is part of our view over the Knysna estuary at 200mm (about 1/3). The lens has a lovely "feel" to the images but lacks a bit of resolution on a 24Mp sensor - IMO ?
Anyway hopefully you'll see why we love Knysna
spoupard wrote:
Monday, I will begin my last week of work. I will retire at the end of the month, but my last day in the office is Wednesday. My original plan was to give myself a retirement gift of a Leica Q3. After much consideration, I decided that for that amount of money I could take a major step toward getting a new camera system that should last me for many years. I won't list everything I've bought (or will soon purchase) as it consists of several AF lenses, but I also purchased two new bodies. I bought a Z8 and the newly released Z50 II. I've had the Z8 for a couple of weeks and recently posted a couple of photos taken with it. I realize these two cameras are on opposite ends of the spectrum, but I will use the Z8 for landscape and my grandsons' sports. But, I also wanted a camera that is light and small enough to carry around whenever I'm out and about. The announcement of the Z50 II made the decision an easy one.
The Z50 II arrived yesterday so I went out this morning to see how it works. I still own a Zhongyi Lens Turbo II from when I previously owned a Z50 and Zfc, so I brought it out of retirement.
The downside of buying a newly released camera is that my photo editing software doesn't yet support the RAW files. I could have used NX Studio to convert the NEFs to TIFFs, but decided to just use the JPGs. I made minor crops, but otherwise, these are straight out of camera.
