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 Re: Official Z Series Camera and Lens Discussion | |
I got a call from my local dealer today confirming that my camera was in. Since 4 of my core Nikon kit lenses are Tamrons, my deal with the store was that I would come in and test to make sure they worked with the Z7 with the FTZ adapter.
We did three hours of testing. We tested each of the 4 lenses, and their closest Nikon and Sigma counter parts. Below are the results.
All of the Nikon lenses worked well. That being said, the Z7 shows noticeable degradation even with F Mount lenses in low light situations compared to the Nikon DSLR cameras. In general, I think most will be very happy with the Z7 with Nikon lenses and the adapter. But low light may be an issue for some.
Every Sigma lens we tested work pretty much as well as the Nikon lenses. Sigma has issued a statement that all of their Nikon F mount lenses will work without degradation on the Z7. My limited tests confirmed that. If you have Sigma lenses you will likely be very happy with their performance on the Z7, except in low light same as the Nikon. Well done Sigma.
Tamron lenses were more problematic. Surprisingly, none of the Tamron G2 lenses worked with the adapted Z7. The camera just showed a lens error message, and would not work.
The Tamron G1 lenses results were mixed, but none of them performed as well as the Nikon or Sigma lenses.
The G1 24-70 f2.8 vr worked the best. But still it was slow, hunted, and made weird noises at times.
The G1 70-200 f2.8 vr worked, but was slow and unreliable at times similar to the Tamron 24-70. The lense locked up twice during testing, and we had to re-boot the camera to get it going again.
The Tamron 28-300mm PZD worked sort of, but was very sluggish and produced unreliable results.
The G1 150-600mm did not give error messages like the G1 version, but would not even try to auto focus. Total fail.
If Tamron lenses are central to your kit, you will not be able to use the Z7 FTZ adapter solution with good results at this point. I wish Tamron would make some sort of statement on if they plan to correct this somehow, some time.
So, for me that meant that 3 of my most important lenses, and 1 walk around lense, were a no go with the Z7. Unfortunately, I had to pass, and let the dealer sell my camera to the next person on the list.
At this point, I am basically left with three choices.
Do nothing, and stay with my D810 Nikon DSLR and current lenses. No question this is a good choice as this kit produces excellent results. There is also hope that Tamron will do some sort of fix soon as well.
Buy the Z7 and sell my four Tamron lenses, replacing them with a mix of Nikon and Sigma lenses. With the loss on the selling, and buying, plus the Z7 kit costs, this would be an expensive proposition.
Sell all my Nikon kit, move to the Sony A7R III, and buy a very select collection of native lenses. Of my 15 lens Nikon kit, I would probably only re-buy 7 of them. The rest are just not used enough to justify. This would be my least expensive path to mirrorless. As much as I love the Nikon Z7 body and ergonomics, feature and capability wise, the Sony is a bit ahead of the Z7. At the moment I am leaning this way because I really like the mirrorless shooting experience.
Tough choices, that will take a little time to resolve.
I am very jealous of those of you who are getting the Z7. I wish I were one of you. But, this is a first World kind of problem to have. None of these are bad choices.
I hope the test results I posted will be of use to some on this thread. I will continue to follow the Z7 threads with great interest, but will not have much to contribute unless I get one.
Good luck to all!!!!
Steve
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