Re: FF Mirrorless, what's it going to take Sony, Canon, Nikon
It was pretty clear for a while that Nikon faces a slow uptake and/or significant competitive pressure. When I suggested on another thread that the indicators for that are the surprising volume of near-new bodies on the B&S forum and the ready availability of used/open box items on B&H, Adorama, and Amazon, some blasted my logic. Time will tell who is right.
When I suddenly decided to switch to mirrorless two months ago, there were only two reasons I did not go with Sony, despite their vastly larger selection of native lenses and well regarded bodies: my distaste for Sony ergonomics, and the absence of 14mm lens that does not require gargantuan filters. Ironically, as of late I have been one of the people who have questioned the tradeoffs Nikon has chosen to bake into the 14-30, though as I use the lens more my position on that topic is starting to soften quite a bit. My first "semi serious" outing with the Z6 + 14-30 was yesterday, and I am kinda liking the combination of experience and output :-)
On the topic of this thread, as long as the Z does not turn into an orphaned/neglected product, sort of like the 1, I could not care less what its market share is. There is only one additional lens that I need from Nikon - the equivalent of an 80-400 variable aperture zoom that is substantially lighter, and I will be set for a decade or so. Unfortunately, that lens is not explicitly listed on their roadmap at the moment, hopefully it is one of the TBA's in 2020-2021
Apr 28, 2019 at 02:21 PM
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