Started with a Canon FTB many years ago, but did not shoot seriously until about 2005 when I got my first digital - a Pany FZ-10. Then, for most of 2006 I was shooting with a Panasonic FZ-50, a.k.a. the digital image noise maker, as I named it. Images were awful.
About this time I was constantly admiring the images posted online in various online places made with a Canon 30D. Living and working in New England at the time, my work travels took me through NYC often. So, bound and determined to buy a 30D, I marched into B&H In December 2006. Got in a conversation with an amicable sales person who suggested that I strongly consider a Nikon D200 instead. Sold !!! Persuaded, that started my Nikon ‘career’ - slowly acquiring better and better lenses over time. And progressing up the ladder with newer Nikon bodies, eventually owning a D4S and a D810.
But as I age, I got the bug to lessen the weight of my gear, namely long lenses that I was using for wildlife. So, in early 2017 I switched from Nikon to Olympus M4/3. While I enjoyed a great deal of success with the micro 4/3 format, over time I became increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the images as I became more proficient with post-processing of the Oly raw files. Moreover I was shooting more and more in the very low light environs of coastal British Columbia where high ISOs are the norm.
About June of 2019, after another British Columbia trip into the Great Bear Rainforest resulting in more noisy, unpleasing m4/3 images, I got an oerwhelming itch to investigate the Nikon Z6 as I found some Z6 raw files to download and to play with. Blown away by the quality of the images at higher ISOs compared to the Olympus EM1X, I made the jump back to Nikon. I now have two Z6 bodies and four Nikon lenses - the 24-70/4 Z kit lens, the 70-300 FX AF-P, the 70-200/2.8E and the 500 PF via the FTZ.
Yes, switching systems twice was expensive. But I really love the Z6 and the images they produce. Happy as a clam in the mud now.
Started with a Canon FTB many years ago, but did not shoot seriously until about 2005 when I got my first digital - a Pany FZ-10. Then, for most of 2006 I was shooting with a Panasonic FZ-50, a.k.a. the digital image noise maker, as I named it. Images were awful.
About this time I was constantly admiring the images posted online in various online places made with a Canon 30D. Living and working in New England at the time, my work travels took me through NYC often. So, bound and determined to buy a 30D, I marched into B&H In December 2006. Got in a conversation with an amicable sales person who suggested that I strongly consider a Nikon D200 instead. Sold !!! Persuaded, that started my Nikon ‘career’ - slowly acquiring better and better lenses over time. And progressing up the ladder with newer Nikon bodies, eventually owning a D4S and a D810.
But as I age, I got the bug to lessen the weight of my gear, namely long lenses that I was using for wildlife. So, in early 2017 I switched from Nikon to Olympus M4/3. While I enjoyed a great deal of success with the micro 4/3 format, over time I became increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the images as I became more proficient with post-processing of the Oly raw files. Moreover I was shooting more and more in the very low light environs of coastal British Columbia where high ISOs are the norm.
About June of 2019 (after another British Columbia trip into the Great Bear Rainforest resulting in more noisy, unpleasing m4/3 images), I got the itch to investigate the Nikon Z6 as I found some Z6 raw files to download and to play with. Blown away by the quality of the images at higher ISOs compared to the Olympus EM1X, I made the jump back to Nikon. I now have two Z6 bodies and four Nikon lenses - the 24-70/4 Z kit lens, the 70-300 FX AF-P, the 70-200/2.8E and the 500 PF via the FTZ.
Yes, switching systems twice was expensive. But I really love the Z6 and the images they produce. Happy as a clam in the mud now.
Started with a Canon FTB many years ago, but did not shoot seriously until about 2005 when I got my first digital - a Pany FZ-10. Then, for most of 2006 I was shooting with a Panasonic FZ-50, a.k.a. the digital image noise maker, as I named it. Images were awful.
About this time I was constantly admiring the images posted online in various online places made with a Canon 30D. Living and working in New England at the time, my work travels took me through NYC often. So, bound and determined to buy a 30D, I marched into B&H In December 2006. Got in a conversation with an amicable sales person who suggested that I strongly consider a Nikon D200 instead. Sold !!! Persuaded, that started my Nikon ‘career’ - slowly acquiring better and better lenses over time. And progressing up the ladder with newer Nikon bodies, eventually owning a D4S and a D810.
But as I age, I got the bug to lessen the weight of my gear, namely long lenses that I was using for wildlife. So, in early 2017 I switched from Nikon to Olympus M4/3. While I enjoyed a great deal of success with the micro 4/3 format, over time I became increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the images as I became more proficient with post-processing of the Oly raw files. Moreover I was shooting more and more in the very low light environs of coastal British Columbia where high ISOs are the norm.
About June of 2019 (after another British Columbia trip into the Great Bear Rainforest, producing more noisy m4/3 images), I got the itch to investigate the Nikon Z6 as I found some Z6 raw files to download and to play with. Blown away by the quality of the images at higher ISOs compared to the Olympus EM1X, I made the jump back to Nikon. I now have two Z6 bodies and four Nikon lenses - the 24-70/4 Z kit lens, the 70-300 FX AF-P, the 70-200/2.8E and the 500 PF via the FTZ.
Yes, switching systems twice was expensive. But I really love the Z6 and the images they produce. Happy as a clam in the mud now.
Started with a Canon FTB many years ago, but did not shoot seriously until about 2005 when I got my first digital - a Pany FZ-10. Then, for most of 2006 I was shooting with a Panasonic FZ-50, a.k.a. the digital image noise maker, as I named it. Images were awful.
About this time I was constantly admiring the images posted online in various online places made with a Canon 30D. Living and working in New England at the time, my work travels took me through NYC often. So, bound and determined to buy a 30D, I marched into B&H In December 2006. Got in a conversation with an amicable sales person who suggested that I strongly consider a Nikon D200 instead. Sold !!! Persuaded, that started my Nikon ‘career’ - slowly acquiring better and better lenses over time. And progressing up the ladder with newer Nikon bodies, eventually owning a D4S and a D810.
But as I age, I got the bug to lessen the weight of my gear, namely long lenses that I was using for wildlife. So, in early 2017 I switched from Nikon to Olympus M4/3. While I enjoyed a great deal of success with the micro 4/3 format, over time I became increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the images as I became more proficient with post-processing of the Oly raw files. Moreover I was shooting more and more in the very low light environs of coastal British Columbia where high ISOs are the norm.
In late spring I got the itch to investigate the Nikon Z6 as I found some Z6 raw files to download and to play with. Blown away by the quality of the images at higher ISOs compared to the Olympus EM1X, I made the jump back to Nikon. I now have two Z6 bodies and four Nikon lenses - the 24-70/4 Z kit lens, the 70-300 FX AF-P, the 70-200/2.8E and the 500 PF via the FTZ.
Yes, switching systems twice was expensive. But I really love the Z6 and the images they produce. Happy as a clam in the mud now.
Dec 15, 2019 at 12:37 PM
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