urbanwild wrote: bernardl wrote:
One question that has been left aside so far is the migration path of current D500/D7500 users.
Those guys currently have F mount lenses matching their needs/applications and I am not sure that they are convinced the Z50II is a step up (even if it probably is overall).
Going full frame to a Z5II/Z6III/Z8 is of course an option, but an expensive one.
What does that leave them with?
My father has a D500 that he uses casually, among other things to take photographs of the basketball games of his grand daughter. Currently I don't know what to advise him to migrate to among Nikon's mirrorless options. If there were a z90 it would be super easy.
Cheers,
Bernard
I absolutely LOVED my D500 to the point where I had white knuckles as I handed it over to the person who bought it from me. That slapping shutter feel and sound, the excellent cAF and the frame rate at the time were just a joy in my hands. I really liked the image output as well. That said, I always threw a full-frame lens on my D500 and enjoyed the sharpest central areas of those lenses. So on one hand, shifting over to the Z8 was like trading in one kid for another, but on the other hand it was a very easy transition with my lenses and a switch that now doesn't leave me wanting for a new crop sensor camera.
Perhaps others are different, but my hunch is that most people who bought a D500 (vs a D7200) were more likely to have owned the full frame sports / wildlife lenses that can be easily adapted to a Z8.
It is interesting to consider where the market will go next. I never thought I'd switch from wanting a Z500 3 years ago to now wanting small chipped manual lenses for my Zf!
I believe that you are very right. Most D500 buyers used it to get more reach compared to a D5.
Which why I think that some folks could be interested in a Z900 that gives more reach compared to a Z9II while having the same AF, same EVF,... and potentially more speed (both read out speed - assuming they are not global shutter - and fps). All that being based on the guess that the z9II stays at the same resolution as the Z9, or even possibly a bit lower.
I could see the following line up, all relying on the Expeed 8:
- Z900: 32mp stacked
- Z9II: 36mp global shutter
- Z8II: 45.7mp stacked
- Z7III: 80mp BSI
Cheers,
Bernard
Sep 03, 2025 at 01:53 AM
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