My Nikon Lineup, What is yours?

Oh... okay. Call me confused :)

I imagine that Ineluki is just observing that Nikon has pretty much abandoned us DSLR users, at least as far as new stuff is concerned. Time marches on, but I like to wait for the new-equipment people to pass it down when the shine wears off. 

I still find a D7100 does most of what I want, so until it conks out, I expect I'll keep with it.  And if I replace it, it will go on the shelf along with the other Nikon equipment, all working, mostly a bit worn from use, brassed, flawed in some way or another, so not worth selling. A little museum of old Nikon stuff.

As this is going to be my first post in this new forum, let me say 'hello to everybody'. I am looking forward to interesting posts and great stuff in an already great blog that I followed for quite a while and where I got many useful tips and tricks in the past.  

Entering the Nikon world did start for me in 2005 with a D70s. It was also my first serious contact with digital imaging and around that point where I ditched all my thousands of diapositives that I had taken with Contax analog cameras. I still regret doing that last part of ditching at that time very much but I got too frustrated in trying to convert my diapositives into digital format with a Nikon Coolscan LS-4000ED scanner. I never managed to get rid of the dust particles all over my images in order to get nice results. Pity!  

After mastering my first learning curve with my D70S I jumped on the D700 which was a step much further above and a camera I loved very much with the trinity lenses. A little Coolpix P7000 followed and then the D810 got acquired. But when the D850 arrived it was a real must have for me. Tilting the screen an so on. I wasn't very much amazed by the mirrorless cameras that later showed up but when the Z9 was announced in October 21, I ordered it two days later and never regretted it ever since. 

I love my Z 24-120mm for it's versatility, the Z 14-24mm and the Z 50mm for it's sharpness and my recently received Z 100-400mm lens still needs some adoption by me and I have to get used to it.

Btw. I still have all my DSLRs and lenses with me. I simply cannot part myself from them ;) but I admit I mostly fetch my Z9 today for wherever i go.

I promise, my next forum post will be much smaller. 

Andy

Welcome Andy!

Don't worry about post length, just be yourself. It's nice to know your history with Nikon. Welcome aboard!

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I'm a big fan of the optical finder, I do have mirrorless cameras but I prefer to shoot with, and enjoy shooting with, optical finder cameras.

I was in your boat, until I got older and no longer able to knee or lay down on the ground when shooting kids, flowers and more. The mirrorless cameras now give me a fully working life view for low or high shooting angles. Then, the Nikon Z lenses added the last push to switching.

@renegr I never have issues shooting with DSLR's in odd angles, and I don't even need a multi-angle screen.

I changed my technique of shooting on those angles two ways...  One I sometimes shoot completely one handed without looking at the screen, and when I do want more precision I just use live view.

The viewing angles on all DSLR's LCD screens improved so much at one point that the only time I desire a flip n tilt screen is when I'm doing video work or selfie work- either of which is rare in comparison to the time spent shooting stills.

For the vision challenged I can see the value of the EVF and the relatively large magnification optics, plus, the ability to digitally magnify the image much further than a DSLR ever could. Fortunately, I'm just not there yet.

Working Pro -

Z9

Z6 x2 

14-24Z

28-75Z

35/50/85 1.8Z's

85 PC +FTZ

70-200Z

400 4.5Z 

TC 1.4

Then in a peli I keep an 

F + Photomic Prism

F3 + various viewfinders

FE x2 

F100

F6

+ matching 50mm's for each era of body. 

Other stuff is an old Sinar X I used to use with a 75mm, 210mm, and 300mm f/5.6's

About 13 Profoto heads... And a bunch of other junk that I've accumulated over the last 20 years. 

I just bought the Z7ii, and that's all I have so far 😆 still looking for a 24-120, 14-30, and 85 1.8 to start my kit. 

I switched to fully mirrorless, but do miss the optical view finder and DSLR experience. Both have their advantages, and in my case, I was moving from DX to Full Frame and mirrorless made sense since I was making that move (and other reasons for my use case).

@myfotoguy There's nothing wrong with having both. I have specific reasons for liking OVF more on average than using EVFs, and I always will. But both have advantages and should continue to be co-developed and sold by makers. Choice is always good.

I’m fortunate to be able to own both a mirrorless and DSLR system.

D6 ii, z24-120, z24-70 f2.8, z70-200, z85mm f1.8, z105mm macro

D780, D500, plenty of AF-S lenses.

Interestingly, the one that I reach for the most is the D500.  IMO there’s no better combo than the D500 body, the 16-80mm f2.8-4, and the70-200mm f4. That entire kit just feels right in my hands and still produces superb images.

@glosardo Yep.

My line up

Nikon D810 with 24-85 3,5/4,5 vr2, 50 1.8g, 70-300 AF P and Tamron SP90.

For a while the Tamron is glued to the body.

I have 4 used D810´s with 60mm f/2.8, 85mm f/1.4, Sigma 28mm f/1.4 Art, 40mm f/1.4 Art, 135mm f/1.8 Art....and 2 SB700 strobes.  At my age this gear is getting heavy, too heavy for travel even with the 60mm or 85mm.  I haven't tried the Nikon Z7ii but I am interested.

@polizonte, somehow our system removed links from your post (since this was your first post, it is an anti-spam system), so I had to change your comment to make it readable - my apologies!