Nikkor-H Auto 1:1.8 85mm

Well that's your exact problem isn't it.........?

 

You don't need to reshoot something you never shoot.. Twin slots aren't for you, that's fine.

 

But, as to my previous post, I guess that doesn't matter to you 'cos you don't need that PRO feature.

You mean that my problem is that it is not a problem.

So why make it one? And why is it a pro feature?

Because pro´s often (always?) mess up without noticing, and have to rely on back up storage?

Silly suggestion, that. I'd really say it is a non-pro feature. One for those not aware of what is happening, not aware of what they are doing.

So why make it one? And why is it a pro feature?

Guess you've never, ever had a card fail or an image corrupt?

Because many MF shooters do too. So that´s where to see all those non-tethered MF backs using cards as storage.

You want to risk single card storage on an unrepeatable event? I'm not talking an 'unusually special sunset', I'm talking about a once in a lifetime wedding event that may adversely effect people for some considerable time

If you don't see your livelihood that way, that's just fine. Each to there own.

However, some photographers do care about their clients and such things.

If you're happy to shoot your way....good for you.

Because pro´s often (always?) mess up without noticing, and have to rely on back up storage?

What a stupid statement, even for you.

My take on twin cards is why take a simply avoided, all be it small, risk.

Either what you shoot isn't important to you or your client.

Or you're an idiot.

Mean while, back on post..;)

I've been very pleasantly surprised how good my 200mm f4 Q lens is on my Z6ii. Wide open is a bit ethereally soft but by 5.6/8 is very good.... reminds me of the Tamron 200mm f3.5 adaptable.

You need to go out more (literally).

Haven't seen much of your work on Nikon Wednesdays. Funny that.

Maybe you need to go out and take pictures rather than pontificate and snipe from home?

Silly suggestion, that. I'd really say it is a non-pro feature. One for those not aware of what is happening, not aware of what they are doing.

Is that meant to be a joke?

Of course you can tell instantly when an image corrupts and fix it.

Bravo. Literally unbelievably epic skills.

Guess you've never, ever had a card fail or an image corrupt?

See above.

Not really, no.

It's not, Mike, as if cards have a habit of failing every two weeks or so. They are quite safe in use.

Of course they can fail. Lots of things can happen we do not get in panic-mode about, because there is that difference between ´can´ and ´probably will´.

That unrepeatable event, Mike? How often?

O, i forgot: weddings... that´s all we, or should i say you Pros do.

And how often did you miss an unrepeatable event due to not having two card slots, Mike?

That stupid statement, Mike, is more or less what you suggest. You shoot a Big Wedding (that is, apparently, the only things Real Pros who Care about their Clients do. Right, Mike?) and only after the event you notice that you forgot to put film... erm... that your camera failed to write anything to your cards. ´Thank Lord Nikon or Canon, for that second card slot!´

Yes, of course you notice instantly (good late edit, Mike!) So what the %$ is that second card slot for?

Idiot... Hmmm... always carrying a rope ladder in your suitcase because you might find yourself on the third floor of a burning building with no access to the stairs, or not doing so because the chance of that happening isn´t really that great? Which of the two is the ´idiot´ thing to do? I know which one.

I hesitate to ask you how often you had to resort to your backup card (though i already have above), because you will of course say that it is often enough, for not undermining your point. But then again, i wonder what, then, you are doing to your cards that you need that backup so often.

Two slots are go-faster stripes. Some people think it makes a bit of hardware a better tool, or themselves better pros, though in reality they make little or no difference.

So back on topic. That prosumer camera that was crippled to distinguish it from real-pro cameras?

Wait! That was your topic. Wasn´t it really the Nikkor-H Auto 1:1.8 85 mm lens (and what cameras it could be used on)?

O and... Mike, i haven´t seen any of your photographs either. Quite simply because i do not care. Why would i want to?

I even care less now i know that you´re a pro shooting weddings.

O and... Mike, i haven´t seen any of your photographs either. Quite simply because i do not care. Why would i want to?

So this wasn't you?

Nikon WeDnEsDaY 2021: #6

I don't shoot weddings, pro or otherwise, but I know those that do. They all have a back-up body and lenses, just in-case. And they all, bar one, use twin slot cameras.

However, I do photograph cross country horse events. One large XQD in my D500's No.1 slot and many small SD cards in the other slot. A dispatch rider collects the SDs throughout the day and takes them back to the lorry for on-site printing. I keep a copy of all the shots I take incase the rider loses a card somewhere out on course. In tens years I've needed that back-up just four times. That's worth it to me and my clients.

I even care less now i know that you´re a pro shooting weddings.

Guess you really don't like wedding photographers.

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Most of my old Pre AI, AI and AIS lenses work OK with my Z6ii, but they are more an archaic curiosity than useful lenses.

One that is quite fun is the early F 45mm 2.8 GN pancake.