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I like it -- the combination of text and photos work for me. The presentation is appropriate for the amount of content.

However, I'm guessing that you are planning more trips in the future, so at some point you may have more more content than what is presentable in the current format -- just my opinion.

-Keith

Thanks everyone. Where I would use a D850 or Z6/7 would be for landscapes, street, portraits, macro, general travel, etc... So it’s about 70-80% of what I do. Where I prefer my D500 (and long tele lenses) are sports and wildlife, including BIF. As Shun has said, the D850 has the familiarity factor going for it, as well as shooting F-mount lenses.

Where the Z body is appealing (maybe to me only) is the fact that I can mount adapted lenses. I currently also own a Fuji XT-2 with some AF lenses, although I also use M-mount lenses (yes, I still do shoot film on occasion). I also used to have a Sony A7R ( did not care for the ergonomics so I sold it). A Nikon Z would serve as a single platform for my Nikon AFS G lenses as well as a FF body for adapted lenses, especially M-mount lenses.

As I said, I’m still only casually thinking about this at this time. Still a lot of things to consider.

Thanks,

Keith

Just wondering if anyone who was or is on the upgrade path from a D800/D800E (or a D810) to a D850 still on that upgrade path or have the Z6 and Z7 made you rethink that path? Just curious....

-Keith

I just asked the same questions on a different forum.

Assumptions: I did not want to travel with a laptop and assume no internet connection for 3-4 weeks (otherwise, the could would have been my first choice).

I used to have one of those Sanho drives, and I was looking at the WD Wireless Passport Pro. Its utility to me is not worth the price, so I passed.

In the end, I bought a few additional SD cards (I do not need very fast cards - 80mb/s is good enough for me). The 128gb Sandisk Ultra 80mg/s cards are $30 each on Amazon.

-Keith

For speed and reach I use a D500. My only full frame body is a D800e. ***IF*** the D800e fails at some point in the future, I could see the Z6/Z7 as a replacement given the type of photography that I do with the D800e. It will allow me to continue to use my F mount lenses and with Z-mount lenses, give me a smaller package. The lack of a 2nd card slot is disappointing.

But at this time my D800e is still going strong and since I’m generally a late adopter anyway, I probably won’t jump in until the 2nd or 3rd generation of the Z platform.

Even in difficult circumstances, (as I think is depicted in the image below), the Photographer’s communication and the openness of the intent to make the photograph created rapport and resulted in what was correctly interpreted as an “OK” so to do.

 

WW

 

EOS 5D and EF 24 to 105/4L

There is no doubt that good rapport is key... however, just to play devil's advocate, the soldier could have claimed invasion of privacy -- even after you established rapport -- and you'd have to convince a judge that this image is in the public's best interest and the free exchange of information.

See the link below — Assumning NON-commercial use...

If you’re talking about typical tourist snaps of landmarks where an individual’s likeness is incidental, then I think you’re still okay.

For street photos where an individual is the central subject, generally it is a delicate balance between the photographer’s right to freedom of expression, the subject’s right to privacy and the public's right to free exchange of ideas and opinion. Where that delicate balance tilts toward the public’s right to free exchange of ideas — as determined by a judge — then the photographer’s rights to freedom of expression supercedes the individual’s right to privacy... At least in theory.

Commons:Country specific consent requirements - Wikimedia Commons

As others have stated, get a USB to lightning adapter. Connect the USB end to your D700 and the lightning end to your iPad. Import selected photos.

Here’s the link from Apple Support:

Import photos using Apple camera adapters

Sydney Harbour Bridge

http://www.leonin.net/img/s/v-3/p2857042082-5.jpg

Too big for an A7 body? How big does the body need to be? I use a 70-200/4 zoom regularly, and rented a 100-400/4.5-5.6 for e recent trip. Both are large compared to even a D3 body. You support a camera from the center of gravity, not the grip. If you're shooting with one hand, I doubt even the Sigma 24/1.4 would be much of a challenge. I've done that with my 24-70/2.8, which is heavier than the Sigma. That said, if you would like to shoot with one hand, a smaller lens would be better. For general photography, it doesn't matter.

 

Any decision must be based on your wants and needs, not a spurious argument about the "balance."

Maybe in your own mind it is, but nothing spurious about how front-end heavy the Sigma 24/1.4 makes the A7R body, especially when compared to the Sony 28mm FE. I actually have owned both lenses (still own the Sigma 24/1.4 ART for the Nikon F mount) and the A7R. Have you owned both lenses and thus are speaking from experience or are you making your own spurious arguments based on baseless suppositions and what you read on the internet? I'm out.

I used to own the Sony 28mm FE when I still had my A7R. I still have the Sigma 24/1.4 ART (Nikon mount).

I like the Sigma 24/1.4 on my Nikon d800e, but it's too big for the Sony A7R body, even with the grip. The Sony 28mm is a decent enough lens that balances really well on the A7R body, with or without the grip.

There seem, as I understand it, to be two schools when it comes to lens spacing:

• 20, 28, 45, 70, 105, 180mm
  
• 14, 24, 35, 50, 85, 135, 200mm
  

I'm in the latter camp, and don't particularly feel the need for a 28mm (or 105mm, although I'm currently lacking a 135mm and substitute a 150mm macro or 70-200). If I had a 105, I wouldn't have been inclined to acquire an 85mm.

I fully understand the rationale for spacing, but as I've gotten older and set in my ways, I have found that my preference (and world view) has been honed to focal lengths that are just a little bit wider or just a little but longer than 'normal.' So for DSLR, SLR, RF, mirrorless or high end digi P&S, I gravitate toward the AOV from a (fullframe) 24/25mm, 35mm, 50mm and 75mm for 90-95% of my general purpose shooting. I know the 28mm is missing from that list, but try as I might, I just cannot seem to make that FL work for me.

Also, while I do have a 20mm and 85mm prime lens, I have found that I so rarely use them that I'm likely to sell them in the near future. I think my 18-35mm has greater utility on the wider end and my 70-300mm on the longer end. I also have other long lenses, such as the SIgma 150mm and the the 200-500mm but I only use them when I have specific uses (macro, birding) in mind.

-Keith

Although I do like the AOV from a 35mm lens, I just could not connect with any of the 35mm ai/ais lenses so I usually shot a 50mm long nose when I had my FM2N and FM3A. These days, when I shoot film I prefer a rangefinder, and with an RF, I do shoot both 35mm and 50mm.

I have also used my favorite 35mm lens — the Sigma 35/1.4 ART — on my F100 (when I had it) and would highly recommend this combo (or alternatively an F5 or F6) if you can deal with the weight/bulk.