some dude with the D5 and 800mm
seems like i can just upload HEIC file format, wonder if Google just changed it to JPEG or not. Oh well it "works"
The show just got a little smaller each year. It's is gradual but you can feel it.
Nikon this year gave out its Z launch T-shirt. I went on the third day and L was gone. I got an XL but sadly I dropped it. So in the end I just got a medium.
Nikon, Canon and SONY pretty much took up all the space.
Nikon took a page from Apple resale. The cameras and lens were just on a bench maned on one or two Nikon staffers. Gone were the "treasure island" kind of setup where cameras and lenses were behind and under the counter and manned by a team of staffers and were made available upon request.
I got to play with some Z camera and the 24-70 f/4. Overall I wasn't too excited. I hand-held a 300mm f/2.8 which was like exceptionally heavy. This is the kind of lens that I don't think it's practical for how and what I shoot even I have the money. If I don't need to walk around then maybe it works. I also played with the D5 and 800mm, that's right 800mm. For what I have and shoot, I still prefer the SLR kind of cameras. Between a D5 or D850 and a Z7, I have no doubt want a D5 or D850. All of my AF-D lenses or older would become manual focus. And I wonder if my AI or AIS lenses can do matrix metering or not on the Z body. I think some people may prefer to use native Z lenses anyway. I am a hoarder and I like my old lenses. I have not sold any one of my old lenses.
I briefly played with some SONY model and used the eye focusing. It was pretty good.
I also quite liked the Fuji XT-3 with the motor drive or sorry the grip. It was really a nice compact camera. I got to try it with the 200mm f/2.
