Eric Calabros

DPR criticism of AF-C is simply rude! I don't call them Canon/Sony fan, and I also don't think Z is perfect out of the box..not at all. but they put a 70-200 designed for DSLR, not even the latest FL one, with adapter, and expected it to work like D5! Seriously? But in video, and with native lens, they couldn't deny that it works fine!

5 minutes ago, jonpais said:

I feel you man. I’m suffering from buyer’s remorse too. 

 

What's your regret? 

4 minutes ago, IronFilm said:

For all the naysayers I have this:
FF mirrorless with 10bit external!

 

AND with timecode! ?

21 minutes ago, wolf33d said:

What people here forget when saying those cam are better video specced than Sony, is that the A7S3 is around the corner and Nikon won’t release a Z equivalent.

The S3 will blow those copy cat for video. It was nikon’s chance to release something better than Sony but as good Japanese companies they decide to be conservative in every aspect.

we need a occidental camera company. 

A7S is niche camera.. you will be surprised to learn how low is the number of production. Nikon better spend its limited R&D money on lenses.  

Focus coverage is insane ?

2 minutes ago, IronFilm said:

No 60fps, but I've got figures crossed holding out hope for 10bit! Pretty please 

No way. Though its equipped with Expeed 6, which is expected to more advanced than D850, but don't hold your breath. 

Only one slot card lol

But at least XQD is more reliable than SD. 

No 60fps for now

But AF is way more important. Hope it works well with those two primes!

That 4k crop

20 minutes ago, webrunner5 said:

I guess we will known in a day, but man that does look like a what the hell moment! ?

 

Its not done yet.. we can still hope for a video-centric Z in 2020 ?

Nikon destroyed our large 16:9 screen, and its an indication to not hold our breath for video spec.. but still shooters love what they're seeing. 

11 minutes ago, webrunner5 said:

Boy you can say that again. 50 years behind. You are sort of a Fan for them aren't you? ?

 

Its also true about Canon.

They better first fix the burn in issue and increase the brightness. 

9 hours ago, Django said:

By the way, the 16.9 lcd is an interesting remark and a positive one indeed for video specs!

Only 4 days to the announcement and we know absolutely nothing about the video.. its a bit suspicious. 

1 hour ago, nigelbb said:

The future fuel for vehicles is probably hydrogen using either an internal combustion engine or fuel cell.

That is even more infeasible than electric. 

AF-On and joystick are too close to each other

Sony overall ILC marketshare is still %13. The same number they achieved when they were in DSLR/SLT business. in APS-C, despite all the tech buzz, Canon hammered them with a lazy EOS-M effort. Same will happen to FF when Canon releases its mirrorless dragons. And I say this as a Nikon guy. 

1 hour ago, webrunner5 said:

Trusting all your stuff to someone else is not my idea of a good idea. What if they go Bankrupt, get hacked from hell. Nah.

Plus adding 8TB every year is and will be cheaper. Electricity bill included. 

16 hours ago, Mokara said:

Storage is cheap. Even if you take thousands of shots, high res sensors are not going to be a problem. If a pro can't afford a 256 GB or 512 GB card then frankly they are not a pro, even if they are selling some pictures.

Storage is cheap, but transferring is not, because it takes time, and time is pure gold in Olympics.

18 minutes ago, salim said:

I thought about that, of course. But I'm wondering if Nikon is thinking of higher-end model in the future. Maybe a sports version for the 2020 olympics that might get the designation of Z8. Maybe a 45MP sports camera that can shoot like 15-20 fps. That would also might mean the cpu inside might be able to take a 8K video and downsample to 4K or something at 24 fps.

Sport shooters (especially those in Olympics) deal with massive number of image files.. they're not asking for higher resolution, which means bigger files. 

Hope that massive screen area is not wasted by massive bezels. 

3 hours ago, mercer said:

Was that 1080p? I thought the 4K crop is 2.5x on the D7500?

Yes, to get 24mm in 4k you need something like Tokina 11-16mm. But I don't want to buy another F mount third party lens.. the last one I got was Sigma Art 135mm cause I couldn't resist its insane sharpness. 

23 hours ago, mercer said:

Btw, how do you like the D7500? How are you managing with the crop and your F mount options?

24mm equivalent is the widest I need, so its not such a deal breaker for me.. found a used 17-35 and it shines on DX.

18-35 is also good for people who don't need f/2.8, and the crop hides those messy distortions this lens make on FX. Its cheap, sharp, and underrated. 

Body gets hot quickly while recording, in any resolution/frame rate. So I think its caused by the processor, not the sensor. Hope Nikon use a more efficient one on its upcoming mirrorless. Not that it has made a problem so far, but I get nervous fearing something bad happen in there ?

I also tried 18-55 AF-P. God, Nikon's fly by wire focus ring is best in the world in feeling, and its just a kit lens. Expect amazing experience from their Z mount lenses. 

I don't use fake bokeh effect, and most of the time I use my phone's camera just for documentation, not taking memorable photos. and I also don't play game, and when I do, I play 2D ones.

What Note 9 does for me that my current smartphone can't? Nothing.   

5 hours ago, Eric Calabros said:

This cheap lens discontinued two decades ago, a lens that even Ken put that in Nikon 10 worst lenses list! I put this on D7500, an almost 6k DX sensor, equivalent to 8k FF sensor, and resolution was pretty good. Sure you find many optical shortcomings in these things, but thats not all because they are old! They're designed for film, which has a slight curve, not for perfectly flat digital sensors, so corners are softer that what they looked in 1980. AND they're designed to be compact, suitable for FM2 style cameras. when you prioritize the size, you have to make compromise in optics. 

Here is frame from 4k file with D7500 (which has a heavy crop)

And %100 crop. Remember mini star? ?