Not got a lot of time at the moment for considering gear but have sort of made a decision,for over a year now the quality of my images has been dropping,it is of course the fault of the gear, well it is but not in the way I convinced myself.
All the swapping of DX gear in the world will not sort the problem as the problem is the gear is just too heavy,after walking around with it over my shoulder for extended periods of time ime just not fit enough to hold it steady for a shot.
My P900 and V2 are another story,i hardly know ime carrying them,this means they have been getting used and the D7200 has stayed in the bag.
Nikon can not offer me a viable alternative,the 1 system is great but it could be dying a death so ime not buying into that any deeper,the P900 is what it is and good at it,so these two are staying with me.
The DX gear is the one that is going,i have heard Nikon are going mirrorless in a bigger way at the end of this year or the beginning of next,if they do its too far away for me and I dare bet it would be too expensive initially for a poor old guy on a pension.
Its looking like I will go m4/3 as staying with DX on a mirrorless system would give me lighter bodies but the lenses need to be as big and nearly as heavy so that would be no gain.
If any one is interested the favorite for me at the moment is the Panasonic GX8 and 100-400 which would give me a FOV = to 200-800,and come in at approx 1kg lighter than the DX gear.
mike
All the swapping of DX gear in the world will not sort the problem as the problem is the gear is just too heavy,after walking around with it over my shoulder for extended periods of time ime just not fit enough to hold it steady for a shot.
My P900 and V2 are another story,i hardly know ime carrying them,this means they have been getting used and the D7200 has stayed in the bag.
Nikon can not offer me a viable alternative,the 1 system is great but it could be dying a death so ime not buying into that any deeper,the P900 is what it is and good at it,so these two are staying with me.
The DX gear is the one that is going,i have heard Nikon are going mirrorless in a bigger way at the end of this year or the beginning of next,if they do its too far away for me and I dare bet it would be too expensive initially for a poor old guy on a pension.
Its looking like I will go m4/3 as staying with DX on a mirrorless system would give me lighter bodies but the lenses need to be as big and nearly as heavy so that would be no gain.
If any one is interested the favorite for me at the moment is the Panasonic GX8 and 100-400 which would give me a FOV = to 200-800,and come in at approx 1kg lighter than the DX gear.
mike