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<blockquote data-quote="TwistedThrottle" data-source="post: 776349" data-attributes="member: 46724"><p>@<a href="https://nikonites.com/member-34269-danno.html" target="_blank">Danno</a></p><p>Yup, I kept it and I like it, I don't love it though. There's no such thing as a perfect lens, eh? I think it will play into my long term plans better, however. Anything shot outside has been a pleasure to use this lens with. I typically stop down my landscape shots and its tough to tell the difference between the lenses at that point without extreme pixel peeping. Indoors, its a little more gray area. I've used it to shoot a volleyball tournament with poor gym lighting, telephoto photos and wide angle videos and I like it better than swapping lenses between the different focal lengths without much loss, if any, in either case. <strong>If the priority is not changing lenses, this lens is king</strong>. </p><p></p><p>I'm reminded how much I dislike variable aperture lenses, especially one that goes to f6.3 when using my flash with it. I don't know if its just my flash (Promaster 200SL) but it doesn't read all apertures. For example, at about 70mm, the lens is at f6. My flash doesn't read f6 though and thinks it should be f25. But if I dial it down to f6.3, the flash also reads f6.3. I wasn't expecting this and it's just something I'll have to keep in mind for future shots. I was used to shooting a 24-120 f4 lens on my DSLR and 18-140 f3.5-5.6 before that. When I got the Z6, I decided to give the 24-70 f4 a try but I've always felt restricted without the extra mm's at the long end, usually going out with my 14-30 and 70-300 leaving the 24-70 at home. The 70-300 with the FTZ adapter doesn't fit well in my pack without disassembling the FTZ adapter first though, so it's all about trade-offs and understanding what the priority is. <strong>For me, I'd rather have all the mm's at once and only swap lenses when I need a different aperture.</strong> The next lens for me will be a native 50 (ish) prime and patiently waiting (and saving) for the 200-600.</p><p></p><p>Curious if you've thought about adding the 2x teleconverter to your 70-200 f2.8? That'd give you the same 400 f5.6 as the pricy 100-400. Also, what'd you think about selling through KEH? I too hate the stress of selling things and have kept it all hidden in the camera closet to avoid dealing with the growing mountain of gear I rarely ever use any more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwistedThrottle, post: 776349, member: 46724"] @[URL="https://nikonites.com/member-34269-danno.html"]Danno[/URL] Yup, I kept it and I like it, I don't love it though. There's no such thing as a perfect lens, eh? I think it will play into my long term plans better, however. Anything shot outside has been a pleasure to use this lens with. I typically stop down my landscape shots and its tough to tell the difference between the lenses at that point without extreme pixel peeping. Indoors, its a little more gray area. I've used it to shoot a volleyball tournament with poor gym lighting, telephoto photos and wide angle videos and I like it better than swapping lenses between the different focal lengths without much loss, if any, in either case. [B]If the priority is not changing lenses, this lens is king[/B]. I'm reminded how much I dislike variable aperture lenses, especially one that goes to f6.3 when using my flash with it. I don't know if its just my flash (Promaster 200SL) but it doesn't read all apertures. For example, at about 70mm, the lens is at f6. My flash doesn't read f6 though and thinks it should be f25. But if I dial it down to f6.3, the flash also reads f6.3. I wasn't expecting this and it's just something I'll have to keep in mind for future shots. I was used to shooting a 24-120 f4 lens on my DSLR and 18-140 f3.5-5.6 before that. When I got the Z6, I decided to give the 24-70 f4 a try but I've always felt restricted without the extra mm's at the long end, usually going out with my 14-30 and 70-300 leaving the 24-70 at home. The 70-300 with the FTZ adapter doesn't fit well in my pack without disassembling the FTZ adapter first though, so it's all about trade-offs and understanding what the priority is. [B]For me, I'd rather have all the mm's at once and only swap lenses when I need a different aperture.[/B] The next lens for me will be a native 50 (ish) prime and patiently waiting (and saving) for the 200-600. Curious if you've thought about adding the 2x teleconverter to your 70-200 f2.8? That'd give you the same 400 f5.6 as the pricy 100-400. Also, what'd you think about selling through KEH? I too hate the stress of selling things and have kept it all hidden in the camera closet to avoid dealing with the growing mountain of gear I rarely ever use any more. [/QUOTE]
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