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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 822857" data-attributes="member: 53455">I understand. I myself remained reluctant for a while, essentially because of the optical viewfinder which I thought could never be matched by the small TVs in mirrorless cameras. The Sonys I had tried failed to convince entirely. Then, I read interesting things about the Z7 viewfinder from some of the very few people I trust on the internet (Thom Hogan being one of them), and I walked over to my local dealership to see for myself. What I saw was very, very close to an excellent optical viewfinder, say like the one on the D850, arguably the best overall DSLR ever produced. I figured I could live with that sort of electronic viewfinder, and it could only get better in time (which it did)... That, plus the enormous advantage I had immediately seen when they announced the diameter of the new lens mount, and I was sold.From time to time I put a lens back onto the D850 and give it a leg-stretching run. It is a great and lovely camera, but boy is it bulky and heavy! I don’t even dare lift the D3s for comparison any more! And a D850-based kit would not even fit in my Peak Design bags, I’d have to go back to the old Kiboko... Naw, barring exceptional circumstances that I cannot truly see happening in the foreseeable future, I’ve switched to mirrorless for good, however good I may be at nostalgia —and God knows I am!Today’s photo I shot in August 2010 on a very high cliff in Portugal (say, 50–100 meters?). There was this mad fisherman in his 70s, frail and unsteady-looking, climbing down that vertiginous rock face to reach his favorite fishing spot... Unbelievable, and yet there he was! Suicidal. I stayed prudently on top, and even there, I thought it was quite a risky place to shoot from. I’m not afraid of heights but the Atlantic coast is a place where there is wind, and being a sailor, I know how one whirlwind gust suffices to unbalance you. Every time I see this photo, I wonder what’s become of him.Nikon D3, Nikkor 70-200mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR II, handheld.[ATTACH=full]408876[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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