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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 815369" data-attributes="member: 50197">I have the FTZ and it works great with FX lenses. Keep in mind that with DX lenses, the camera will automatically go into crop frame mode and only use a portion of the sensor, limiting your resolution. As far as I know there is no way to get the camera into full frame mode with a DX lens mounted, and even if you did, it would likely be severely vignetted, and require the final image to be cropped to half frame anyway. If you end up replacing some of your DX lenses with full frame, consider the Z lenses, if you can afford them. They have a reputation for being sharper and having better AF than the FX counterparts. That has been my experience as well. The 24-70 F4, and Z105 micro never cease to impress me with image quality, and if I ever move up to a high resolution sensor camera, theses lenses will be up to the task. Quite a few of the older FX lenses were designed for lower resolution sensors and throttle resolution on some of the newer sensors like the Z7 and up have. If you have some good FX lenses, the FTZ works well, and makes sense. It also makes sense if the lens you need is prohibitively expensive, or not available in a Z version.In your shoes, I would take the D5500 with me. It may stay in your bag the whole trip, but it's always good to have a backup. In the long run, you might want to look at trading in the 5500 and DX lenses for something you need. It all depends on how much you can get for them, and how badly you want something else. I was a little disappointed when I first got my Z5. I was expecting a big jump in resolution compared to the D3400. There wasn't much difference when used at lower ISOs. After using the Z5 for a while I began to appreciate a lot of what it brings to the table. At this point, I hate to bring out the D3400 to use.</blockquote>

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