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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 832749" data-attributes="member: 50197"><p>I made the move to mirrorless a couple years ago from a D3400. There were no regrets. I did become a little frustrated with the autofocus when I started taking a lot of wildlife photos. I ended up replacing my Z5 with a Z7ii last year when it went on sale with a huge discount. I still was unhappy with the AF when I had a windfall earlier this year and bought a Z8. It wasn't cheap, but I have been extremely happy with it. Initial impressions of my daughter's new Z50ii is that it has very good AF capabilities. </p><p></p><p>Besides AF, the mirrorless line has lots of great features that I would not want to live without. You mentioned having a 105 micro lens. I shot a lot of macro and find that the focus peaking feature of the mirrorless is extremely helpful in manual focusing. Autofocus, with any camera, on very close up macro work is very frustrating, unless you have a rock solid subject, and are shooting with a tripod. Other features can be very helpful, such as IBIS (available on all the full frame Zs), histograms and pre-release capture.</p><p></p><p>One of the big draws for me is the quality of the Z mount lenses. I have been extremely happy with the Z lenses I have purchased. Between advances in optics over the last several years, and the flexibility the designers have with the larger Z mount, the mirrorless lenses are definitely a cut above.</p><p></p><p>I realize not everyone has the ability to run out and buy all the latest, greatest equipment, but when making future purchases, keep in mind that Nikon, as well as all the other manufacturers, have stopped development of DSLR cameras and lenses. They keep dropping more and more of them from their line of new equipment, and before long the only way to get anything in the DSLR world is gong to be on the used market.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 832749, member: 50197"] I made the move to mirrorless a couple years ago from a D3400. There were no regrets. I did become a little frustrated with the autofocus when I started taking a lot of wildlife photos. I ended up replacing my Z5 with a Z7ii last year when it went on sale with a huge discount. I still was unhappy with the AF when I had a windfall earlier this year and bought a Z8. It wasn't cheap, but I have been extremely happy with it. Initial impressions of my daughter's new Z50ii is that it has very good AF capabilities. Besides AF, the mirrorless line has lots of great features that I would not want to live without. You mentioned having a 105 micro lens. I shot a lot of macro and find that the focus peaking feature of the mirrorless is extremely helpful in manual focusing. Autofocus, with any camera, on very close up macro work is very frustrating, unless you have a rock solid subject, and are shooting with a tripod. Other features can be very helpful, such as IBIS (available on all the full frame Zs), histograms and pre-release capture. One of the big draws for me is the quality of the Z mount lenses. I have been extremely happy with the Z lenses I have purchased. Between advances in optics over the last several years, and the flexibility the designers have with the larger Z mount, the mirrorless lenses are definitely a cut above. I realize not everyone has the ability to run out and buy all the latest, greatest equipment, but when making future purchases, keep in mind that Nikon, as well as all the other manufacturers, have stopped development of DSLR cameras and lenses. They keep dropping more and more of them from their line of new equipment, and before long the only way to get anything in the DSLR world is gong to be on the used market. [/QUOTE]
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