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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 841917" data-attributes="member: 50197">I've been through several of the Z bodies, so here's my take on the ones I have experience with. The Z5 is a great entry level full frame. It is inexpensive (relatively) and is a solid performer. AF is lacking for moving wildlife. The Z5ii is probably much better at AF with the Expeed 7 processor, which also gives you a ton more features. Granted, you will not need many of them, but some are extremely handy.The high resolution sensor of the Z7ii is great. It comes in handy when you need to crop heavily. I would think it would be great for landscape as well, if you are printing large. The AF is little better than the Z5 for wildlife. It has a higher frame rate, which, helps with wildlife. I moved on from it because of the poor AF performance. It makes a good macro camera, since I normally manually focus macro. The Z8 is a fabulous camera. It has tons of great features and the AF is very good. It is bigger and heavier than the 5 and 7, and, yes, it's more expensive. My opinion is to get something with an expeed 7. I know none of the ones you mentioned have that. I like the high resolution sensor, but could easily live with 24 MP. I know you don't do a lot of wildlife, so the poor AF performance of the Expeed 6 cameras may not be a big deal. It was for me. Perhaps better technique on my part would have made that a non issue. If you lived here in the states I could make you a really good deal on a Z5, but I'm afraid overseas shipping and perhaps taxes would eat up any savings. F series lenses work well using the FTZ, but the new Z lenses really shine. You will be wanting to switch over to them as you can.</blockquote>

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