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<blockquote data-quote="nikonbill" data-source="post: 845013" data-attributes="member: 47024"><p>In addition to Clovishound's solid recommendation on the Z7II and from what the Nikon UK website indicates it would be in budget even with the 24/120 Z lens.</p><p></p><p>This brings me to ask do you want to go full frame or stay with APS-C size sensor? Nikon seems concentrated on full frame and you are in a very good place to go with the larger sensor. As someone who just got there first full frame camera (a D850) the detail is very notable and I like to do some landscape also and that is where you really notice it.</p><p></p><p>With the descriptions you have provided, unless you see yourself cropping a lot I would think the sensors in the mid 20megpix would OK for your use (maybe even better suited). If you do serious low light photography (you mentioned astro) I have some concern's with noise at high ISO values. Interestingly with the high mega pix sensors the (46MP) noise at high ISO gets to be more of an issue. They took D5's on the recent moon flyby mission for this very reason, the D5 has a 20.8MP sensor but does a great job with high ISO noise. Those photos were stunning for sure, its a good example of bigger is not always better.</p><p></p><p>We have some astro photographers on the site and hope they may help for this area. I would like to do some astro photos in the future also but I am not up on it to make good recommendation's but I know there are many things to consider for that type photography.</p><p></p><p>Using lens from the D3400 will require the FTZ or FTZII adapter, with it they will work. Very well on a Z50II for example. If you decide on full frame and your lens are DX (ASP-C) they will be limited to the view of a DX camera when mounted to a full frame. So with the cost of the adapter and possible limits I think its wise to consider new Z lens for your new camera.</p><p></p><p>I had a Z50 for quite a while, I liked it and used the FTZII adapter with F mount lens. However the cost of the Z series lens for what I like to do (bird photos) and my retired person budget I'm staying DSLR's for now.</p><p></p><p>You mentioned larger printing larger than A4, even your D3400 is capable of very large print sizes. Print houses can do magic making large prints, If you are not using photo editing software now, and want to do large printing good software (many good free issues) and a good computer for edits should be considered into the budget (just my opinion). </p><p></p><p>Hopefully these points are of some help, there are so many things to consider</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nikonbill, post: 845013, member: 47024"] In addition to Clovishound's solid recommendation on the Z7II and from what the Nikon UK website indicates it would be in budget even with the 24/120 Z lens. This brings me to ask do you want to go full frame or stay with APS-C size sensor? Nikon seems concentrated on full frame and you are in a very good place to go with the larger sensor. As someone who just got there first full frame camera (a D850) the detail is very notable and I like to do some landscape also and that is where you really notice it. With the descriptions you have provided, unless you see yourself cropping a lot I would think the sensors in the mid 20megpix would OK for your use (maybe even better suited). If you do serious low light photography (you mentioned astro) I have some concern's with noise at high ISO values. Interestingly with the high mega pix sensors the (46MP) noise at high ISO gets to be more of an issue. They took D5's on the recent moon flyby mission for this very reason, the D5 has a 20.8MP sensor but does a great job with high ISO noise. Those photos were stunning for sure, its a good example of bigger is not always better. We have some astro photographers on the site and hope they may help for this area. I would like to do some astro photos in the future also but I am not up on it to make good recommendation's but I know there are many things to consider for that type photography. Using lens from the D3400 will require the FTZ or FTZII adapter, with it they will work. Very well on a Z50II for example. If you decide on full frame and your lens are DX (ASP-C) they will be limited to the view of a DX camera when mounted to a full frame. So with the cost of the adapter and possible limits I think its wise to consider new Z lens for your new camera. I had a Z50 for quite a while, I liked it and used the FTZII adapter with F mount lens. However the cost of the Z series lens for what I like to do (bird photos) and my retired person budget I'm staying DSLR's for now. You mentioned larger printing larger than A4, even your D3400 is capable of very large print sizes. Print houses can do magic making large prints, If you are not using photo editing software now, and want to do large printing good software (many good free issues) and a good computer for edits should be considered into the budget (just my opinion). Hopefully these points are of some help, there are so many things to consider [/QUOTE]
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