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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 826499" data-attributes="member: 53455"><p>Congrats on your new purchase! I have a Z7 II and hesitated when the Z8 came out, then learned that it would not bring any improvement in image quality (especially dynamic range) for the kind of photography I generally do, therefore I skipped it and decided to wait for the next iteration of the Z7.</p><p></p><p>If you come from a D7100, it is certainly a very substantial step ahead, and it is very understandable that using your old lenses on this new camera fills you with contentment and joy. Doing that will keep you busy for some months. However, while you are right in mentioning that one of the big improvements Nikon brought out with the Z mount is the decreased flange distance, it remains that the other, and maybe more significant one, is the substantially <em>increased diameter of the mount. </em>It is that characteristic that has enabled the major optical progress we have seen with the new native lenses, especially in the “S” lineup, and at some point in the future, you will probably want to try one or two of those lenses. Then, you will fully see what I mean and you will leave your oldies behind without regret, except maybe for a bit of nostalgia —and, as I like to say, Nostagia isn’t what it used to be... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /></p><p></p><p>It is like those kids who listen all day to their MP3 music in their earphones or headphones and they think it all sounds amazing. Then you play their own music for them from a CD source on a high-fidelity system with proper speakers and you watch them melt away and go “Oooooh... Why didn’t anyone tell me before that <em>this</em> existed?” Just like a baby tasting chocolate for the first time! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite17" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 826499, member: 53455"] Congrats on your new purchase! I have a Z7 II and hesitated when the Z8 came out, then learned that it would not bring any improvement in image quality (especially dynamic range) for the kind of photography I generally do, therefore I skipped it and decided to wait for the next iteration of the Z7. If you come from a D7100, it is certainly a very substantial step ahead, and it is very understandable that using your old lenses on this new camera fills you with contentment and joy. Doing that will keep you busy for some months. However, while you are right in mentioning that one of the big improvements Nikon brought out with the Z mount is the decreased flange distance, it remains that the other, and maybe more significant one, is the substantially [I]increased diameter of the mount. [/I]It is that characteristic that has enabled the major optical progress we have seen with the new native lenses, especially in the “S” lineup, and at some point in the future, you will probably want to try one or two of those lenses. Then, you will fully see what I mean and you will leave your oldies behind without regret, except maybe for a bit of nostalgia —and, as I like to say, Nostagia isn’t what it used to be... o_O It is like those kids who listen all day to their MP3 music in their earphones or headphones and they think it all sounds amazing. Then you play their own music for them from a CD source on a high-fidelity system with proper speakers and you watch them melt away and go “Oooooh... Why didn’t anyone tell me before that [I]this[/I] existed?” Just like a baby tasting chocolate for the first time! :LOL: [/QUOTE]
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