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Your Weekly Blog / Re: February 2026
« Last post by Fons Baerken on February 14, 2026, 09:15:44 »Halfway
"NG 10 Years" competition: RESULTS !!!
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..........................., more important, is spare parts availability.
An AF-D capable FTZ won't help when the lens you bought to use it with develops a fault and can't be repaired.
What would demonstrate a genuine commitment to long-term users is long-term spare parts availability.
So there are pieces of gear that do not sell in numbers but make users dream, make them more attuned to Nikon, make them believe they belong to the communitiy of thoseusing the best camera system and such like. So now coming back to our desired advanced FTZ adapter Nikon could have made anengineering marvel out of it and make headline and show that they uncomparably support their long-term users and value the Nikon gear they have bought in the past. It wont address the mass market I would certainly buy one or two of those and I certainly would not be alone.
BTW: You did write Z6 but mean the F6 or D6 I guess.
More useful info about "reach"Nikon was in a very difficult economic situation a few years ago and the Z-System was late, so we profit now from a very cheap 800/6,3 lens and dont forget the Z9 was offered 1000 Euro cheaper than the D6.
& different ways to achieve it - thank you Les
Well, yes it's more affordable.
I would probably spend $7,000 differently though
If you compare the portability, weight & size of a D500 plus equivalent lens, it would probably cost less and be more portable out in the field than this 800mm and a Z8.
Of course, i appreciate that this thread has morphed into a discussion on whether Nikon has given us better options nowadays, compared to those from design decisions made decades ago.
Personally I'd be happy with a "Z" equivalent of a D500
Personally I'd be happy with a "Z" equivalent of a D500
Z has turned this upside down. .... The Z 800/6.3 costs US$7000 and has sold 13K since 2022.
In Z mount, a lot more people can afford a lot more reach.
Hi Colin, i started this thread quite a while ago to have a pl......
Hope this helps, important to me is seeing so many beautiful panos