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Lens Talk / Re: Lens advice for a Nikon Z8 please...
« Last post by Wally on April 28, 2026, 07:02:55 »See for yourself, not too bad imho!
Z7, 24-120 Z at 56mm f/4
Z7, 24-120 Z at 56mm f/4
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Lens Talk / Re: Lens advice for a Nikon Z8 please...
« Last post by pluton on April 28, 2026, 06:48:01 »I owned a Z 24-70/4 S for a week. At the time I had only a Z6II. The images were excellent, but I couldn't get used to the idea of a "normal" range lens that opened only to f/4. A bit later I acquired the Z 24-70/2.8 S (Mk 1). It's imaging is fully comparable to modern good primes, but it's heavy and awkward for [focus-by-wire]manual focusing. It has allowed me to learn that I'd like a nice 40mm prime lens.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: April 2026
« Last post by aerobat on April 28, 2026, 05:34:16 »Yesteryear - Leica Q2 - Summilux 28mm @ f/1.7 macro mode
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Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM / Re: [Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images
« Last post by ColinM on April 28, 2026, 03:53:37 »Good ones Akira.
Weve had clear day & night skies in the UK for several days now.
Its allowed good visibility of the moon - you've taken advantage of that well with these two shots
Weve had clear day & night skies in the UK for several days now.
Its allowed good visibility of the moon - you've taken advantage of that well with these two shots
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Lens Talk / Lens advice for a Nikon Z8 please...
« Last post by David H. Hartman on April 28, 2026, 02:20:52 »Lens advice for a Nikon Z8 please...
In the basket at B&H I have a NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S Lens but I'm getting cold feet. Mostly I don't like the construction, the dual telescoping barrel when zoomed. According to photographylife.com it's an excellent lens in many ways but they say the bokeh is a bit busy and note the way it extends when zoomed makes it vulnerable to bumps.
I've got a AF-D 35-70mm f/2.8 that has a decentering problem such that it needs to be stopped down to f/5.6~f/6.3 for good results. I don't need that issue again. Rather than have that lens repaired I bought a AF-D 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 which I've been quite happy with but it doesn't AF on the Z8.
What I should have done is bought the Nikon Z 8 kitted with a Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S but I didn't. The cost when kitted with a Z8 would have been about $600.00 USD. New from B&H it's something like $1,096.00. At keh.com this lens sells used for around $500.00. According to photographylife.com this lens isn't quite as good as the 24-120/4.0 S but it's still a very nice lens.
Another lens on my list is the Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S Macro. I already have the older AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR which I consider a pretty good lens with a few optical faults that make it less desirable to other 105mm Micro-Nikkors that I own. It offers VR which is good but it's a honker. I also find its resale estimated by keh.com is pretty low. I'm considering buying the Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S Macro.
Do any of you read photographlife.com's reviews? Are they reliable?
Are there any mid-range zooms in the $1,000.00 range I've missed? Probably so.
If you will please help a fool spend his money.
Thanks!
Dave
In the basket at B&H I have a NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S Lens but I'm getting cold feet. Mostly I don't like the construction, the dual telescoping barrel when zoomed. According to photographylife.com it's an excellent lens in many ways but they say the bokeh is a bit busy and note the way it extends when zoomed makes it vulnerable to bumps.
I've got a AF-D 35-70mm f/2.8 that has a decentering problem such that it needs to be stopped down to f/5.6~f/6.3 for good results. I don't need that issue again. Rather than have that lens repaired I bought a AF-D 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 which I've been quite happy with but it doesn't AF on the Z8.
What I should have done is bought the Nikon Z 8 kitted with a Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S but I didn't. The cost when kitted with a Z8 would have been about $600.00 USD. New from B&H it's something like $1,096.00. At keh.com this lens sells used for around $500.00. According to photographylife.com this lens isn't quite as good as the 24-120/4.0 S but it's still a very nice lens.
Another lens on my list is the Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S Macro. I already have the older AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR which I consider a pretty good lens with a few optical faults that make it less desirable to other 105mm Micro-Nikkors that I own. It offers VR which is good but it's a honker. I also find its resale estimated by keh.com is pretty low. I'm considering buying the Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S Macro.
Do any of you read photographlife.com's reviews? Are they reliable?
Are there any mid-range zooms in the $1,000.00 range I've missed? Probably so.
If you will please help a fool spend his money.
Thanks!
Dave
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: April 2026
« Last post by golunvolo on April 28, 2026, 01:15:58 »In here we have a lot of sun and a lot of wind, so there you go.
Z50II, 16.0-50.0 mm f/3.5-6.3
Z50II, 16.0-50.0 mm f/3.5-6.3
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: April 2026
« Last post by golunvolo on April 28, 2026, 01:14:01 »Double rainbow.
Beautiful shot in a grand scale. It really works
Thanks for sharing it!
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Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM / Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Last post by Nasos Kosmas on April 27, 2026, 23:30:19 »around here you can also see some without their tails, they're already molting.
Arturo can you please explain what actually mean by that, I cannot fully understand it..
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Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM / Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Last post by Nasos Kosmas on April 27, 2026, 23:27:55 »Thank you very much Akira 
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Camera Talk / Re: FV Lock isn't working as expected on my Nikon Z8.
« Last post by David H. Hartman on April 27, 2026, 23:25:28 »According to the manual of Z8 for FV lock function with SB-800:
Available only in i‑TTL flash control mode or when the flash is configured to emit monitor preflashes in Auto Aperture or Non-TTL Auto flash control mode.
The source:
https://onlinemanual.nikonimglib.com/z8/en/compatible_flash_units_377.html
Hope this would be of any help.
OK, the SB-800 performs correctly with the Z8 and FV lock in AA mode with monitor pre-flash but not in iTTL or iTTL BL so I've learn that much.
The SB-400 has a limited feature set offering iTTL BL or manual in from 1/1 to 1/128 in 1/3 stops. It's small and light, easy to carry but lacks the power for single shots in rapid succession.
Maybe FV Lock has lost it's usefulness with Nikon mirrorless cameras?
Yes, the link was helpful.
Dave
I don't care for the SB-700. I bought it because the D-800 had no popup flash to use as a Master or Controller and the SB-800 was discontinued. At the time I bought the SB-700, used SB-800(s) sold for $435.00 used where they SB-800 had recently closed out a $320.00. The SB-700 is almost identical to the SB-800 in size and weight but has about 1 ~ 1 1/3 stop less power compared to the SB-800. Further the SB-700 has 4 channels but only groups A & B. I think the latter is Nikon jerking around its customers.
The SU-800 is long in the tooth and does not offer 1/3 increments in manual mode.
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Maybe in a year I can look into the SB-5000?