Chosun Juan
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Niels, that's quite alright - I think most of us here constantly balance those parameters (weight, performance, cost) to provide the best solution for our needs. There's probably a fair amount of interest in new products and development direction purely from being gearheads too and looking for that next improvement in our equations. Did I mention weight ?! lol.Temmie, I am not sure I buy everything you write about cost and weight of mirrorless. I am using Panasonic: g85 and PL 100-400. This is a good enough setup that I get some keepers, even when doing purple martin in flight. So I tried to compare size/cost for a setup to give a similar reach using the nikon PF series as you mentioned. However, to get close I had to go for the PF500 and I chose a not top of the line body, the d7500 (similarly, my camera is not top of the pana line, that would be G9, and I included that camera body as well for the hell of it). So the comparison is (all numbers from DPReview except cost which was Amazon.com):
Weight incl lens Nikon 2180, g85 1490, G9 1643
Reach Nikon 750, g85 800, G9 800
Cost Nikon 4392, g85 2190, G9 2792 (in US$)
I like to have a zoom, and possibly should have hunted for a zoom setup for Nikon but that would certainly be heavier (Tamron 150-600 would have added about 550 grams to the nikon setup but would have brought the cost down to about the same as my g85 setup)
Anyway, this is a bit of a tangent to the original content of this thread
Niels
The Panny's certainly offer some high spec featured bodies (given the physical limitations of the sensor size) - I think even the Nikki D500 has some improvements to make.
The Nikki PF lens range likewise is a bit of a standout performer (wallet stretching cost notwithstanding). About the only thing to say is that f5.6 makes a handy improvement on f6.3/7, especially at the larger sensor format size offering even better subject isolation. It is worthwhile noting that the Nikons also have a 1.3x in-camera crop factor too which brings the PF 500 to 1000mm @f5.6 which is pretty sweet.
It would be interesting to see what Canon users think is a comparable kit to the ones you list and see what the numbers turn out to be in comparison ....... :cat:
Chosun :gh: