The Nikon Z fc offers beginners and vloggers a charming old-school camera look with thoroughly modern tech inside, while the new Nikon Z f delivers the same retro charm in an altogether better-made full frame model. So what’s the problem?
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Nikon is one of the best-know brands in photography. Its Coolpix compact cameras are still going but in a declining market, while its DSLRs have been largely superseded by Nikon's latest Nikon Z mirrorless cameras. For a while some thought Nikon's continued prosperity was in some doubt, but the success of the Z series and in particular the flagship Z9 say otherwise.
The unfair stigma of Gear Acquisition Syndrome
Gear Acquisition Syndrome is a standing joke in the photographic community. It describes photographers who are constantly buying new gear instead of spending their time actually taking photographs. Well, I think it’s time to stop sneering and start accepting.
Why are kit lenses getting worse?
It’s as if the makers of full frame mirrorless cameras have suddenly realized that there’s no point making mirrorless cameras smaller if the lenses are as big as ever. So there’s a trend now to make compact zooms for these cameras to cut down on the overall system size. That’s great. But in making these kit lenses compact, have they also made them next to useless?
Canon and Nikon’s APS-C mirrorless lenses: strategic error or clever upsell?
Back in the days of Nikon and Canon DSLRs, both makers had APS-C cameras backed up by extensive ranges of APS-C lenses. You could buy an APS-C DSLR and stick with it for good. That’s not happening with their mirrorless replacements.
I like the Nikon Z30 more than I thought I would
When I attended the Nikon press briefing for its new, affordable vlogging camera, I was not convinced. I thought it was a rather lazy and predictable reworking of Nikon’s Z50 and Z fc cameras with essentially the same hardware in a new skin. I haven’t really changed my mind about that, but having actually tried […]