[Leica] Nikon Z50: 3 Dog Photos, 2 Others

[Mark Rabiner]

Well last January 1 I got a DX cropped D500 camera. Not only is the sensor format smaller but the camera is bigger and heavier than my full frame D750.
So I did the opposite of what I always thought was important. Which was if you were shooting a smaller format have the camera be very much smaller as well.
One thing is the non-anti-aliasing screen which makes for shots of bare leaved trees a level up from what I'm shooting.
If it’s a low light deal I'd for sure bring along my D750.
But for a while longer I'll still be shooting with the D500.
We'll see that the Z50 which people think relates directly to the D500 more than numbers wise.. what that does to my work or me.

The noise effect you do get when you shoot high iso's with the D500 I've yet to fully explore. It seems to give Sunday in the Park with George a run for its money. Pointillism.

 
 

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 1/1/20, 6:46 AM, "LUG on behalf of John McMaster" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of john at mcmaster.co.uk> wrote:

    What have you done with the real Mark Rabiner?  The one who always decried anything less than FF ;-)
    
    john
    
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    From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner
    Sent: 01 January 2020 09:33
    To: Leica Users Group
    Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon Z50: 3 Dog Photos, 2 Others
    
    With the lenses stabilized, VR they don’t need to be fast to get the shot so they can be very compact and have a small variable aperture. So there's a lot of glass out there like that now which is "kit glass" the masses use them and so do I.
    The kit lens for this camera is normally the new  Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR which is the lightest most compact lens in the history of the Milky Way. I'd get the camera so I could use this lens the total "kit" (if I was a Brit which I'm not) would weigh half of the D500 I'm shooting now and be quite a relief on my shoulder and entire system of tendons and nerves and bones all of which are shot.
    I got all these compact lightweight, cheap and pretty sharp lenses to shoot with my DX cropped D500 only to end up shooting with full frame 1.8G's with them. They are bigger and heavier .but the camera is not that small and light in the first place. The Z50 is very small and light but when you're in the mood to be a big serious you can put any of the Z full frame glass on it and many of them would not make it all that front heavy but sharp as heck and don’t need to feel like you're using cheap glass.
    I’m pretty sure I'll be getting the Z50 with a Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR they throw in the box for chump change in the next season. It will be a relief to have far less weight in my Billingham Pro I always have at my side. I might even switch to a Billingham Pro Small and read smaller paperbacks to fit in the front pocket.
    Happy New Decade.
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    Mark William Rabiner
    
    On 12/31/19, 4:01 PM, "LUG on behalf of Robert Baron via LUG" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
    
        Due to (mostly) age related physical infirmities I'm experimenting with
        smaller, lighter, less expensive autofocus gear.  Last week I rented a
        Nikon Z50 with the two lens kit from lensrentals.com.  Here are three dog
        shots:
        
        http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/Dogs/W_DSC_0116c1Jackie.jpg.html
        
        http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/Dogs/W_DSC_0100c1GradyForest.jpg.html
        
        http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/Dogs/W_DSC_0106c1Molly.jpg.html
        
        I'm not fully convinced it's the camera for me....not full frame yet not
        pocketable.....the two lenses are very slow....the autofocus is therefore
        iffy....but I do like the Kodachrome colors that Nikons produce (thanks,
        Paul Simon):
        
        http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/W_DSC_0157c1Church.jpg.html
        
        http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/W_DSC_0146PennSqMall.jpg.html
        
        c&c always welcome.
        
        Happy New Year,
        
        --Bob
        
    
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