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I'm a 26 years old trans woman.
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benano
@benano

Give me photography gear advice plz

And maybe life advice.

I bought myself a nikon z5+24-70 f4 last year to kinda celebrate my first year working. Overall super happy with the camera, it goes well above and beyond my photography skillz which now looking back was probably absolutely overblown as a buy. Anyway the thing that makes me wonder right now is that the Z lens are quite expensive and getting even one more is... SOMETHING. Like when I look I could get a couple of decent APSC used lens that would cover everything I know I like for just the price of what I have rn.
I'm kind on the fence, is it a terrible idea to go back sell that and get back on classic canikon dslr that are just going quite cheap these days especially the lenses.
I'm affraid to miss from my z5:

  • super clean iso management that just gets me cool night shots (but I guess apsc are not THAT bad + I could get brighter lenses for not so much cash ?)
  • ergonomics (huge viewfinder, joystick(its cool but can live without), dual dials (this i can get it with used dslr)
  • "ImAgE QUALity" (no I'm starting to heal and stop looking at meaningless numbers, well if I understood that at the time maybe I would have made a more sensible choice who knows)

Anyway at this point I'm just thinking, I'm not going to rush any decision since my z5 today is dependable and a camera I love soo.

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mifune
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I've been looking at new lenses for my Sony cameras and I have the same reaction to the prices of good glass.

But I also got a bunch of lens mount adapters so I can use all the lenses I have for my analog cameras. You'll lose the ability to autofocus (except in your case Nikon F mount lenses with their adapter). But it also makes it possible to use cheaper analog era lenses. The sensor to flange distance is so small that I can even use rangefinder lenses.

Another option is Chinese lenses. They are making rather interesting manual focus prime lenses for not that much money. The only downsides are that they only fit mirrorless and rangefinder cameras, and that the quality varies a lot so you have to check reviews.

The first camera I got was a Canon 60D DSLR. I got good use out of it, but it was also a very bulky camera with equally bulky lenses. And none of the Canon lenses work with my sony because the aperture is controlled electronically. The Nikon D100 I got recently is fun to play with, but I avoided APS-C lenses so I could use the lenses I got on my F3 and sony.

DSLRs are a dead end and I'd hesitate to invest in one. Especially when you have an excellent camera in the Z5. I'd suggest to look into adapting old lenses to the Z mount.

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