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Regarding comments from Eric...
The D850 is a hugely complex and well evolved camera but it is heavy, not as heavy as a D5 or a Canon 1DS mkiii but heavy compared to a Z7 or Fuji XT3.
Everything in life is a compromise, perfection is a notional idea like Brexit a million things to different people. All the cameras are compromises of weight, functionality and backwards compatibility.
We can now get on ebay adapters from China that provide fully functional use of legacy lenses on the latest cameras. I recently saw someone using a Hasselblad V series lens adapted for use on Fuji GFX50 camera but also on Nikon F/DSLR camera (with a different adapter).
Re Jeff's liking for 4/3 cameras I understand the liking of fine glass from Olympus/Panasonic/Leica but for me the compromise to the smaller sensor is a step too far except if I was doing street photography.
My photography these days is largely self funded so I dont want to invest in more kit and I feel I have more than enough. I am sure that Eric would think that I have grossly over invested!
Not at all Jonathan. You can't take it with you. It's just that I get easily confused when I have too much choice to hand.
As I am feeling a bit controversial today ....
.....I have no legacy glass to play with. But I am not sure I totally believe all the stories about the 1960s glass being better than today's lenses.
When I first changed to digital I had to change a number of my then legacy lenses because frankly they showed far too much chromatic aberration with a sensor behind them, even though they were sharp, smooth in operation and my favourites. Or ...maybe all my old lenses were cr*p versions? Anyway in the spirit of clearing the decks...they went.
That said, I never had any complaints about my work using the new upstarts...so they couldn't have been that inferior to the old timers. 😆
Actually that's not true. I did get a complaint from a big farm/land owner that his rusty, muddy, filthy, leaky, dilapidated, carrot harvesting and packing machinery complex looked rusty, muddy, filthy, leaky and dilapidated in my photos. Even when I had him stand in the puddles where I stood and gaze at the rusty heap, he couldn't / wouldn't see the similarity. I could have done with some softer focus, lower contrast glass on that day....and help from Merlin.
But I digress.
I can understand people blowing off the dust from these old timers when the cost of a modern equivalent quality lens is too prohibitive...and they already have them on the shelf. I can understand the fascination in adapting glass to fit new bodies. I just don't believe all the hype on some forums about glass being better back in the day.
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Eric