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This is the channel and content I've needed to see. I relate so much to your stories!

Great and beautifully narrated video Jack, thank you. Can I ask what case that is for the zf?

If there's true digital rangefinder camera besides leica (and pixii), the world would be on fire 🔥🔥🔥 Nikon would be the cool guy once more guys :)

Great work, Jack! Glad to see a fellow scientist/photographer. After getting a PhD in engineering, photography/videography became my main hobby. I'm curious to see how you're getting interesting compositions for the 4:5 ratio on instagram. Thanks for considering!

I’m a therapist and although bokeh therapy isn’t yet listed as an empirically supported practice, I highly recommend. 📸 You’re a brilliant guide Jack. 🙏🏼

There’s also a 26, 28 and a 40.

Not my stupid ass buying the 56mm as my first lens and got stuck with it for months now i see the world in 56mm even when im using a 30mm lens. 🙃

Thats why one must go with M43. Put a small looking 45mm and get the 90mm output from across the street.

The 24-50 f2.8 is interesting as it includes 24-28-35-40 and 50mm in one lightweight 440g and less expensive than two lenses 24 and 40. Mainly you get 50 for free. It is a bit heavier than the 173g only of the 40mm

Next time post, Aliexpress product link, not just Amazon!

Loved all this information! I recently bought a Zf and I found another way to quickly and reliably access subject detect settings that I personally prefer: under f2 Custom Controls I mapped the camera’s video record button to “access top item in MY MENU”. I then moved “MF subject detection area” to the top of the MY MENU list and viola… one press of the record button and you can instantly cycle through the subject detection modes.

So, do you prefer any EVF between Z6iii and Zf ?

Ha! Glad I got the SmallRig one without looking elsewhere LOL

When you talk about quality of writing you know what you're talking about. These videos are fire

Come on! I love the Zs from your rendering! I wish Nikon make it happen! Enjoy your wonderful work so much!

Great video, love the introduction to this channel

Love this mindset

“What do I have to offer?” You have enormous insight to offer. You have a calming and effective delivery with terrific video production skills. You are not only affecting your own mental well being but also that of everyone who is fortunate enough to come across your content. Kudos to you and thank you for being such a bright light in the online morass 🙏🏼

Jack, you are an awesome storyteller that happens to use photography to tell stories. And let's be real no all of us are scientists during daytime

Me too!

Just Another guy who has GAS.😂 Damn it! Screw all new modern cameras too sharp, too clean Digital. Shoot Analog, love Grains and Happy!! 😊

Interesting summary of Nikon history. Even though they seem to be making strategic mistakes they keep on coming up with giat leaps in technology, which is seen by the more recent Z9 and Zf. Perhaps the like to take their time to get things right, but let's hope they take the current streak furhter and embrace AI and their current apetite for software improvements Also, tackle the new breed of photographers and perhaps bring some life back into DX but with a modern approach.

I'm a Software Engineer in my weekdays, but I do cosplays, streets, mostly Human Interest in my weekends. People come and go, I like meeting with people, after all the technicals and mostly my introvert side in front of my desk, photography does that to me. One of my friend's recently just passed away, their family contacted me about it, and then thanked me that I took so many pictures of said person whilst still here with us living in this world. That's mostly what keep me moving, moments past, but memories last. Photography is as close as time machine we have currently.

First time visitor to this channel, and I ended up staying, not just for the moving story that came with the video, but for the powerful message that made me re-evaluate some things about the Z6iii that I got blinded by all the reviews and how it's great when I didn't really need it (I had to look at my Z6ii and what my use case is and, I am quite happy with it). Thanks. Glad to hear you're good though with all the health news and all, I can relate on that too as someone in their late 40s.

Jack, you should make this your main video on your page. It's excellent and really highlights who you are. I've been practicing mainly street photography for 22 years. I used to be a freelance event photographer and shot several portraits as well. I finally stopped accepting paid jobs because I hated the money and client pressure intermingling with my art. It didn't work for me. I have no regrets having dropped that. Now, outside of my full-time non-photo related work, I occasionally do a paid job but mostly volunteer my photos for others (events and portraits). I make a lot of people happy doing that, including myself. And I continue shooting street, sometimes seeking out publications but that's it. Like you, it's my therapy. By the way, your video is very timely for me. It has prompted me to something that I will write about since I'm considering blogging again or doing Medium/Substack. Thank you so much for the inspiration. 💡

I think the thing that has kept me going after 15 years is to focus more on the role my photography plays in the lives of others.

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Couldn’t agree more Jack! It’s so easy to get caught up in things and in the end it all doesn’t matter. Just take photos cause you enjoy the process.

This is more a review of how to compartmentalize our life than a camera bag. Brilliant.

I live in a smallish town, and just about every week one of my photos appears in someone else's memories on facebook. Knowing that I provide friends and acquaintances with images of their fond memories is pretty satisfying.

Mental health is wealth.

What a wonderful introduction to the channel!

Well said!

And that is why I like this channel

I’m here for it. Your art matters.

A sexy rangefinder Fullframe? Count me in Sony range finder except rx1 is a disgrace in style.

Know that your insights are valuable and shared! Making it a proffesion rarely feeds the joy of creating. As Bob Ross and Meyerowitz says, the moment you hold a brush/camera, you have a license to paint/shoot.

I like share some pf my photos but when it comes right down to it I shoot because I love to, and that's strictly for me. It brings me joy and that's more than enough.

Yours matter to me bro

Well said!

What about 45mm?

I bought into Nikon Z from Fuji a couple of years ago. I kept a few lenses, along with my X-T10 body, valuing them more than I would get on the used market in Japan. The 35/1.4 is my favourite. The 50/2 is a close second. Surprisingly, the 50-250 is one of my faves for walking around Japanese cities. Now that I have the Zf, I adore the 26, 40, and 135. The former two are incredibly easy to pocket and give excellent results. The latter is just so good that it’s worth the burden when I have specific human subjects I plan to shoot. The 50/1.8… I’m afraid it’s often at home. I love the images I get from it, but it’s almost always just due to the lighting and subject more than the rendering or sharpness. Don’t get me wrong, the rendering is beautiful, but the light matters 1000% more. The 40mm in gorgeous light will absolutely destroy the 50mm in mediocre light. In equal light, the 50mm will win. Edit: I did also own the 16/1.4, 23/1.4, and 56/1.2. All fantastic lenses with which I took some of my favourite photos. However, their new turn for bigger and more-corrected lenses while not paying as much attention to UX caused me to look elsewhere. It seems to be that way; the underdogs listen to advice more intently. Fujifilm must not be feeling like an underdog these days, while Nikon’s early mirrorless missteps took their egos down a few notches.

Not buying enough Camera can be just as costly or More as buying too much.