ptomsu
Workshop Member
Honestly there are plenty of reasons - I don't know the reasons for him but for me the main reasons are that the D850 is primarily designed as a still camera and using it for video is really cumbersome and IMO does not come close to what the S1R offers (AF, EVF, profiles, etc.). Further IBIS as well as High Res mode are some more important reason.Honestly, what images can he make with the S1R that he can't make with the D850? The only reason it occurs to me such a wholesale shift is warranted is if you want to use Leica SL lenses exclusively. All the Sigma lenses are available in Nikon mount. And Panasonic just offers two f/4 zooms and a 50mm prime. Maybe in a couple of years when they have their lens line fleshed out. This is just GAS.
He actually says it quite open somewhere in his video - the D850 is old technology versus the S1R being built around new innovative technology - and this is true also for me - just have a look over the past 5-6 years in several threads here on GetDPI where I was asking and waiting for a mirrorless camera from Nikon. Well it came but too late for me as now I am no longer invested in that Nikon system and can start from scratch. I would have to be crazy to invest today in a Nikon F mount based system :ROTFL: and before investing in the Nikon Z system I definitely am looking carefully around what else is on the market and expected in the future. And WRT Sigma lenses for Nikon - wh in all the world should I buy Sigma lenses and adapt them to what else system if I can soon buy native L-mount Sigma lenses! And by end of this year or next year there will be already more than 40 L-mount lenses available - how many for the Z-mount?
I could go on and on and on ... So it is pretty obvious - battle won and victory declared!