The viltrox 27mm is the better lens. But it also coats 2-3 times more and is really large. Can't really compare the two. If you don't care about the money and the size go for the viltrox

There are definitely no wrong decisions here. The viltrox is incredible for its price. That level of sharpness on a 150$ full frame lens was unheard of a few years ago. Thanks for the comment Paul, merry Christmas 🎄

Can't say much about the 12-28. It's a good lens especially if you are vlogging or do ultra wide landscape/street photos 😅 The 17-28mm is a really good option if you decide to go full frame in the future. If not then i don't think it's worth it just to use it on apsc bodies.

Haha thanks man 🥂 merry Christmas 🎄

That's awesome, hope you enjoy them 🙏🎄

For the type of work you are doing the z5 is more than enough as a backup. The only time I struggle with the z5 is with movement In low light situations. The fact that it's so small and light makes it also the perfect backup camera. I shot many weddings with this bad boy this year and the results are amazing. Next year I'll upgrade to the z6iii and keep the z5 as my second camera. Now that being said, if you can find a killer deal for the z6ii go for it. Just because of the better auto focus. Good thing is you can grab a z5 for dirt cheap on the used market. I'll make a detailed review about the positives and the negatives on it soon, but to answer your question. For portraits and slow paced jobs the z5 is great. Even for weedings as a backup or main camera during the whole day (except the reception, cause it struggles I in low light) . The moment you use this camera in low light prepare to have about 60-70% of pictures tack sharp and even slower af lock on. I shot over 20 weddings with it , I tested it thoroughly in even more professional situations and this is my conclusion.

@ when you say low light what light do you mean? Candies? Or dim room? Outside at night? Dim venues?

@babyboy1971 anything. From dark venues to dark streets. Of course every camera struggles more in these situations but the z5 struggles even more.

@@IliasKoureas good info. May I ask, is the Z6ii a bit better at handling low light than the Z5?

@babyboy1971 yes it is better. Not like zf but vety

Crazy value for this price 😱😱

Huh? 😅

Happy holidays 🎄

Yes, I use it on my portraits and weddings

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Did buy the Z50II couple days ago with the two set lenses, really like the 250mm zoom for Bird pictures. Did also buy the Viltrox AF 56mm F/1.7 for 150 Euro and let me tell you this thing is amazing! It has no stabilisation, but the Picture is sharp, Bokeh is incredible. I highly recommend this lens, especially for Portraits and Street-photographi and Animal Pictures. Cheers

Cheers Tim thank you for your time and your heartwarming comment. Happy holidays 🎄 🥂

@@IliasKoureas Yea, Happy holidays 🎄 🥂

My bet is that this wont happen

Exactly my point. Traveling with a large camera is always a pain, and these larger sensors usually come with larger lenses. That's a no for me personally. The z8 is tempting though ,I'll get that or the z6iii for my weddings.

@IliasKoureas my favorite thing about this generation of camera is being able to send the images right to my phone and share. Just had our company Christmas party and was able to use the built in luts and post to our company teams in minutes

@starbucksguitarM-jc5oy that's truly awesome. Everything is quick, easy and hassle free. Although I do shoot film from time to time to slow things down haha 😅

Keep it up Sara you have a really nice kit of lenses to create stunning work 😄

It's too small and cheap to be stabilized. The real question is why is Nikon refusing to add IBIS to their apsc camera's 😭 Good luck 🤞

I've no idea what you mean brother 😅

Go mirrorless. You will never look back. The zfc has great eye AF , I shoot all my videos on it and it never misses me. Price on the used market is great too. If you are going to buy new , the z50ii is the slightly better option (there are better cameras around 1k from other companies but I prefer the Nikon workflow and that's why I recommend buying used to also save some money)

Hello James 👋 Great kit you got there. I especially love the addition of the Zeis Tessar. Beautiful piece of glass. Personally for traveling if I had to bring with me a fast prime it would be something around the 35mm FF focal length. So I would say that maybe the Nikon 24mm is the best option for traveling. Let me explain. You cover many different focal lengths with your zoom lenses so for traveling the 24mm will capture more of the scenery from the 56mm. You might be thinking that the 56mm will create more bokeh but why have bokeh in your portraits when traveling? The point is to get environmental portraits or Street photos with your primes. Blurring out the background won't help with anything in this case. Imagine being in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris and the tower itself is out of focus and lost in the bokeh/background. So personally when I travel I only bring wide primes with me and leave the portrait lenses behind cause I cover these focal lengths with my kit lenses anyway. Hope that makes sense 😂😅

@ thanks so much

Great point. We filmed this really spontaneous, the original plan was just for photos. In order to get a cigarette we asked around other people because none of us smokes 😂

@IliasKoureas 🤣

Just some random dude 😂

I find zero to no distortion. Of course if you add stabilization in post it might create artificial distortion

24 is the better lens

@IliasKoureas for z62 ?? Please sir

@@sougata2201 of course the 28mm cause it's a full frame lens

@@IliasKoureas thank you so much sir 🙏

Id get a used zfc and save some money. Unless you care about the video features you wont see major differences. The z50ii was a joke of a release.

Maybe even better 😂

It's my most used this year 🥂