Bye Bye Sony. And Hello Nikon! Great to Meet You!

Goodbye, Sony. You were the first. You were the best. You had the best sensors. You had the best lenses. You had the best overall system. But now I bid you adieu. The giant has woken. Nikon is all in with its Z cameras and you are like stale bread.

The Nikon Z system and the Z mount is poised for the future, while your Sony IBIS system is limited because the mount is too small to accommodate optimal sensor movement. Nikon has depth in legacy glass and is adept at making new glass for the Z mounts at a record pace.

Yes, Nikon’s financials are a bit troubling, but my bet is that Nikon will not “go away.” Nikon will be around in some form for ages.

While not always the first, fastest or coolest, Nikon eventually gets it right.

New Z9. And an entire Nikkor kit. Woo-hoo. Bye-bye Sony, although your Professioal Services was great and Nikon ProServe is hard to get into. I will miss you as I use my new Z9 to auto-focus on stars, do 3D-tracking of fast moving wildlife and (pre-) capture special shots that I could not get with your system.

Sony, it’s like leaving a faded lover for another. Sigh. I’m sorry. It’s you, not me.