Thanks for the Memories Sony

Yes indeed. For camera bodies I love the Nikon Z8 but for lens choices I love Sony. Of course I could stick with my D850 setup, it works great, just a bit heavy. I will likely decide today (my day off) whether or not to send all my Nikon F gear into KEH. I am leaning towards Sony because I think the relatively new 20-70 f4G would serve me better for landscape and architecture than any 24-70 (or 24-105 or 24-120). My favorite and most used lens is probably a 70-200 f2.8 and the Nikon Z is only a few ounces lighter than my Nikon F whereas the Sony version ii is a full pound lighter. I often use it with a 1.4x teleconverter (Nikon F iii) and I already own a Sony 1.4x for my 200-600, which I could use if I get the Sony 70-200 ii.

Just came back from a 3 week trip and brought minimal kit and used the 20-70 the majority of the time. The 20 was very useful. No one else on this trip cares about photography so I wanted to keep lenses and lens changes to a minimum. The former "light" kit was 17-28 2.8 and 28-200 Tamron. Wanting wider than 28 or even 24 quite often ruled out the 24-70 GM II.

The 70-200 GMII is brilliant and as you pointed out very light and plays nice with the 1.4 TC. Who knows when you will actually be able to have a Nikon 200-600 in hand. :)
 
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