Tbf, I don’t miss £9.98 pm for a few, oft used and solid bits of software that do evolve and move on with some significance from time to time. Though I barely use any of what PS offers, only the occasional need make that awkward thing in the viewpoint not there any more. LR on the other hand gets well used.
Mind, I still have the original Nik Efex plugins which were free to air some years back and work well when they take my fancy.
I’m lucky I have both types, I do like Mirrorless, my Z7 (original version) it is wonderfully compact and produces great images attached to the new Z range of lenses, however the compact size gets negated when you add the FTZ and Nikon F mount lenses.
What I dislike is that the camera has to wake up, this takes a moment or two and can be frustrating, I don’t know how the Z8 fairs in this regard, DSLR’s by comparison are instant.
Owning a DSLR isn’t a problem the camera’s work just fine, photographers took stunning images with these cameras for many years, is the AF as good as the new ones, probably not but are they poor, no, not by a long way.
If you are comfortable with with DSLR’s stick with them, the D850 will last for many years but obviously you will need to accept that all the development going forward will be on the Mirrorless range.
I am going to stick with what I have for now, my D5 should be good for a year or three with my Z7 and Zf’s going on beyond that, hopefully.
I’m a subscriber of a good few years, I like the fact that it get regular updates of the products, they are very different products from when I started and get used most weeks for editing.
So yes, i’m guilty as charged, and happy to continue to be a subscriber.
On Saturday last I went to photograph some Astrantia in my garden, through my Fuji , I just couldn’t see a thing and came to the conclusion that I liked both a traditional optical viewfinder and I didn’t like the X series handing .
Time for a strategic retreat from mirrorless . Whether my cataract is an issue I don’t know , but I took one look at the controls on the Canon 6 D Mk11 and decided it was a case of ‘Back To The Future’