Amateur Photographer

Focus on lenses

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I feel that the next big challenge to companies like Nikon and Canon and Sigma is not cameras but lenses. In your Nikon Z 7 review (AP 13 October) you state that all IBIS systems become increasing­ly ineffectiv­e with longer lenses because they are too heavy for the image stabilisat­ion to work well. The weight drags the camera down, so stable images are nearly impossible to achieve. I know this as I have a Sigma f/2.8 zoom with IS – with horizontal orientatio­n it’s fine, but shoot vertical and the images are ever so slightly out of focus. Tiny light lenses like those in mirrorless systems would remove that barrier to photograph­ers getting great blur-free images every time they shoot. I think we need to focus on lenses, rather than be camera obsessed. Martin Busby

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