A $2 difference

 Well the kit is fully formed now. 

And it only took $2 to do it!

OK an additional $2, to be precise.

A well-worn but functional F-mount Tamron 100-400 vc usd lens will arrive next week. It was listed too low to meter so I claim that i was forced to bid! I chose a reasonable bid above the opening value, then added $2 above that nice round number. And the nice round number was the winning amount!

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switches!

The lens has lost nearly all of its letters and numbers, especially around the focus and stabilizer switches. Given the (barely) winning bid, this is a truly not-big deal. And with the choice of a small dx zoom or the Sigma 70-300 fx (or my primes) for the long end, the bulk of this lens won't be something I take on every outing!

And so the kit, once all shipments reach their destinations, look like this:

• AF Primes (Z): viltrox 20, Nikkor 40
• MF Primes (pK): 28, 50, 70, 85, 135
• MF Primes (T/F): 300, 400, 500
• AF Zooms (F): 24-85vr, 70-300apo, 100-400vc
• MF Zooms: 70-150, 80-200

And that covers plenty of range for me. After all: the μ43 kit has 600mm/e if i really need it!

If I can afford to swap in more Z native lenses at some point, they would likely be the 24-70/4 and ..? A yet unannounced telephoto zoom that's compact and slower than f/4.5 .. something like a 50-200 f/4-5.6?

But only if it isn't something silly-slow like f/5-8! 

The reviews I've seen of the Nikk-Z 24-50 have not reassured me of first-party lenses that will tempt me. Perhaps smaller Asian sources will help out with FX lenses more suitable to the S9/BF/α7c body size?

Such lenses would be just my type!