call me Wimpy

 - but not for the hamburgers!

I've just resigned my campaign for slower DX/36x24 lenses, and ordered a Nikkor 55-200 VR². Yes, it will shoot at 10½ Mpixels on the Z6, which sucks. It will be an 80-300 mm/effective focal length.. which is what I'd like to find in a compact FX lens. If only I could shoot this at 1:1 or 5:4 with the entire sensor height.. but apparently Nikon frowns on such creativity. 

What counters the suck?

• it has VR². VR just showed me its value on the 24-85G lens with the Z6. And this VR is one better :)
• it cost $75. Not $250 (50-250 Z version), nor $475 (Tam rxd 70-300), nor >$700.
• it weighs 425 grams - with the FTZ adapter! Less than every mid-long telephoto I've looked into, even the bargain Sigma 70-300apo (630g) that I've been trying this week.

At some point one must choose our compromise. Here's mine. The Z50-250 has points in its favor, but neither are weather sealed. The dx 70-300vr would be ~550g and provide even more effective telephoto range - for a price.

Price is big because I'm not sold on 10Mpx± .. but we'll find out soon how much it hurts to shoot with that resolution. 

	Nikon Z6
	Viltrox 20
	Nikkor-z 40
	dx 55-200mm vr²
	Vivitar 70-150
	nikkor VR 24-85
	Qray 300
	Sig apo 70-300