Switching my camera system from Sony to Nikon

The time has now arrived that I will switch (I do not want to call it: upgrade) my camera system.

I own (and shoot until now with) the Sony α68, which has an A mount system. I also have a wide variety of lenses: Sigma 8-16mm f/4,5-5,6 DC HSM, Sigma 18-35mm f/1,8 DC HSM | Art, Sony DT 16–50 mm f/2,8 SSM, Sony 35 mm f/1,8 SAM, Sony 50 mm f/1,8 SAM, Sony 85 f/2,8 SAM, Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD and the Sigma 105mm f/2,8 EX DG OS HSM Macro.

That is indeed quite a good collection (improvements upwards are of course easily possible), so one could ask, if I have gone crazy to give this all up. This seems even more madder because I in fact do like the Sony system and the lenses are great.

So why switch away from Sony?

The reason is in fact quite simple. I started to get unhappy with the performance of the Sony α68 in low light; from ISO 1600 upwards the quality of the pictures deteriorates, from ISO 3200 the pictures are not presentable anymore. Normally, the most logical step would be to upgrade the camera. The only possible camera, in view of my wish that a camera upgrade should result in a full frame sensor camera, would be the Sony α99 II. However, this is quite an expensive camera, out of my reach. And there is another huge disadvantage: the A mount. It seems that the Sony A mount system is dying - the new lenses of Tamron and Sigma are now quite often not produced anymore with an A mount; cf. e.g. the Sigma 50-100mm f/1,8 DC HSM | Art or the Sigma 150-600mm F5,0-6,3 DG OS HSM Contemporary. So, sooner or later I would have to switch away from the Sony A mount system anyway.

One could now say: Why don't you switch to the Sony E mount system? The reason is quite simple - for me the Sony E mount system is simply way too expensive and I would have to use adapters, which I dislike (it is a bit strange if you have expensive lenses in my opinion).

Switching to?

So I want to change. Two conditions had to be fulfilled: the next camera should be full frame and the camera should have a clear price structure. After a long and painstaking search the result was in the end quite clear: The only viable choice is then a Nikon D750. I have ordered that camera now. At the same time I bought a Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50 mm f/1,8 as a first lens. I hope that this is a good combination to start with the new system.

I will keep you posted!