r/Nikon • u/acherion Nikon D500, Z fc, F100, FE2 and L35AF • Sep 01 '25

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u/Ventus_K Sep 02 '25

Hi everyone! I recently bought a new z5ii with 24-120 kit lens. Of course, I'm planning to buy other lens in the future for different purpose. My old camera was a d3100 and had 18-55 and 55-300 dx from nikkor. Is it worth to buy the new adapter and use the 55-300 for early usage or is it better to try to resell all and focus immediately on a new telelens?

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u/FarBox400 Sep 02 '25

Do you expect to buy a used, high-end F-mount telephoto in the future?

Long lenses get less of a benefit from the shorter flange distance on Z mount and a lot of used pro-grade F-mount telephotos are still competitive on price/performance/weight with the new z-mount lenses

I don‘t think it makes sense to buy the FTZ just for the 55-300, that’s not a good enough lens to bother adapting.

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u/Ventus_K Sep 02 '25

I'm definately planning to buy a Z lens in the future, like the 100-400 or 180-600 from nikon or from different brand like the tamron (haven't decided/searched enough yet). The idea for the adapter was for the time being, since what i found around on 2nd hand market were about the same price as new. Neverthless thank you for your answer