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Do you consider your hobby of street photography as trivial and unimportant? Don't! - as there are people who think it is worth being commemorated and having its own monument. I came across it today (by chance) while taking photos in Polish city - Bydgoszcz. The monument of street photographer was built just a few months ago and its aim is to appreciate works of first street photographers from a century ago, who documented city life. They were called "lejkarze" in Polish and well... I can't deny this word has its root in "Leica" as most common brand back then - BUT if we keep taking good photos, chance is, the next monument on "nikonarze" will be built somewhere in the area :) Photo taken with Nikon Z5 and Vitrox 35mm EVO.

Sometimes - like today - I take this Tamron for short walks instead of my usual walkaround Nikkor 24-200. Being bigger and twice as heavy (but still only 1 kg), Tamron isn't of course as convenient as Nikkor but you may take advantage of extra reach and quasi macro capabilities.

As title says - if you look for one lens that fixes pretty much everything while having a walk outside (besides macro maybe) - that's it. The range is exactly what you need for a walk. And IQ remains really good throuhout all apertues from wide open till f/11 (Nikon coatings, even though it's not S series). Light and small for a 8x zoom. Not very fast but with today's sensor and noise-repairing possibilities it's not a big deal to raise iso o bit. Example photos from yesterdays few hours walk. You may capture everything from broad scenes to the detail. Taken with Nikon Z5.

These some of the photos I took while having a few hours walk in Copenhagen (with Nikon Z5 and Nikkor 24-200). My previous post was indicated as 18+ by algorythm, well... one of the symbols of this city is a monument of a mermaid, which I took nice photo of. Mermaids are not known for their clothing, at least not traditionally :) Anyways I erased the post and just sending it again, but without one photo. Copenhagen is a beautiful city and N24-200 is a great travel one do-it-all lens.

I took first photo in May, the second in July and the last one just today. As they don't have many natural enemies around here and this is the only swan family on the lake (no need to fight), the parents still keep all seven youngsters safe and sound. Taken with Z5 and Nikkor 24-200/Tamron 50-400.

So the shadows start to cover the river. Taken with Z5 and Viltrox 14mm f/4. Good night!

Sparrows are from todays walk with my Z5 and Nikkor 24-200. As for advice - if you are to buy "universal zoom" really consider 24-200. I know 24-120 f/4 is the undisputed leader in this category and it's close to blasphemy to claim otherwise, anyways... 24-200 is lighter and smaller and has extra range, which is crucial for a walkaround. Aperture difference is quite irrelevant in sunny days - and it's nice weaher when most amateur photographers go for a walk :) IQ is tad worse - no doubt about it, but is still decent and think of so many pics you just can't take with 24-120 (range) - like the sparrows from today - so sometimes it's choice between slightly worse IQ and non-existent photo. And we consider strolling and taking pics, not having paid sessions etc.

Nikkor 24-120 f/4 is definitely a better lens. But for some of us 24-200 may become more useful as all-in-one walkaround.

Taken with Z5 and Tamron 50-400. It's kind of magic to watch these tons of steel slowly flying up :)

There are two kinds of dragonflies. The more sturdy-built ones with wings perpendicular to the body while still - these are more liked by photographers (bigger, more color being seen etc.). But the other kind (usually thinner with wings along the body while resting) has one feature that have always caused smile on my face - their eyes. You may think you see little head with eyes on it but then you look more carefully and you notice gigantic balls that look like headphones, the old-school ones. Sort of glued to the head. Their real eyes :) Photo taken with Z5 and Tamron 50-400.

No doubt the newest Expeed is placing AF on the high level and I'm not gonna say it's just a slight improvement. On the other hand the older version (as in my Z5 mk 1) is still capable of focusing fast enough to take a photo of a flying insect. I know probably Z5 mk 2 with its great 3d tracking would do it much easier, but doing it old school (single point, AF-C and AF-S respectively, taking advantage of interval flight mode of a dragonfly) has its nice side, as it is more of the... challenge? Of course fast tracking gives you freedom of composing and ensures higher in-focus rate. But bodies with older Expeed are still absolutely fantastic for us amateurs. These two pics were taken with Z5 and Tamron 50-400.

Taken with Z5 and Tamron 50-400 - of course at the longest end :)

1. Bokeh is subjective but in every review "busy bokeh" means no good. But IMO it should be treated as a feature, not a con - as it may be creatively used. I tried to do it centering the butterfly and "freezing" it in contrast to (quite busy) background.

2. Wouldn't it be convinient to have a straw (sucker) built-in, always at your disposal and wind/unwind it any time you want to sip some beverage? :)

Taken with Z5 and Tamron 50-400.

At first raise your leg like this 100 times. Then you will be able to bend your spine any way you like. It's just the matter of repetition!

Z5 with Tamron 50-400 SOOC, just from this morning :)

Was is a good day?

Taken with Z5 and N24-200. And btw maybe kind of obvious thought - sometimes having a versatile walkaround zoom is more valuable than carrying a few top-notch primes in the bag. As sometimes it's just a few seconds span to shoot.