Many of my site readers take long vacations during the summer months, and then they come back looking for new articles when they return, and don't always find everything (because the front page dated articles have scrolled off the page).
To help all those summer hibernators, this year I decided to collect a list of all the articles I posted on my other sites during the traditional US summer holiday season—Independence Day (July 4) though Labor Day (Sept 5)—and put the links on one page, just so you could go back and catch anything you might have missed. Please note, however, that sometimes I do small updates on an existing non-news page, and they're not in the following links. For example, new Z9-capable third party batteries have appeared, so I added them to the Z9 Battery Accessory page. So it always pays to do a quick browse of pages that are of interest to you outside the News/Views section.
Here are this summer's articles (newest to oldest):
- 9/6 — The Z-Mount Tax — Tamron lenses cost more with a Z mount
- 9/6 — What Does a Nikon Z7 III Need? — what the next Z7 update could/should/will be like
- 9/6 — Understanding Z Product Management — ITSD (it's the sensors, dummy)
- 9/1 — Available Mirrorless Autofocus Zoom Lenses — Updated full frame and APS-C charts of all the options in all mounts
- 8/31 — Available Mirrorless Autofocus Prime Lenses — Updated full frame and APS-C charts of all the options in all mounts
- 8/30 — Welcome Tamron, Seriously — one of the big third party lens makers comes to the Z-mount
- 8/23 — Are Extra Mounts Bad? — the reason why I don’t like lens+TC+adapter
- 8/23 — Show Me the Pixels? — will Nikon return to the X/H dyad?
- 8/18 — What Would Third Party Lenses Provide? — not as many gaps as you think
- 8/18 — Third Party Autofocus on the Z-mount — what’s the current state?
- 8/17 — What Does a Nikon Z50 II Need? — what the next Z50 update could/should/will be like
- 8/16 — What Does a Nikon Z6 III Need? — what the next Z6 update could/should/will be like
- 8/16 — Telephoto Options Round Two — best lenses for Z cameras at 400mm, 500-600mm, and 800mm
- 8/11 — The Rumors (or Not) — I don’t believe them, so not
- 8/9 — Nikon F-mount Lens Availability Rescrutinized — an update to yesterday's list
- 8/8 — What's Happening With DSLR Lenses? — are they discontinued or not?
- 8/2 — Does Nikon Owe You a Firmware Update? — short and long answer both provided ;~)
- 8/2 — Telephoto Questions Abound — which telephoto lens for a Z System camera should you get?
- 7/27 — Canon R7 Camera Review — Is this finally the Nikon D500 in mirrorless form?
- 7/25 — The State of Mirrorless, Summer 2022 — APS-C suddenly got interesting again
- 7/20 — If DSLR Development Stops, Where Do We End Up? — In a good place, actually
- 7/18 — Get Ready: We're in the Second Half — Thom's predicting upcoming Z action (really?)
- 7/18 — The Ideal FTZ Adapter Wish List — everything you might put between camera and lens
- 7/14 — Configuring the Sony A7 Mark IV — Thom's latest book is now available
- 7/13 — Demand Versus Supply — Sorry, we have not 400mm or 800mm lenses...
- 7/12 — Price Increases Coming — NikonUSA raises prices on a dozen products, mostly Z-mount lenses
- 7/12 — Sony A7 Mark IV Camera Review — A very nice update from the Sony team
- 7/12 — Does a Lens in Different Mounts Perform the Same? — Good question, simple answer
- 7/12 — 2022 Sansmirror.com Site Changes — My annual summer site updating is now in progress
- 7/5 — Nikon 28-75mm f/2.8 Lens Review — Very good, but not great
- 7/5 — Z-mount travel lens kits I recommend — Two-lens travel kits to consider
- 7/5 — Viltrox 23mm f/1.4 Autofocus lens Review — A DX autofocus street lens
Beyond all the above writing I also updated many of the evergreen articles on my Web sites to bring them up to date, wrote another book, updated four other books, and started or continued work on three more. Plus, about six lens reviews were mostly written, needing only some final checks and formatting. So: a typical summer for Thom.
