alanbeeb
pfm Member
Sorry for the late reply - just seen this.
I think a lot depends on what's important to you. Weight and size, or outright image quality? To my mind, the Z7 strikes a wonderful balance. Compared with the likes of a D850, it's positively tiny. And when you factor in lenses like the 24-70/4 and 14-30/4, it makes for a wonderfully light and capable system. If that was still too heavy, then you could just stick with the 24-200, which should cover you for 95% of situations I'd have thought. We really are very lucky these days with the kit some of these companies are putting out.
Lefty
I now have a z7ii - sold the Z6 and upgraded for the higher pixel count. I've had the 14-30/4 for a while now and it is a stonkingly good lens that I wouldn't be without, but the 24-200 is used about 60-70% of the time. But there are definitely times when longer reach would be useful - the 300mm equivalent from the olympus 40-150 was getting mileage too.
So I think now I'm looking for something usefully longer than 200mm for the Nikon Z. Not sure I'm going to continue pursuing that for the Olympus M43 setup.... I've tried two well-reviewed £1k+ zoom lenses for that now and been disappointed. Primes for M43 are even more expensive.