Budget DSLR or Mirrorless Camera

Schwebbz said:

sure, if you're fine with paying more money and carrying bigger and heavier lenses with more glass than you can make use of, you can use fx lenses on dx bodies, no problem. That proposition doesn't appeal to me, though, and I know I'm not the only one.

As far as I can see, there's currently four prime nikkor dx lenses listed on nikons website:AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8GAF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8GAF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/3.5G ED VRAF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED

of course, it's not as bad as all that, there are a number of third party options, and there's fx if you're willing to go that route, but it's not FUD. Anyway, we're getting completely sidetracked here, the point I was making is that lenses, flashes and other accessories are important parts of the whole you ought to consider when buying a system camera.

More BS. Most certainly FUD. You are clearly attempting to mislead and misinform. You can keep repeating your nonsense, but repetition won't make them true.

The Nikon 50mm f/1.8g is a "FX" lens, meaning it works equally well on both FX and DX. It weighs less than the SLOWER Fujifilm 50mm f/2 (200g vs 185g). Fuji doesn't have an 85mm, the closest is the 90mm and is also only f/2 but weighs a staggering 540g compared to the 85mm f/1.8g (an FX lens) which weighs only 350grams. Who is it that is lugging around the over-weight lenses?

As for the third party lenses. Nikon and Canon do enjoy the best 3rd party support by a country mile. I'd would not be surprised if both have more high quality 3rd party lenses to chose between than any 3rd mount has lenses in total. I have two other mounts (Sony and M4/3) and buying stuff for the Nikons is a ridiculous exercise of 'so many choices'... compared to the other mounts. It was the same for Canon back when I shot Canon.

There are larger heavier options. My old 50mm f/1.4d weighs 230g. (I keep it around because it has a manual aperture in case I want to reverse it). My newer 50mm f/1.4g is 280g. There are many other 50's alone to chose from. Their weight varies, again options not requirements.

This is relevant because you inserted this nonsense in the conversation as a minus for DX when the OP is considering DX, Canon APS-C and Sony. Falsehoods and distortions about one of the mounts is clearly not called for.

Source: Budget DSLR or Mirrorless Camera