Recent content by BF Hammer

During the month of July I have been trying to expose 2 rolls of 20-year-old B/W film I came to possess. Nearly done with that. Today near end of work, I decided to find out if I am smarter than the boss' dog. He is afraid of my camera. Runs away to hide as soon as he sees it. Today I set a...

One of the earliest tips I read about WB was to use Daylight preset for golden hour photos. The golden then actually looks golden.

Reading the text, it seems the trigger is not being triggered by the camera. Many possibilities on why. To try and narrow the possibilities, try that trigger on the hotshoe cable instead of directly on the camera shoe. If that works, it could be as simple as the trigger not fitting against the...

The technical answer is yes, the lens can be attached to the camera and you can take photos. But it is a compromise in so many ways. The easy rule of thumb with FX and DX formats (Full frame compared to APS-C frame) is that the lenses are the same mount. But they project a different size image...

All the edits here are fine. I just will throw in the portrait edit for possible consideration. It does loose some of the stem context.

Version 3.0.1 has rolled-out with an attempt to fix 3rd party lens compatibility. May want to stand by and see how well that fix is working for other people.

Burlington, WI.

@Clovishound thanks for looking up the VR spec, I could not remember. And I would say Nikon is not slowly removing DSLR from their lineup. They have already struck them as current products on the Japan website. All the D-series bodies are in their legacy section today. Just a matter of moving...

A few thoughts. As I read your story I really hear a lot of desire for zooming in to long telephoto focal length. I do not detect any concern for shooting a wider focal for things like group photos or a landscape. I am guessing that is not the case and you are taking that ability for granted...

@Eduard I would wish you could take a slow trip back to Chicago on the secondary highways right now. One year ago I drove from Madison, WI to Benton, IL in the very rural south of the state, for the eclipse. But I can report across the entire state on the rural plains those small farm...

Out of context, your message headline sounds so violent. :D

About $94.99 more than my photo software budget allows for. ;)

While I agree with shooting Raw and tweeking the color layer, I tried to answer the OP's question in a direct manner. I have to disagree with the people complaining about Picture Control being difficult to use. Rolling a custom color profile all by yourself with the software is the hard part...

We have to start with "is the lens cap still on?" Sorry, but never overlook the obvious. Something stuck to the front of the lens? I don't want to immediately jump to a failure of the sensor.

I can almost see this as one of those 1960s beer advertisement pictures you saw hanging in a bar with the simulated flowing water on the waterfall. 🙂