Recent content by BF Hammer

If you feel disappointed with your composure or framing of your photo, then by all means try some other lens. Otherwise, there is really nothing wrong with your lens kit. There is going to be trade-off with any change of lens. The 24-70mm f/4 zoom will cover your current focal lengths and...

I have only done the Windows display calibration. It at least gets the black level and gamma at a good starting point.

I think it is a bigger deal shooting wildlife, aircraft, and many astro subjects. Personally that is the direction I am working towards. But quality lenses is the higher priority to me, and a bigger difference maker for any subject. I have 2 or 3 lenses I want in the kit yet before I get a Z8...

After a false start installing the non-optimal way in Linux Mint, I used the Launcher app to just install PhotoCraft and LightCraft. It is a little slow, but keep in mind I am using a vintage 2011 PC and I reverted back to using the original HDD after removing the SSD I upgraded to 5 years ago...

I did wipe clean my old PC and gave it a clean Linux Mint install 2 weekends ago. May be a good trial platform to check out LightCraft and PhotoCraft. It's actually running more happy since I unburdened it from Windows 11, and all my usual photo apps are originally Linux projects, other than...

I watched the F-stoppers video. Looks to me like it needs some more time to bake. And Adobe's legal team needs time for the ink to dry on the cease and desist letter and send it with a courier. And the open-source alternative to MS Office has been out there and working well for 20+ years...

Had to wait a bit for it to happen again to me.

Delete the corrupted files, reformat the memory card, and move on?

It is interesting I can see a notification flag and click it to read the pop-up. So that module is not involved in the breakdown.

I am imagining you might be using back-button focus and are not properly in AF-C mode. Combined with the menu setting of release on focus only active. If you lift your thumb off the AF-on button you can lose the focus from movement in the time you take to press the shutter release. Sometimes you...

I had not seen the error screen for months until most of yesterday.

OP typed "111" when I believe he meant to type "III" so he is looking at Z6III. My Zf is going to have about the same AF and sensor performance, and I noticed a lot of AF improvement stepping up from a Mk1 Z5.

Are you running a birding club? If you have several and 2 don't work, just pick up one that does work. Keep the repair money in your pocket. That said, I would expect the issue is broken ribbon cable connecting the swing-out screen before a full failure of the LCD panel. But even then some...

I don't see any fault in the equipment selected. I used to own a D750 and used it with a Sigma 150-600mm C, but I never had a teleconverter. I kind of get the performance you are trying to upgrade on. I still have the Sigma and adapt it to my current Z body (was a Z5, now I have a Zf). My next...

I'll ask the stupid question. If you half-press the shutter release, do you see them then? I remember a timer for the display to be active in my D750.