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A few days ago, there was an announcement, but no download notice. What's the catch?

Color lightening moment!

The first shot just came from Sigma! I never thought this tariff impact would affect the photography world. Sigma announcement

Congratulations to Needa!!!

Thanks, Dawg. I have been imaging more DSO targets (nebulae and galaxies) after these. But some of them were not satisfying. So I have been studying and learning the lengthy DSO post-processing workflow and each critical and tricky step on the way... but just not there yet. Can't imagine this is...

Congratulations to SS!!! Nice tubes

Some cloudscapes

I like this thread. I learned a bit from it.

Unimaginable great shot!

I see. You are a hard worker. (y)

As long you have the day and night images shot in the same composition, you can easily combine the two halves with a layer mask in Gimp.

Red-tailed Hawk

I use z8 for wildlife photos and z6ii for everything else, including sports during the day. Depending on the site and other conditions, I use either z8 or z6ii for nightscape photos. GL for upgrading.