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My daughter's kitten Beauchamp de Miragerie is now 4 months old. He's wild! :p:D:cool: D3S + 400/2.8VR. Obviously 400 mm is a bit tight indoors but anything shorter and the little fellow would be licking and playing with the lens leaving no portrait options. 20190708-_D3S3016b by foppa2011, on...

The 10.5/2.8 Fisheye Nikkor is a superb lens. There's one caveat though. On your camera body that lens does not autofocus. It is of the older AF design, not AF-S or AF-P which both have the autofocus motor in the lens built-in. Other than that, awesome lens. I have "shaved" mine (cut the lens...

@Dangerspouse You got good advice above. As per your OP, you might need a lot more magnification though. When shooting for stacks, don't close the aperture too much. If you go beyond f/8 or f/11 you will lose detail and resolution due to diffraction. Better to shoot a few more shots for the...

neloset_3e_pien_valmis by foppa2011, on Flickr D3X, AFS 17-35/2.8D ED ISO 200, f/4.5, 1/10s, 17mm

TL;DR see link at the end. Nikonrumors posted a rumor about DSLR lines that will not see an upgrade. It is a rumor not a fact, but rapidly falling sales means that Nikon cannot continue to do what it has done, because people aren't buying what Nikon is selling. According to the rumor D3000...

Slow obsolete camera, 40 years old manual focus lens, so so eyesight... but it can still be fun. :o This is my part 2 of the "Beach, Lakes, River, Around Water" theme. Part 1 is here: Beach, Lakes, Rivers etc. 20190701-_P3F7990b by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190701-_P3F7991b by foppa2011, on...

EDIT: for some reason EXIF is not visible to me. Here it goes: D3X, AF85/1.4D, 1/6400, f/1.4, ISO 50 and July 1st 2:04 PM.

onnenkoski_6_pien by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190628-_P3F7935c by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190628-_P3F7836d by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190628-_P3F7938e by foppa2011, on Flickr Lenses: AI 28/2, AI 55/1.2 and AFS 24/1.4

20190623-_DSC1656b by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190623-_DSC1603b by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190623-_P3F7616b2 by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190623-_P3F7581b by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190623-_P3F7509b by foppa2011, on Flickr

I took my daughter to the seaside for a stroll. We had a lot of fun. I took my AI 28/2 with cpol and AF-S 400/2.8VR with cpol and TC-20E III.

I shot an image with an ancient Nikon D1H. The original image is 2.7 mpix. Then I tried the Photoshop CC "Preserve Details 2.0", OnOne Raw 2018 Resize (nee Genuine Fractals) and finally AI Gigapixel. I increased the image size 200% to 10.5 mpix. What is obvious is that none of the resizing...

If you are emphasizing body size, for me it seems to be going in the wrong direction. Body size is meaningless in the real world, as long as the body is large enough for a solid, good grip. I have posted this in another thread before, but here is a small sampling of a few of my lenses that...

It's awesome how much smaller the mirrorless cameras are vs. SLRs, after you attach a lens. Sony A7R III with 35/1.4 and Nikon D850 with 35/1.4. :p To comparison: Compact Camera Meter

Ancient gear is perfect for the beach: Nikon D1H + AF 135mm f/2D DC. If I'm clumsy and drop 'em into the sea my day isn't ruined.

#2 Feet first Once you enter feet first here, you ain't coming back D3X + AI 50/1.2