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As Needa posted, it's a single click if you click on the date listed in the far right hand column. That will take you directly to the latest post for that thread.

I understand having to stay within your means. Keep in mind that since you are working with a crop frame body, a 400mm lens will give you the reach of a 600mm lens on a full frame body. I see that MPB has some Sigma 100-400 for sale for around $500. This is a much newer lens and is listed by...

Sorry you are having this much trouble with your lens. Try going into the setup menu and input the data for this lens in the "Non CPU Lens Data" option. Here is the section of the manual that covers that. This may give you access to some of the features you currently cannot access. Non cpu...

Since you haven't purchased it yet, I would suggest looking for something a little newer. What are you looking to shot with it?

I know it would be a serious investment, but one of the newer cameras that has focus peaking might be a simpler solution. I frequently use that on my Z cameras for manual focusing taking macro shots.

In regards to the cat picture, the biggest issue was the aperture. If you had opened it up to F/8, that would have dropped the ISO to 1125. Then you have to address the shutter speed. Either steady things up with a tripod, or brace your elbows on something solid. The other thing that helps is to...

Looks like the The issue with this image is that the focus is on the bushes in the background. With single focus point mode there should be a little red box in the viewfinder/backscreen. The camera will focus on whatever that box is on. Again, just put that box over whatever you want focused on...

Of the options you list, I would go with the Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR. There are several FX 70-300 lenses out there, my understanding is that this is one of the best in terms of image quality unless you get into the faster, more expensive models. My daughter has one, and I...

Bad Hair day??????? And one more from the day.

As a piggyback on the other thread, I see you have these posted at 1000 pixels, and the metadata is in the file. (y) I notice that your flower picture was taken at F5.6 1/1000 sec ISO 100. These are all reasonable settings and the image is sharp. The cat picture (nice cat, by the way) was...

OK, here are a couple observations, not sure any of these will answer your question. 1. You are shooting this at F/22. While this will increase your depth of field, you probably should be closer to wide open, or perhaps F/8. 2. Because of your small aperture your ISO is 8000. A wider...

Edited a few more today. Not sure about this one. I love the shape of the bird's wings, but find the second bird behind him distracting. I suppose there is a fix for that, although I hate to fall back on the remove tool to fix things too often. Somehow it seems dishonest.

I wasn't really thinking about a cage vs an L bracket, but an L bracket might be a better fit for me. I guess the major thing I was looking for was input from folks using one, as to what they like about it. I see a lot of folks who really like their cages/brackets and have wondered if one would...

Actually, Photoshop does a pretty good job of aligning the photos. You may end up with funky looking corners, but that is easily cured with a minor cropping. The biggest things I have to watch for is not overlapping the focus enough, and insects moving legs or antennae between shots. It's not...

I got my check for my contest winnings this week and I want to spend it on something photo related. It's only $75, so no 600mm F4 lenses or Z9 bodies. I've considered something like the small rig cage for my Z7ii for a while. I hesitated because the arca swiss mounting incorporated in it is the...

Headed back out to Magnolia today. It seemed like nothing much was happening, but managed to get more than I thought. It was a heavy overcast, gray day, so ISOs were high, especially with the BIF images. The great blue herons were building their nest. Dad was busy ferrying sticks to the nest...

That's a lot of cranes!

I particularly like the deep red eye in contrast with the black feathers.

It would be helpful to have more information. Exactly which lenses do you have? ie, full model numbers. It would also help to post an image from each that shows the issues you are having. Please leave the metadata (EXIF data) intact when you post them, if possible, so we can see the full info on...

Seriously, focus stacks can be done manually. I even do them handheld. It helps to stop down to f11 or F16 to minimize the number of shots needed. Focus on the nearest point you want in focus and take a shot. Then refocus a little further in and take another and so on. I normally take about 6 to...