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Steve Perry from BCG has posted this YT video presenting a tip on the special metering setting for Nikon and Sony cameras. I think it's worth trying and checking its effectiveness. Never clip highlights again!

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

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

This will be a start of my hopefully random daily photo display if luckily I catch good ones somewhere, sometime. Yes, I am just a hobbyist and fun is my pursuit. So here goes!

Recently I have been using z8 to run/experiment AP (Astrophotography). The latest try came out as a fail with Siril's Full image processing (pre-processed with scripts). The process stopped at the star register. After checking out the conversed working files (.fit), I found they all contain two...

This is my first attempt at imaging a Planet—Jupiter. It's not a great shot, but it is at least recognizable with three of its four moons. 300% magnified

I was experimenting with catching the North American Nebula with z8+z105mm (without tracker). I didn't know where the NAN was exactly in the dark sky but saw it from Stellarium was close but higher than Vega in the direction between W and NW. So I just aimed in that direction and saw massive...

Yeah, stuck in Lodi again! This time I present the Lodi Lake (and Pig Lake) with its area residents. It is a city park with a natural reserve setting. Two lakes are connected by a nature trail along the Mokelumne River. For people, wading, swimming, and diving are forbidden at the river. But...

Hi, I had this strange issue on my z6ii when I tried to use some raw images (nightscape) shot in Oct 2022 for an experimental stacking run with Siril. Since I did not shoot darks, biases, and flats in 2022, I must make up before running Siril (by following a tutorial). So I set up my z6ii with...

Moon scene on Sept 17, 2024 (Moon Festival)

Hi, I am looking into acquiring a good star tracker for astrophotography. I have Benro Polaris in mind now (it attracts me because of its many uses and automation besides deep space features, but must work with a phone is a killer to me). Still need others' experience using their star trackers...

Topaz Photo AI 3 is released. Looks like there are many new and useful functions/features and improvements. Unfortunately, there is no free trial version available. Anyone upgraded?

For your interest/concern, there is a long discussion about New Adobe Terms at the BCG Forum.

Nikon sale

https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/fw/527.html?utm_source=Support&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Z%208%20US%202.01-4-23-2024&utm_content=link&utm_term=Z%208&j=5187317&sfmc_sub=910131925&l=514_HTML&u=321617470&mid=7227070&jb=7&ET_CID=5187317&ET_RID=910131925 One of the bug fixes...