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  1. BF Hammer

    Nikon Lens Repair Shop?

    KEH also does repairs on photo gear according to the website.
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    help with focus

    Yeah, for action sports I would get out of Aperture Priority and use Shutter Priority with Auto ISO. ISO 1800 is still very acceptable for a D750 (I used to use one) so maybe you should consider not going to the noise reduction so heavily, if at all. That would mean turning off High ISO NR in...
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    help with focus

    Your method of sharing is making it very difficult to help here. All the EXIF data is stripped off, could be Google doing that. So now I cannot see your choices in shooting mode, AF mode, and if you are really using 1/4000 f/8 on all. No ISO data. What I do see in at least 2 photos is the ball...
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    Rain cover

    I have had a clear plastic disposable cover in my kit for years but have not deployed it once. I tend to put the camera away in a case when drops start to fall.
  5. BF Hammer

    Something's wrong with my Z7ii

    Or they change the number sequences for different national markets to weed out gray-market purchases during warranty claims.
  6. BF Hammer

    Something's wrong with my Z7ii

    Use a new lens instead of a vintage? :D
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    Telescope to attach Z7 to

    Minimum equipment for moon is tripod, telephoto lens of 300mm for DX body, but more is better. Much better to photograph the moon at the quarter phase or as a crescent, since the light won't blow out the detail as much, and you get shadow along the terminator for additional detail. A single...
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    Telescope to attach Z7 to

    Sometimes people try holding a phone to a telescope eyepiece, but it doesn't work well due to contrast issues and motion blur. This is a rapidly changing field of photography. Posts from 3 years ago can be completely out of date now. The most basic wide-field night landscape works the same but...
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    Z7 Problems

    Ribbon cables are notoriously fragile. I do not believe it is a short, but a crack that opens up as you close the screen and the ribbon cable is being folded over the most. An open-circuit rather than a shorted-circuit. I have often wondered just how tough that metal foil glued to Mylar is on my...
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    BF Hammer 2026: Me and my Zf

    May 8, I lunched at Goose Pond on the way to a customer no-show repair job. A little slow out there. And at end of the work day, I stalked the wild Sebastian, who is extremely camera shy.
  11. BF Hammer

    Problem Cycle AF-Area Mode: Cant see modes I turned on - Solved

    https://www.youtube.com/@backcountrygallery
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    Close up filters for Nikon 105mm

    A true macro lens can focus down to 1:1 magnification without aid of an extension tube. So when you do your slide scans with the adapter, the image would just be able to cover the sensor at the minimum focus distance. Adding extension tubes would allow magnifying beyond 1:1 by some formula that...
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    Close up filters for Nikon 105mm

    All that is happening when you extend the distance of the lens away from the sensor or film plane is that the lens focal point is moved forward. Now when you are physically closer to a subject, the range of focus adjustment can reach to the sensor instead of being fully behind the sensor. There...
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    Problem Cycle AF-Area Mode: Cant see modes I turned on - Solved

    I'm sorry, but the only thing I can come up with is that you are activating video mode. Different AF options.
  15. BF Hammer

    Problem Cycle AF-Area Mode: Cant see modes I turned on - Solved

    I don't have an answer for the direct question yet. But when it is resolved, I recommend you save the full camera settings to the memory card. Then you can restore from the card when stuff goes awry in the future. My method uses an old, smaller size CF card as the backup media, but I realize the...
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    Filter talk and creative improvising

    The 112-95mm step-down adapter arrived. The short story is with a 95mm filter installed a vignette begins just wider than 20mm. Above 20mm it is fine. I guess Nikon knows what they are doing. I will add sample photos when I can. Here are samples of my ceiling. 14mm-18mm-20mm-24mm
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    Problem Cycle AF-Area Mode: Cant see modes I turned on - Solved

    Are you using AF-S or AF-C? You get different area mode options in the 2 modes.
  18. BF Hammer

    Weekly Challenge May 6th - May12 "Graffiti/Street Art"

    Madison, WI. Sure I can find better art, but not this composition.
  19. BF Hammer

    BF Hammer 2026: Me and my Zf

    Comment welcome. I like the BW also, but the ladies at where I work immediately liked the colors when I shared them.
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    Filter talk and creative improvising

    Turbine blades disappeared entirely at 1 second. Even 1/8 was hard to see much of the turbine blades. This is how I wound up with a darker ND on lens than I should have used.
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