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One of the unfortunate aspects of the inclusion of electronics in camera equipment is longevity. My dad's old Rollie TLR from the 60s is still going strong, despite having had a large number of rolls run through it. Every electronic dependent film camera I have is currently non functional...

I'm sure a lot of folks felt the same way when film cameras began to disappear. Technology moves on. I was fortunate that very shortly after I got interested again in photography, that I didn't have much invested in equipment. That made the move to mirrorless rather painless. After I got used...

So ugly they are cute.

Went down to Cypress Wetlands in Port Royal SC with the Carolina Nature Photographers Association. Light was a little harsh, but lots of activity. The new Z8 performed very well. Still very pleased with it's tracking.

Nice.

Check for debris in the slot. Otherwise, I would call Customer Support. Unfortunately, if it requires a trip back to the mothership, it would likely be cheaper to pick up a good used camera.

Did you see this? It's not specific to the Z50ii, but Should be applicable to all Z cameras. Nikon Support

It wasn't the tripod foot I was thinking about it was the head.

Played around with it. Still doesn't look that much like me. That's one funky looking monopod.

The first iteration looked like me, but didn't include legs, and was much more rotund than I am. I forgot to smile when the Pup took my picture, and told AI to make me smiling. This looks good, but doesn't look much like me. Apparently it can't spell Nikon either.

Well, the insects are just starting to show up in my small backyard wildflower plot. This was my first try this year at insect photography, and I am rusty at it. It doesn't help that the subjects are few and far between. I normally would have sent this image to the round file, but I'll post it...

Today I finally got around to looking at pre release capture on my new Z8. I tried setting it up on a bird feeder, but the birds didn't cooperate. I noticed a bunch of dragonflies in a field and thought I'd try my luck with them. It worked, although the camera couldn't keep focus lock on such a...

Edited the rest of yesterday's images. Here are a few.

The Pup and I took a trip up to Swan Lake in Sumpter, SC, while the weather is still cool. Had a good time. I tried out another ICM experiment. This was the straight shot. These were the ICMs. The first using the zoom, and the second turning the camera. Also got some birds. Pileated...

We are having highs in the low to mid 80s F (26 -29 C)around here and while there are a few insects out and about, it will be a little while before I consider it macro season. My wildflower plot in the back yard is coming along well. I had my first real flowers bloom this week, but there won't...

The Pup and I went back to Beidler Forest this morning. Sunny day that gave higher ISOs than last Friday. Had a cooperative yellow crowned heron and prothonotary warbler.

Just for info, early on I bought one of the small, pop on, plastic diffusers. Something like this: When I used it, I had issues with the flash shutting down. At the time I thought it was running through the battery much, much quicker than usual. In retrospect, I think the flash head...

Is Brian the one in jeans or the one dressed in all black?

At the 3:00 position of the control wheel is a small "lock" symbol. Press the control ring down right next to this symbol and hold it for a few seconds. I accidentally lock mine every now and then.

I went to a local Audubon swamp a few days ago and was trying to get some prothonotary warblers with my new Z8. I couldn't get it to autofocus worth a flip. Then I discovered I had it on animal detection. I switched it to bird and things changed dramatically for the better.