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My wife does genealogy. The abundance of child mortality prior to the 20th century is staggering to those of us use to modern medicine and modern sanitation. Very common to see a couple have 8 -10 children and only a couple make it to adulthood. Often some disease going through would take out a...

No need to apologize for the D3400. I have one as a backup camera in my bag. I've done almost no automotive photography, and what little I did was static. Anything that will give you fast shutter speeds without going too far with ISO. For birds in flight, I use Manual with auto ISO. I typically...

Welcome. I know what you mean about the learning curve for the new cameras. The options seem endless. Fortunately, there are some very knowledgeable folks here who are willing to share. If you haven't seen it yet, there are subforums for automotive and macro. You can post, and/or ask questions...

Well, keep in mind to change a regular lens into a 1:1 macro, you need approximately the same distance as the focal length. So a 50mm lens will require 50mm of extension. That is a little over the 1 1/2" of the extender. It would require over 10 times that length to do the same for a 600mm lens...

The blackbird image would make a great puzzle.

My Z5 has a little play. Doesn't seem to affect anything. FYI, it's a rotational play.

Welcome. Have you looked at the Z cameras. I know that, when on sale, for $2500 the D850 is a real bargain, but, the new mirrorless cameras have lots of great features that the DSLRs don't. I'm thinking you probably have a number of quality FX lenses, and those normally do work well with the...

Dusted off the 200-500 and went out in the backyard. Dang, I'm getting too old to lie on the ground for 20 minutes, creeping forward.

Down here we normally try and cool our homes rather than heat them.

What's a furnace?

I have a Mark I target. I bought it new in 1976. It has one of the best triggers I've ever seen.

That's the one I use. I prefer to use an $80 external drive to backup and store my pictures, rather than paying an additional $10 a month for a TB of storage.

I shot one wedding in my life. It was back in my film days. One of the guys in my squadron was getting married and wanted me to shoot the wedding. I told him I didn't think my skills were up to it. He told me it was either me or someone with an Instamatic. I didn't charge, and gave him the...

As has been talked around, your image is over exposed. The reason for this is that you are relying on the camera to decide the exposure. The camera is averaging everything. You have a large amount that is completely dark, and the subject is brightly lit by the sun. You are going to have to...