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And just to bore you with a few more. I haven't had the opportunity to go and give it a real tryout. Just popping out in the yard and taking a few on the fly. It's been hot, and I needed to wait for a cleaning kit to come in and clean my Z5 sensor. Think I have that sorted, hope so anyway...

Got a chance to go take a few more test pictures today. I'm really liking this lens so far. Here is a picture at near closest focus. It is exposed at F11 at 1/500 sec and I shot it from a tripod. Heavily cropped first, and full size for comparison. I think I need to clean my sensor. I'm...

Well, the FedEx truck showed up a short while ago and delivered a huge box. Yep the Nikon 200-500 F6E ED VR from B&H had arrived. I eagerly unboxed and mounted it up to my Z5 with the FTZ adater. I was a little nervous that the lens might not perform as well with the adapter as a native mount...

Not to belabor the point, but right now I have to stay around the house, to take care of my wife. She is improving well, but it will likely be a few months before I am free to go spend time on outings. I have recently gotten back into photography, and want to take pictures, I have lots of...

I ran across this on the Nikon Store. They are running a sale of $1059. This is $300 off on a very well regarded lens. I really need a telephoto to go on my new Z5. I have an FTZ adapter, and can't justify the money for something like the 100-400 in the Z mount. I suspect that sometime in the...

I've had the Z5 for a couple months. Haven't been able to do a lot of shooting with it, but so far have loved the camera. I also got the 24-70 F4. Great lens, just wish it went out a little further. 24-105 or 24-120 would have been nice. Still, you get too much of a zoom ratio and things start...

I didn't actually take any pictures with the D3400. After checking it out, I repacked it and will give it to my daughter this evening. We'll check it out on the DSLRs then. We've got 3 months to put it through it's paces. A quick search showed it should work fine with my FTZ. Like I said...

Well, got tired of being stuck around the house, and wanted to take some pictures. I went out in the backyard for a few minutes and took this.

With some time on my hands stuck in the house, I thought I would look at some pictures I've taken several months ago and see if there were any that I dismissed at the time, and might just be decent pictures with a little help. I looked at some pictures from a trip to downtown Charleston back...

I have been thinking about getting my daughter a 105mm micro Nikon lens for her birthday. It will currently be used on her D5600. I could save a little money and get the DX model, but I think that it's worth spending a little more and getting FX lenses in case she decides to move to a full frame...

Well, I wish it was both of us going together. Like I said, I really enjoy our outings together. One of us has to be here with my wife, so I let her go and have a good time. I will enjoy it vicariously. I just got a text from her. She's having a great time, is now on the little excursion boat...

As I have alluded to recently, my wife has had some health issues recently, and right now requires a good bit of care. This has interfered with my daughter and I making photo trips together for the last couple months. My wife is now home from a rehab facility (no, not that kind of rehab)...

I've been looking at different ways of displaying prints. Wondering what everyone else is doing and maybe some unique ideas. This is what I've looked at/done. 1. Mat and frame. This is the definitive method IMO. The biggest down side is cost. Unless you have a business license and can buy from...

This is about the difference between technical knowledge vs having an eye for an image and an ability to translate that to a two dimensional format. Case in point, I am the techie when it comes to photography. I can rattle off info about the mechanics of photography, but sometimes have trouble...

Yes, we all know we need to backup our important files. I'll do that next week. Clovispup had her laptop die on her yesterday. She had bought a large capacity thumbdrive recently and was planning on backing up her photos soon. We have be very busy the last several weeks with a family issue...