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    Nikonbill's 2026 random photos

    Yesterday was our second time at Fort Indian Town Gap for the Royal Firtillary butterfly walk
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    Nikonbill's 2026 random photos

    One more from the cottage - these two chairs President Grant used to sleep in moved in this position. He had trouble laying down due to his throat cancer. Our guide pointed out they had been reupholstered in the 1920's due to wear from the grand kids something modern preservationist would not...
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    Nikonbill's 2026 random photos

    Getting ready for musket firing
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    What's gone wrong with my owl?

    I recently purchased my D850 (before new are all gone) with the goal of it being very similar in layout (controls) and getting similar results as my D500 should something happen to it, and leave money for a 500pf in the future As Clovishound indicated and I find the same the 46mp FF and the...
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    What's gone wrong with my owl?

    Both points are true - however we are not comparing the same size sensor that is the key point So much has been documented on the smaller vers larger sensor (searchable both in mostly positive and a few negative ways) I don't want to beat it to death yet again. My experience is you need a 46mp...
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    What's gone wrong with my owl?

    The pixel density of the APS-C sensor is quite a bit higher than the full frame 24mp sensor and should allow more crop than the 24mp full frame This is one of the hallmarks of the D500 - closer is always better though in any shot
  7. nikonbill

    What's gone wrong with my owl?

    I agree with needa staying steady that far out is a gamble. That said don't ever not try, I have had your result many times but the time you do get a usable shot it's worth some failures. You are doing great, keep shooting
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    Nikonbill's 2026 random photos

    The impersonator was very good he spoke of his time and declined commenting on our time. It was really fun, and he knew his history very well. What I call good trip carma
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    What's gone wrong with my owl?

    I definitely have the "Forgot to hit the button" T-shirt
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    What's gone wrong with my owl?

    Hark's comments on AF-C default operation and your own on BBF (just starting) I wonder if you just didn't hit the button?
  11. nikonbill

    What's gone wrong with my owl?

    Give yourself time with BBF it took a while for me. It's not "nessasary" but it helped me You can use NX Studio to show the focus point/s easily - it's free from Nikon the nice thing with the Nikon software is it show what the camera/lens did do (what point hit where). I use Affinity by...
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    Nikonbill's 2026 random photos

    The real flowers simply left to dry - I learned much I did not know about US Grant. This stop will spark digging deeper into his history
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    Nikonbill's 2026 random photos

    Much to my surprise photography inside was permitted
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    Nikonbill's 2026 random photos

    A little trip magic happened on a stop to General/President US Grants cottage (where he spent his last 6 weeks) it was June 19th and we were in perfect timing for a program by Fredric Douglas
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    What's gone wrong with my owl?

    Thanks, I agree it does look like something else, but I have had my D500-200/500 do something similar when experimenting with that focus mode. I'm not sure if you use back button focus but if you do you can program other buttons for different focus modes. As an example I have single point on my...
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