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Re: Moon HDR Thought I'd give it a try with the new lens.

After playing around with the HEAVY 200-500, I'm thinking I need a monopod. I dug out an old shooting stick that had a broken rest on top. Fortunately, that rest attaches with a 1/4 20 stud. I tried it out in the yard, and found I liked it, but it is definitely too flimsy for 6.5 pounds of lens...

I haven't tried the enhance feature yet. Have you had good luck with it? I like that Gigapixel is a buy vs rental. Since I have Lightroom and PS, I probably should try that first and switch if I like what I see and want more. Edited: I tried the enhance in LR. It obviously is hardware...

When I got the new 200-500 tele to use on my Z5, I was thinking that if I needed more reach, I could just mount it on my D3400 body, and would have an effectively longer lens. I realize that there are advantages of the full frame sensor beyond MP, but both the half and full frame sensor are...

This is old school movies. I have one like it sitting in a closet somewhere around the house. I also have a pile of movies my dad shot with it back in the 60s. A $40 cell phone runs rings around it these days for video.

My wife was recently diagnosed with type2 diabetes. RN and doc suggested we try the Freestyle Libre system. This is one of the new technologies that has filtered down to the patients. It consists of a sensor patch that is applied to the back of the arm, and a reader that wirelessly reads it. The...

After getting the 200-500 lens, I discovered my current camera bag was not going to cut it. The Pup has had this backpack bag in a different color for a while and has been happy with it. I decided to try one and see how it goes. Price was pretty good, and quality seems good. The only down...

If you are like me, you like to occasionally change the background on your computer to one of the images you have recently shot. It's great when they have that "new photo" smell. Most of you have noticed that there are some pictures that seem to work better as a background, than other images...

For some reason the dragonflies seem to really like the antenna on my old beater car as a perch. Almost every time I go out the door there is one resting on the little ball tip of it. Some are a little skittish and others will let me get quite close. Unfortunately, it doesn't present the most...

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.