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  1. BF Hammer

    Nikon Image Space to be closed down very soon

    I got the announcement email this morning and confirmed on the web site. [Important: Notice Regarding the Termination of NIKON IMAGE SPACE Service] Thank you for using NIKON IMAGE SPACE. Due to changes in the market environment, the NIKON IMAGE SPACE service will be terminated on October 15...
  2. BF Hammer

    12-20 mm Tamron lens for ZF

    Video reviews have been mostly on Sony mount. But they are all positive and complimentary. Think since the Tamron has only been announced a couple weeks ago, I doubt anybody but pro reviewers have handled one. I already have and use a Z14-24mm f/2.8.
  3. BF Hammer

    Post your Moon Shots

    Here I used 29 of my photos taken from above and exposure stacked them with SiriL. Reduced the noise a bit so I could crop in. Not sure the details gained sharpness. Looks like the stack alignment is not perfect, the polar craters are less-defined but the middle region craters are enhanced.
  4. BF Hammer

    D600 got a day out with the ole AF-d lenses

    Maybe resize the photos a little smaller? I normally use a 28-105mm D f/3.5-4.5 with my infrared conversion D600. It focuses fine for landscape photos and most importantly, does not have an infrared hot-spot in the center.
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    Post your Moon Shots

    Since disassembling and cleaning my 500mm reflex Nikkor last winter, I had it in mind to try more astrophotography with it. It used to be somewhat fuzzy for moon photos. This is tonight: Zf, FTZ-II, 500mm f/8 Reflex Nikkor (from about 1981) + 2X teleconverter (of the cheapest full-manual kind)...
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    Blast from the past.

    There is some market value to expired film if you are not going to shoot it. I only have my grandmother's Agfa brownie-clone for 120 though. Don't forget I shot 2 rolls of 20-year-old T-Max 35mm last year. I did nothing special with exposure, just showed the expiration date on the box to the...
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    22 year old Coolpix 8700 still going

    I have my CoolPix 995 (the swivel-body style camera) still. I did charge my batteries and test it when I attempted to add it in to my box of gear for trade-in credit to get my Zf. It was instantly rejected. I had the camera converted to infrared about 10 or 11 years ago and it got a short 2nd...
  8. BF Hammer

    BF Hammer 2026: Me and my Zf

    8-20: First quarter phase moon. Only 1 clear shot before the clouds spoiled the further photo attempts.
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    BF Hammer 2026: Me and my Zf

    8-21 Fennimore, WI railroad museum: I watched a Youtube video this last week showing short lines on the 1970's Milwaukee Road network in Iowa and Wisconsin. I watched footage of a train driving past this site which was the depot then. Railroad since torn up, and a model railroad-centric museum...
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    Post your Train shots!

    Ten weeks ago was all about the Big Boy. Today I present, The Dinky. 😁
  11. BF Hammer

    Weekly Challenge Aug 19th - Aug 25th "Converging lines & Linear perspective"

    Feed it coal and water it, should grow to be big and strong. ;)
  12. BF Hammer

    August 2026 Monthly Assignment: "After Dark"

    Entry #2: First quarter is not the worst quarter. Got 1 mostly clear shot before the clouds obscured. Clouds also ruined my attempt at Earthshine last weekend.
  13. BF Hammer

    Wildlife advice please

    You may want to start looking at the exif data of @bryanpereira photos to get a base line. He uses a Z9 but your Z8 is nearly it's equal. I would favor the Z8 because of the animal eye AF. It truly works. As for a lens to get your desired whiskers-on-muzzle sharp results, that often involves a...
  14. BF Hammer

    Monster in the house

    Unfortunate, but the public needs to know about your experience.
  15. BF Hammer

    Tips for photographing a marine aquarium with a Nikon Z5II

    The stacked sensor of the Z5-II has a base ISO of 100 where it performs best, but a "second base level" ISO 800 where the noise level dips again on a graph. So you would do better to run ISO 800 than 400 from a noise reduction perspective. I know the learning curve gets steeper if you change to...
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    Monster in the house

    Keep bringing in reports on this adapter. Tourist posters do drop in to ask about it every few months. I am down to just 2 screw-drive AF lenses, and 1 of those is the 35-70mm (normally for my N70).
  17. BF Hammer

    Bring a camera... or not? If so, what kind?

    I have the same problem. Ergonomics of controlling a phone and on moving after jabbing the screen to start focus. Then you can count to 5 before my photo actually is captured on my Motorola sometimes. Trying to do a mobile deposit is a comedy show for me.
  18. BF Hammer

    Lens caps, right side up, or doesn't matter.

    Oddly enough, each time I unclipped then reattached this National Geographic strap, I always put the logo side on the right. It worked equally well either way. From this thread last week.
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    Lens caps, right side up, or doesn't matter.

    Don't care, some of my lens caps have no logo.
  20. BF Hammer

    Hippo Challenge

    Photographer for the win!
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