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I have solar filters and photographed 2 eclipses. My mistakes in 2017 generated lessons for 2024. Knowing there was just 1 shot to get right, I practiced. I got pretty good just photographing the sun and it's sunspots. A camera with a tilting rear screen really is a great aide for astro work...

Hi Leon, how did the partial eclipse go?

In my senior year (1985) I could request a pass from one of my math teachers each day to use an Apple IIe in the library's computer lab during one of my 3 study halls that semester. I spent over 8 weeks writing a slot machine simulation to kill time before goof-off time at lunch.

I was between 8th and 9th grades this month 45 years ago. Poor family, it was 1983 when I could convince my mother a Commodore VIC-20 was a good idea. If it was much higher in price than the $88 of that time I never would have it.

Good to know. Now to get confirmation on how a G series lens would work.

I use the Nikon FTZ-II. I did follow the news of the Monster Adapter from the time it was first announced. I lost interest after seeing the early production unit reviewed by Matt Granger. There are a lot of limitations I noticed, in particular only screw-drive AF lenses can focus, and even then...

I can sum up the overly breathy video. The Fuji is becoming a photography for fun camera. His Z8 is for working with. Look at many of Hudson Henry's videos for the past 2 years and he often repeats how he uses his Zf for personal and recreational use and his Z9 more for work. Bring out the...

All the talk of straps is about 1 decade old or more. I bought in to the Peak Design system about 7 years ago with a Slide and a matching Cuff. Then I purchased their Anchor Links to use on a legacy strap I rather liked to use since about 2010. Then I inherited some gear from my brother and...

I can remember 1 Christmas about 1981 or 82. My oldest brother bought new Kodak instant cameras for all his brothers and sisters...except me (I am the kid brother). 2 years later Kodak lost the patent lawsuit and they all had a door-stop. I think LuAnne took the recall credit and bought a Kodak...

Congrats all, as the voting tally shows it was difficult to pick just 1.

I do not know of any documentation to support my idea, but did you recently get a new aftermarket battery? Not that the battery would be unable to supply the demanded power, but the chip on the battery might be causing the camera to think it cannot keep up.

I think Canada is the same 120V 60Hz AC power as the rest of North America. You hear 110V used still to this day in the USA, but that is very outdated information that keeps living on across generations from people who don't understand. 120V has been the standard for longer than nearly anybody...

Entry 1: Patrick Marsh at Sun Prairie, WI on Aug 3. True EXIF data lost in stacking. Nikon Zf, Nikkor Z 14-24mm f/2.8S. Assembled in Sequator and GIMP, shot at 14mm. Foreground: 25sec, f/2.8, ISO 800, no filter Sky: 8-second, f/2.8, ISO 3200, light pollution filter, (99 exposures)

I bought a 2001 Wrangler new and drove it 18 years. Detroit giveth, rust taketh away.

8-6-26: Sun Prairie, WI by Railroad Street. Wisconsin and Southern train stopped to pick up some cars on the side-track servicing Sun Prairie Concrete.

On 8-3-2026 I tried a Milky Way landscape photo. Problem was, I had forgotten about a quirk in the Z camera bodies when shooting a time-lapse with the built-in feature. Nikon will not allow you to have manual control of shutter speed. You must select P or A mode to do the time-lapse. This was...

The distant one is the (historic) grain elevator. What you see closer in range is Sun Prairie Concrete and their mixing plant. That is who the cars were picked up from. ps: This building also is there in the background of the 1987 photo you shared to me Dan. Actually I think you may have been...

Four miles from home I crossed the WSOR track east of Sun Prairie, with a train moving my way. Trains move slow on those rickety old wooden ties that have to be 100 years old by now. I drove into town the long way due to road closures, positioned at Railroad Street and waited. That is the Chase...

First of all, a Z24-120mm f/4 is my personal choice. They are selling about $1000 USD or less at the usual online used gear outlets like KEH. It's a lens you would keep longer than the camera body. A solid 2nd choice in budget is Z24-200mm, but is a variable aperture zoom and slower. I...

A change of pace today. Had to visit Amish country. Yes the roads and highways have nearly as much to dodge as the parking spots. I don't think the horse was that happy to stand there in the rain either.