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  1. BF Hammer

    How to Turn Off Auto ISO on D500

    I wonder if you unintentionally customized the front dial function?
  2. BF Hammer

    Advice please upgrade for birds

    It makes sense. Really you would be looking at a D850 as the upgrade and still be using optical viewfinder. D500 if you want the crop in-camera instead of in-post. There will not be any newer options. Your biggest limitation is the 24MP sensor of the D780, which limits the amount of crop you may...
  3. BF Hammer

    BF Hammer 2026: Me and my Zf

    I just keep finding railroad-related photos this past month. 6-10-2026 I was going to photograph the restored depot and along comes a train. Major storm was rolling in, got the shots before the clouds.
  4. BF Hammer

    Post your Train shots!

    For not having really tried railroad photography prior to 1 month ago, I keep doing more. Total dumb luck today. I stopped for lunch at Whitewater, WI at the old rail depot. Site is on the fringe of a city park and the building refurbished. I was contemplating how to approach this scene as I...
  5. BF Hammer

    BF Hammer 2026: Me and my Zf

    Never had a strong urge to do that yet. Yeah, the first location had the screen so washed out I could not see how crooked I was. But the video was my last priority in things.
  6. BF Hammer

    Post your Train shots!

    6-2-2026: Sterling IL near the causeway on the Rock River. Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy leaving it's whistle-stop downtown. Inserted video in my Project 360 thread. Not particularly proud other than I successfully juggled setting up and operating 3 cameras at the same time at 2 locations.
  7. BF Hammer

    Post your Train shots!

    6-2-2026 West of Galt, IL. Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy on it's tour across the USA. I am the one person who is bat-poop crazy enough to use an infrared camera to photograph Big Boy.
  8. BF Hammer

    Post your Train shots!

    From 6-2-2026 west of Galt, IL. Union Pacific train of flatbed cars loaded with cargo containers. Four engines up front.
  9. BF Hammer

    BF Hammer 2026: Me and my Zf

    6-2-2026: Same places in infrared. Bonus short-but-crappy video. Yes I was operating 3 cameras at the same time. Sun was so bright I could not even really see the screen on my Lumix to preview the video framing.
  10. BF Hammer

    BF Hammer 2026: Me and my Zf

    6-2-2026: Two locations around Sterling, IL
  11. BF Hammer

    BF Hammer 2026: Me and my Zf

    5-28-2026: Kenosha WI at the harbor on Lake Michigan.
  12. BF Hammer

    Post your latest purchases.

    @bluzman An extremely small possibility you could have bought my D750 I traded away in March. :D If I remember right, the D780 was mostly a D750 with some improvements in video and LiveView. Not much new offered for stills photographers.
  13. BF Hammer

    Z5ii Auto-ISO - Solved

    He used the front command wheel to change the setting
  14. BF Hammer

    help with focus

    If it was left to auto subject dectection, it was likely searching for eyes on people to focus on.
  15. BF Hammer

    help with focus

    3D tracking is going to follow a subject it has locked on to in depth as well as up-down and side-side. Highly recommended for birds in flight, moving vehicles, and sports that have people moving quickly. Did you have your D750 only using the central focus points or were you using the full grid...
  16. BF Hammer

    Frustration with Nikon Imaging Cloud software

    When Imaging Cloud is configured right, you can send images from camera to Google Photos, Nikon Image Space and other services directly. Nearly as easy as posting a cellphone image to Instagram.
  17. BF Hammer

    Post your Train shots!

    https://www.kenoshastreetcarsociety.org/history
  18. BF Hammer

    Post your favorite May 2026 shot

    I liked my wind turbines from the beginning of the month. But it took me 3 work trips to finally walk away with a streetcar photo I was looking for. So if not my favorite, it was more satisfying.
  19. BF Hammer

    Frustration with Nikon Imaging Cloud software

    I only tested Imaging Cloud when I got my Zf. But connecting to a Wi-Fi router in general has proven to be a road full of potholes. I find best to use the 5G option and there is some option for authentication security. By default it is Auto, but that was a fail for me until I changed to a manual...
  20. BF Hammer

    Post your Train shots!

    OK, not a train. An overhead-electric very light rail streetcar. In Kenosha, WI and it's pretty sneaky too.
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