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You raise a point I forgot. His lens may have fogged up. It kind of fits the circumstances. I use a USB-powered lens-wrap anti-dew heater for those early morning sessions. Again, a cheap item to buy off Amazon...

I do not think your D7000 is to blame. Until 5 years ago I was using a D7000 and Sigma 150-600mm lens for my astro work. I do not have a Star Adventurer 2i. I use Skywatcher's AZ-GTi and that uses the SynScan app to control it. Is that used with the Star Adventurer 2? I don't actually know. But...

If you would be open to used gear, Nikon SB-600 speedlights regularly are priced $60-$80 these days at camera stores that take trade-ins. I had to pay $260 for mine when it was new. SB-800's are out there also but get priced twice as much. If you only are wanting a single speed light in the...

I think of bracketing as fail-safe for certain situations with varying light conditions. Think like the eclipse last April. I bracketed all the shots because there was no do-over and time was far too limited. Each photo was a 5-shot burst with bracketing. But that leads to my issue with...

You are getting there! Yes, use the soft-box and even place the lens directly on it pointing down. Should give uniform and consistent light that way so you could automate the post processing a bit. Color is looking a bit flat, but understand it could be accurate due to the nature of military...

If my current telescope mount were to take a bullet to save my life, I think I would look to the Star Adventurer GTi now. This version was introduced after I bought the AZ-GTi. The payload was bumped up by 1KG and they added the WiFi feature to make it a go-to mount now.

I almost forgot I bookmarked this older product. Guy in the UK makes them. Less expensive but you have to supply your own light source. That is a bigger trick to keep the color temp uniform from batch to batch than most people would expect. https://clifforth.co.uk/#BUY

I have been so close to buying one of these a couple of times this past year. I kind of want something I can do Kodak 110 and 620 film negatives on also. Those would be my childhood cameras and I still have a stack of negatives around. https://www.valoi.co/easy35

I use a Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi. There has been a newer generation available for the past couple of years now. I bought mine nearly 5 years ago. The AZ-GTi specifically is the wrong kind of telescope mount to use for astrophotography. As designed, it works as an Alt-Az mount for a telescope and does...

Lake Geneva, WI on the 1st day of the month. D600 IR conversion, 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5, A-mode f/10. 8 images shot portrait mode. Stitched with Hugin.

Honestly, I used P mode mostly with my D80 for about 3 years. I figured if the auto exposure worked, why force things? I eventually evolved to A and S modes, but full manual is only if they won't do the job I ask.

That is half the going prices of 3 years ago. The supply continues to lag behind demand, but I think the Zf is changing that.

It will take photos with a FTZ adapter. But it has no autofocus motor so you would have to manual focus everything. That is going to be the case with any D series lens. They rely on an autofocus motor inside a camera body. I have once read about a Chinese brand making an adapter with an AF...

About your daughter relying on P-mode: I do not see switching to tactile dials as a way to change that. It is the fact that the Auto and P-mode exists that it is used. A DF still has those. I only see the Df as a secondary body to use. The feature set is a serious downgrade from a D750 or D780...

Summing things up, only you would be able to answer that question. Here's a link to the review at a lens review site I regularly use. https://www.imaging-resource.com/lenses/nikon/18-300mm-f3.5-5.6g-ed-vr-dx-af-s-nikkor/review/ I have not used the lens, no personal experience. But the link...

Appears the forum had to compress the file a lot. It is much sharper on my PC. I could share from imgur but that site compresses also. Link to the clearer image shared on Google photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/d4EUwzcpGjHEht4GA Lake Geneva in Wisconsin is obviously named after the more...

From the same Aug 1 photoshoot, this is a pano series I shot angled upward a bit and and also stitched from 15 exposures. This one was assembled by AutoStitch which I think is doing a nicer job with the blending. I desaturated the original infrared images to B/W before stitching. Lake Geneva...

Or a blue-green algae bloom. Common for a lake, but I have never been to an ocean.

Nearly ran over 3 this morning...oh wait, I'm in Wisconsin!

There is a small chance of aurora also. The geomagnetic storm forecasted has not really happened but there was activity in Canada Saturday night-early Sunday. Edit: my phone app (AuroraReach) is showing KP is up to 5 now as the sun begins to set in Wisconsin. Medium chance for Aurora. Fair...