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  1. BF Hammer

    Secretary

    Just some generic thoughts here. I have CD's full of software from the 1995-2005 era that are mostly unusable now because Windows won't run them now unless you experiment with emulation. I have several devices that interfaced to computers then, but today the required device drivers have not been...
  2. BF Hammer

    Live mode switch not working on Nikon D 5100.

    https://www.nikonusa.com/en/service-and-support/service-and-repair.page It will not be a DIY project. Get a quote on repair.
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    Live mode switch not working on Nikon D 5100.

    Simple answer is that it needs repair. If the screen stops working flush to back but works when extended away from back, I would conclude the connecting cable has broken and must be replaced.
  4. BF Hammer

    Live mode switch not working on Nikon D 5100.

    Elaine, if the camera is new to you it could be wise to move past the no LiveView bit and see exactly what works and does not work. You may just have a broken camera. You may just be missing something in trying to activate LiveView. But my move would be to use the viewfinder and try taking...
  5. BF Hammer

    Mid-afternoon sun

    I answer to all. :)
  6. BF Hammer

    Mid-afternoon sun

    It's astrophotography, but definitely not nightime or low-light. This is another practice run for next April's solar eclipse. I will do another run on a less-hot day and try to dial in my tracking telescope mount without having any stars to align to (besides the sun). This is with Z5, Sigma...
  7. BF Hammer

    Post your favorite May 2023 shot

    Again, just 1 photo session for the month. Some quick shots during a lunch break as I traveled for work. My company car broke and stranded me less than an hour after this. It's still waiting to get a new engine. The hazy gray sky is all fire smoke. Been a lot of that to contend with.
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    Post your favorite April shot 2023

    I think I only have this photo for the month. Practicing for next year's solar eclipse. Wish I picked a better day for sunspots.
  9. BF Hammer

    Post your favorite June 2023 shot

    Just a random pick among my best in June. Liberty Pole Park in rural Monroe county, WI.
  10. BF Hammer

    Suggestions for using the Diopter (d5500)

    And if you are ignoring the indicators in the viewfinder, then just let autofocus do it's job and adjust the diopter for clear image in viewfinder. But as Fred says, it does not affect photos unless you keep manually focusing and don't notice the in-focus dot at the bottom of the viewfinder.
  11. BF Hammer

    Post your macro photos here

    Infrared dragonfly.
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    BF Hammer's 2023 Phantasic Photos

    Another lunch break set. Turtle Creek near Clinton, WI. All-infrared today, only had the converted D600 to use. A genuine archeological artifact on the walking path. Bet it has been there 45-50 years.
  13. BF Hammer

    Non-Nikon birds-raptors-fowl

    Walked outside to a business parking lot and found this hawk easily close enough to throw a rock at. I only had my cellphone or my Lumix DSC-ZS6 superzoom point-n-shoot. The Panasonic is much easier to shoot with, and the Leica lens zooms 12X. I keep it full-time in my go-bag that I normally...
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    BF Hammer's 2023 Phantasic Photos

    Sorry, I took these with my Lumix. I walked out of a business where I was doing a job and there was this hawk, easily close enough to throw rocks at it. It was either fumble with my work cellphone or grab the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS6 that I keep in my go-bag full-time. I do appreciate the...
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    BF Hammer's 2023 Phantasic Photos

    July 15: Canada has again generously shared more wildfire smoke to block out the sky and choke our lungs. Thought I might get a fiery red sky for sunset, so I staked out a VFW post next to the airport. Could not see the thick clouds at the west horizon through the haze and that killed the plans...
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    BF Hammer's 2023 Phantasic Photos

    I'm sure most were out photographing parades or fireworks on July 4th. I just wandered around my sister's home photographing planters and lawn ornaments. I was lightly mocked as I photographed the cardinal ornament, but I like how it came out. Nikon Z5 with Carl Zeiss 15mm f/2.8
  17. BF Hammer

    Eastern Amberwing

    Here be dragons!
  18. BF Hammer

    Z6ii firmware update

    Don't have a Z6, but I think I would be trying out "Only when flash is not used". Having a live view of exposure real-time is an advantage for mirrorless bodies.
  19. BF Hammer

    Longer exposure than 30 seconds?

    Electrically an intervalometer is a switch that activates the shutter release. Difference from a shutter release cable is that the release cable requires you to hold the release button in bulb mode and time the exposure with your own clock and fingers. The intervalometer has it's own timer...
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    Longer exposure than 30 seconds?

    An intervalometer that plugs into the remote shutter release connector of the camera, or else tether the camera to a PC by USB cable and use an app like DigiCamControl. The intervalometer option is versatile and not that expensive. You can use it to make time-lapse series also, which is the...
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