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I was intentionally slicing the focus thin with the paperweights. In the laser etched solar system crystal ball I was curious about focus right in the middle. The pyramid focus-peaking had the surface of the blue ball as the plane of focus.

Honestly I cannot see anything like a fedora hat or older generation clothing. All I see is the slightly cartoony smiley face. Rest is jpg compression noise to my eyes.

Z MC 105mm lens has already arrived. That's 3 day service with the free shipping option. FedEx ground was unusually efficient once again. Some test photos in my tabletop photo studio.

He's a friendly looking fella. But I think it was your own reflection in the glass. Heavy local contrast, sharpen, desaturate to B/W, straighten, and some exposure tweaks in RawTherapee.

You...you photoshopper!! 😂

Thanks Brent. The lunch break photos are all about how fast I can find something to photograph and get some shots. So they may be far from technically perfect. ;)

Today's lunch break photo.

Well I should not have, but I had a 10% discount code to use. A used micro Z 105mm f/2.8 showed up at KEH available. It was 1 of 2 Z-mount lenses on my list to get next when I thought I could afford it. I really want a Z 14-24mm f/2.8 more but it would be insane for me to drop $2K on a purchase...

1 more purple martin.

Some more of the purple martin's majesty.

Some martens from Horicon Marsh wildlife refuge

Another quick lunchtime session. This time at Horicon Marsh wildlife refuge visitor center. Said hi to the purple martins. Wildflowers were shot using 15mm Zeiss Distagon lens and birds with Sigma 150-600mm C lens.

And 1 more thought. Try pushing the shutter release button. On at least 5 times when I have been out at night in the cold doing astrophotography I had the battery die as I was taking a long-exposure. With both my D7000 and D750 the mirror and shutter would stay up and a F000 error comes up...

AbbyTech, the original post author was describing what is apparently the camera having a function activated that disables the LiveView. Try rotating the function mode dial to M or maybe on AUTO. If the camera allows you to enter the setup menu, start looking for the reset to factory defaults...

Information here is lacking. So I have to guess and make assumptions as to your intentions. I think you are asking how to use manual mode for shooting beach volleyball outdoors instead of using the auto mode. Rotate mode dial to "M". Set ISO to 100 as a base and activate auto-ISO to help here...

Wow, I just don't have enough rattlesnakes in my neighborhood to even bother to think much. I do consider them in the rocky terrain of the Wisconsin driftless area which is where they mostly live here. Do you suppose it could have been a baby snake? Small fangs and not able to deliver much venom?

I am in a similar boat. I had to stop wearing contact lenses when I started to need different power for close-up. Bifocal contacts just did not work out for me with constant eye strain. So I finally went back to glasses for first time since my late teens. I decided at the time to go with 2...

It is my preference and goal to not over-process photos in post. And it can be very easy to get carried away. Instead of "perfect" I instead look to achieve balance with what is natural. That appears to put me outside the norm with what is in fashion now, but it's my art so my choice.

BTW, dust does not have to be black in your images, but the basic green, red, and blue specks are a bit more likely to be damaged pixels. I would have gone to a wet cleaning of the sensor with the sensor cleaner fluid on one of those wide sensor swabs. Then tried the pixel mapping menu item. It...

I bet your D3400 has a menu option to lock-up the mirror and shutter for sensor cleaning. You won't find that available on the Z5 no matter how hard you search for it. I won't say how I know that, don't bother asking! ;)