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  1. BF Hammer

    24mp v 40+mp post crop

    I think it is a bigger deal shooting wildlife, aircraft, and many astro subjects. Personally that is the direction I am working towards. But quality lenses is the higher priority to me, and a bigger difference maker for any subject. I have 2 or 3 lenses I want in the kit yet before I get a Z8...
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    Have you heard about LightCraft yet?

    After a false start installing the non-optimal way in Linux Mint, I used the Launcher app to just install PhotoCraft and LightCraft. It is a little slow, but keep in mind I am using a vintage 2011 PC and I reverted back to using the original HDD after removing the SSD I upgraded to 5 years ago...
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    Have you heard about LightCraft yet?

    I did wipe clean my old PC and gave it a clean Linux Mint install 2 weekends ago. May be a good trial platform to check out LightCraft and PhotoCraft. It's actually running more happy since I unburdened it from Windows 11, and all my usual photo apps are originally Linux projects, other than...
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    Have you heard about LightCraft yet?

    I watched the F-stoppers video. Looks to me like it needs some more time to bake. And Adobe's legal team needs time for the ink to dry on the cease and desist letter and send it with a courier. And the open-source alternative to MS Office has been out there and working well for 20+ years...
  5. BF Hammer

    Oops something went wrong... message

    Had to wait a bit for it to happen again to me.
  6. BF Hammer

    Problem with corrupted files

    Delete the corrupted files, reformat the memory card, and move on?
  7. BF Hammer

    Oops something went wrong... message

    It is interesting I can see a notification flag and click it to read the pop-up. So that module is not involved in the breakdown.
  8. BF Hammer

    Autofocus problem

    I am imagining you might be using back-button focus and are not properly in AF-C mode. Combined with the menu setting of release on focus only active. If you lift your thumb off the AF-on button you can lose the focus from movement in the time you take to press the shutter release. Sometimes you...
  9. BF Hammer

    Oops something went wrong... message

    I had not seen the error screen for months until most of yesterday.
  10. BF Hammer

    Upgrade to Nikon Z6 111 + Nikkor Z180-600V f5.6-6.3 VR lens + Z 1.4 teleconverter ?

    OP typed "111" when I believe he meant to type "III" so he is looking at Z6III. My Zf is going to have about the same AF and sensor performance, and I noticed a lot of AF improvement stepping up from a Mk1 Z5.
  11. BF Hammer

    Hi New Member. Old Nikon 5700

    Are you running a birding club? If you have several and 2 don't work, just pick up one that does work. Keep the repair money in your pocket. That said, I would expect the issue is broken ribbon cable connecting the swing-out screen before a full failure of the LCD panel. But even then some...
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    Upgrade to Nikon Z6 111 + Nikkor Z180-600V f5.6-6.3 VR lens + Z 1.4 teleconverter ?

    I don't see any fault in the equipment selected. I used to own a D750 and used it with a Sigma 150-600mm C, but I never had a teleconverter. I kind of get the performance you are trying to upgrade on. I still have the Sigma and adapt it to my current Z body (was a Z5, now I have a Zf). My next...
  13. BF Hammer

    can anyone help why are my settings arent showing in the viewfinder?

    I'll ask the stupid question. If you half-press the shutter release, do you see them then? I remember a timer for the display to be active in my D750.
  14. BF Hammer

    Post your favorite September 2026 shot(s)

    I'm confident I won't top this photo by tomorrow.
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    BF Hammer 2026: Me and my Zf

    9/29: Stopped for lunch at Horicon Marsh. No wildlife in the close-up sense and I am a bit crippled this month to walk out there. So some wide-angle of the nation's largest cattail marsh, or the small bit of it we can view at the southern end.
  16. BF Hammer

    Connecting SnapBridge app to Nikon Z5

    Nikon cameras won't send video in Bluetooth mode. You can only use Snapbridge as a simple remote control that way. This is why I think you are trying to do something impossible. In Wi-Fi mode your Z5 creates the wifi network that you join with the iPhone. That mode will send video data from...
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    Connecting SnapBridge app to Nikon Z5

    I don't quite follow what your intended function is to be with Bluetooth. After you get a successful connection via Bluetooth, you petty much are limited to controlling the shutter-release and related functions. There is no photo transfers or LiveView available in app, certainly no way to change...
  18. BF Hammer

    Vote for Weekly Challenge Sept 16th - Sept 22nd "B&W Landscape"

    Congrats Woody! But wow, I thought I had a real contender here. 🤔
  19. BF Hammer

    Weekly Challenge Sept 23rd - Sept 29th "Toys"

    I actually have been extremely selective of which yo-yos and tops I threw into my studio light cube here.
  20. BF Hammer

    September 2026 Monthly Assignment: Yard Art

    @Robin W : When did you travel back in time and photograph my mother's back lawn? :D
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