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  1. BF Hammer

    CAMERAS USED ON FLICKER

    It basically is a list of most used cameras. Canon might be a bit over-reprepresented compared to Sony's numbers.
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    Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 pancake lens

    The price was reduced to $79 for Amazon Days, so I bought. I have been using a cheap pancake style lens as a body cap for the past year, and the concept has been working for me. So I decided to upgrade to autofocus and AI chip on board. My blurry, handheld photo of the Viltrox Z 28mm f/4.5...
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    A week in with my new Zf

    I did edit/create my own B/W Picture Control recipe on camera. I just modified the existing "Monochrome" and gave it a red digital filter and increased contrast. Then I downloaded a couple of recipes to the camera from Nikon Cloud and gave "Vintage Film" a try. First the standard color profile...
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    Weekly Challenge April 1st - 7th "Beauty In Age"

    I applied a "vintage negative film" Picture Control recipe and cropped like a Kodak Instamatic 126 camera.
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    Which lens is the best for video shooting?

    Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 Art. It is always mentioned as a top DX format video lens.
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    A week in with my new Zf

    Oh boy, Spring Amazon Days happened. I bought more stuff. What I will not bother reviewing much is the mostly-matched spec Lexar SD card and Micro-SD card. I bought Lexar Silver Series+ 128GB cards, SD card can write up to 160MB/sec and the Micro-SD card should write up to 150MB/sec. Now...
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    EN-EL15 battery charging today

    I have another week of testing now and I have concluded that this charger combination works about the same speed as the Nikon charger, more or less, with a single battery charging. With 2 batteries installed, it will charge both at a slower rate, but with the time saving of charging 2 at once...
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    Constant dust issue with the ZFc

    I did not have time to research earlier, but I suspected early that the Zfc did not have the auto sensor cleaning option that the full-frame bodies have. That vibrates the sensor with the in-body-image-stabilization system to shake dust off when the camera is powered down. Many people turn it...
  9. BF Hammer

    Post your favorite March 2026 shot

    I think this one has equal visual appeal to the F4 silhouette photo.
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    Buying OEM EN-EL12 and EN-EL14a batteries in 2026?

    I am not afraid of Wasabi Power batteries. The only problem I have had was older pre-mirrorless en-el15 being rejected in a Z-mount body. They do update their chips in new batteries as that happens.
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    editing software for newbie

    I will back @nikonbill up. The D3s is not the correct vintage to load picture control profiles on.
  12. BF Hammer

    nice shirt?

    Anybody else found Harper Finch t-shirts yet? I bought a batch of 3 after learning about them from petapixel. https://harperfinch.co/
  13. BF Hammer

    BF Hammer 2026: Me and my Zf

    Brigham Park at Blue Mounds, WI. Friday lunchtime and no assignment from dispatch.
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    Weekly Challenge March 25th - March 31th "Time"

    Time to clean my watch crystal.
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    EN-EL15 battery charging today

    EN-EL15 battery packs. We use them for 15 or so years now. There have been 3 versions, currently on C. Nikon created the MH-25 battery charger and generously provided one with new cameras that used the EN-EL15. That is until recent years. The European Union is mandating that E-waste be...
  16. BF Hammer

    Vote for Weekly Challenge March 18th - 24th "Golden Hour Silhouettes"

    Thank you everyone. I actually had a mic-drop feeling as I reviewed that photo on the camera. ;)
  17. BF Hammer

    Another Dock Dogs and a question

    Nice photos Clovis, and the dog owners certainly should have a way to see them, or even get a copy. If you have registered your Nikon cameras online, you have benefits that come with that. That includes photo hosting on Nikon Image Space. You get free storage that can be upgraded as you need...
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    A week in with my new Zf

    The bubble level was a bonus included with a replacement viewfinder cushion I bought a couple of years ago. Turning on a level display in the D750 and also Z5 was not convenient and did not stick. I do have the level display turned on for the ZF so it's mostly there because I have the thing.
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    A week in with my new Zf

    A true L-bracket option for Zf with the portrait-mode dovetail is very difficult to find. So I took to looking around for universal style L-brackets, inspired by something Hudson Henry showed in a video that he uses for his Zf. What happened is that I rediscovered this Z5 bracket I bought and...
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