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@DrJ are you taking the time to store the manual lenses focal lengths under the Non-CPU lens data? I can save up to 20 on my Z5. Once done and you select the lens when installed, the focus peaking works perfectly. If the speed of the lens is also saved you will be able to control aperture from...

Update to ViewNX. That is what replaced Nikon View years ago. https://www.nikonusa.com/p/viewnx/NVNX/overview

Earlier in the summer.

Of these I only have the 24-70mm f/4. Generally speaking, image quality is a compromise as you increase the zoom range on a lens. I remember watching a video by Thomas Heaton when he switched back to Nikon with a Z7II. He sampled the Z24-70 f/4, Z24-120 f/4 and Z24-200. No surprise, he preferred...

The biggest hurdle here is pixel density of the sensor. You have a big boost using a Z8 here. When I last photographed Jupiter I did it with a 16MP D7000 which actually has a denser pixels than my current 24MP full frame cameras. You don't need perfect tracking, but a tracker that can keep the...

Frankly, I do not see great choices being made in the exposure settings for the dark exposures. The portrait would be best done with a flash to fill in the shadows and face. You are using center-metering instead of Matrix-metering. There are times and circumstances for each. The center of your...

It's not an easy thing to do. I've attempted lighting a couple times over the years. I think it takes a lot of time and chasing storms to get the spectacular shots.

FYI, it could factor in to your choices that MPB is in New York and KEH is Atlanta. I expect your time to ship to and from KEH might be overnight.

Oh yeah, it's an infrared conversion. Looks like a 720nm IR filter used. So selling to an individual is really going to be a right person, right time sort of thing. May take months as this sort of photography is done more in the summer. Your quickest option to sell the camera is to use a...

The Z 70-180 f/2.8 is supposed to be the budget model. Really it's a rebranded Tamron lens.

No real issues other than the published limitations of the FTZ adapter. I did have a Tamron 90mm that had a documented problem with AF. But that apparently is a rare kind of thing and Tamron can replace a circuit board in their lens to address it. I decided to upgrade to a 105mm Nikon Z lens...

No real need to post the Raw file, but what I want to see is how green leaves will look in the photo. That is the big characteristic of infrared, green leaves and grass turn white when the white balance is properly adjusted. I have a thread of infrared photos that I really should bring up to...

I did a bit of WB adjustment. I cannot do an extreme adjustment on a JPG like I can on a Raw image. But I substituted in the WB color temperature from one of my infrared photos on to your's. This has me thinking more that it is an IR conversion. Short answer, it is not worth trying to convert...

Take it outside and photograph something with green leaves or some kind of evergreen tree or shrub. That will be what tells me if the visible-spectrum filter on the camera sensor was removed and either replaced with an infrared-pass sensor or a clear sensor for full-spectrum. People pay $300+ to...

Here is an image from my own infrared-converted camera set as Auto White-Balance. Then if you take a White Balance preset reading off of green grass it will make an image like this.

We cannot view your photos in the link unless you share them to everyone. Red pink description has me wondering if it has been infrared modified. You would not know that looking on the exterior of the camera, but the photos will make it evident.

From a personal perspective, a focus point for this style of photography is irrelevant to taking the photos. Metering exposure is manual and focus is also. I do make use of a focus point to zoom in the live view on a star when I do the focusing. I also center the focus point and use that as my...

Now I'm confused. What function does BBF or SBF have when you manually set focus with your eyes? Wait, do you have that shutter release on focus feature turned on? For the record I plug in a remote shutter release. I have 2, a plain remote and a programmable intervalometer kind. Or I tether to...

Switch off AF as soon as you have it where you want. Infinity focus is good for the entire night sky. My focus process is to pick a bright star, zoom the display in as far as it goes and manually adjust until the star is as tight of a point as can be. That is infinity focus. Then aim on target...

The lost focus may really be fogging in the lens. It's very common and addressed with an inexpensive USB powered lens heater wrap.