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80-400mm sounds like a micro-four-thirds size lens. That makes 160-800mm full frame equivalent, and 120-600mm equivalent on DX crop sensor like the D5500. Am I misreading your question? It's an odd zoom range.

Clovis, don't you sometimes wish that Nikon would make that Z body viewfinder so it could swivel up and be used like the old-type 90-degree viewfinder adapters? Or swivel to any angle between 0 and 90? It's a trick many mini-camcorders featured with their EVF in decades gone by. I think it...

Where you have the camera during this time is not shared. Is this in your car parked out in freezing cold?

I have used the wet swabs on DSLR sensors and my Z5. Yes, try to blow off with a rocket blower first. Honestly, the Z bodies are very easy to clean by swab. You remove the lens and the sensor is right there and close to the opening. No inspection light needed. It also helps to turn on the auto...

I have a wristwatch collection. I also play with skill toys such as yo-yos and spin tops. I do it less in recent years. Have some trophies from contests.

Yes, doing an exposure stretch similar to how I enhance astrophotography images looks like a good way here. What it involves is the Color Levels tool (in GIMP, have no idea what they call it in Adobe-speak) where you see the histogram and a slider with 3 pointers on it. Move the left and right...

RawTherapee has a de-haze tool. It will mostly crank up the contrast and black level. I don't touch it much. Maybe try stretching exposure in GIMP... I'm going to give it a try now.

Really the military and air controllers pronounce it "zulu" but welcome aboard anyway! :)

This thread is a bit obsolete today. The forum software was changed since the prior post in 2018. There is GIMP for Mac. Www.gimp.org

News to me. Mirrorless bodies do that, but I didn't know of any DSLR body that does.

I've never tried to turn that off on a DSLR. I wonder if it turns off if you activate the composition assist grid?

Not sure what you are asking here. Could it be Autofocus Point Illumination or Autofocus Point Display? On my D750 those are on the Setup Menu>Autofocus.

Look into lulu.com. It's a print on demand self publishing service. 8.5x11 photo calendars can be done for yourself at cost, which is around $10-$11 each. You can also add a buck or 2 for your markup and point others who admire your work to buy there. ;)

My way: RawTherapee, with my screenshot below. Notice on the right I am under the color adjustment tab and there is a film negative tool there. RawTherapee is free, download here.

Slipperman, happy you extracted the cap! But I had no idea what tools you had at your disposal, so I went to the handyman's secret weapon. Clovis, the BF hammer is always an option. However it is always the last option. LOL

Yeah, I was about to edit the post for the Nikon exception to the rule.

I think of the embarrassing things so you don't have to. Lefty-loosey, Righty-tighty? Opposite that for Nikon mounts. Also is it some weird aftermarket cap that might lock on and require pressing the lens release button? Beyond that, try making a large wadded ball out of duck tape, with sticky...

If you are unhappy with the tripod mount, we have an aftermarket option now. Arca-Swiss mounting built-in, and it looks like some consideration for gripping in the hand. What I cannot say is how secure it mounts to the lens. Doesn't look too different from the Nikon original that way...

I never owned either lens. The 17-35mm has a very bad reputation on full-frame cameras as it has softness on the edges that is not so pronounced on a crop-sensor DX camera body. The 18-55 also suffers from this to a lesser degree. So it would help to know if you intend to put the lens on a...

After ending 2023 on a high note, let's drop the expectations down a bit to begin 2024. Unable to get a view of eagles in the fog at a new spot. Tried a landscape shot instead.