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    New kitten

    My daughter's kitten Beauchamp de Miragerie is now 4 months old. He's wild! :p:D:cool: D3S + 400/2.8VR. Obviously 400 mm is a bit tight indoors but anything shorter and the little fellow would be licking and playing with the lens leaving no portrait options. 20190708-_D3S3016b by foppa2011, on...
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    Astrophotography Lens suggestions?

    The 10.5/2.8 Fisheye Nikkor is a superb lens. There's one caveat though. On your camera body that lens does not autofocus. It is of the older AF design, not AF-S or AF-P which both have the autofocus motor in the lens built-in. Other than that, awesome lens. I have "shaved" mine (cut the lens...
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    Focus Stacking

    @Dangerspouse You got good advice above. As per your OP, you might need a lot more magnification though. When shooting for stacks, don't close the aperture too much. If you go beyond f/8 or f/11 you will lose detail and resolution due to diffraction. Better to shoot a few more shots for the...
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    4 girls and 2 cats

    neloset_3e_pien_valmis by foppa2011, on Flickr D3X, AFS 17-35/2.8D ED ISO 200, f/4.5, 1/10s, 17mm
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    Nikon DSLR lines under the axe

    TL;DR see link at the end. Nikonrumors posted a rumor about DSLR lines that will not see an upgrade. It is a rumor not a fact, but rapidly falling sales means that Nikon cannot continue to do what it has done, because people aren't buying what Nikon is selling. According to the rumor D3000...
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    More beach, lakes, river, around water (6 img)

    Slow obsolete camera, 40 years old manual focus lens, so so eyesight... but it can still be fun. :o This is my part 2 of the "Beach, Lakes, River, Around Water" theme. Part 1 is here: Beach, Lakes, Rivers etc. 20190701-_P3F7990b by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190701-_P3F7991b by foppa2011, on...
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    July 2019 Assignment - Beach, Lakes, rivers, around water

    EDIT: for some reason EXIF is not visible to me. Here it goes: D3X, AF85/1.4D, 1/6400, f/1.4, ISO 50 and July 1st 2:04 PM.
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    Beach, Lakes, Rivers, Along water

    onnenkoski_6_pien by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190628-_P3F7935c by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190628-_P3F7836d by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190628-_P3F7938e by foppa2011, on Flickr Lenses: AI 28/2, AI 55/1.2 and AFS 24/1.4
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    A couple of swans

    20190623-_DSC1656b by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190623-_DSC1603b by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190623-_P3F7616b2 by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190623-_P3F7581b by foppa2011, on Flickr 20190623-_P3F7509b by foppa2011, on Flickr
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    Stroll on the seaside with my daughter

    I took my daughter to the seaside for a stroll. We had a lot of fun. I took my AI 28/2 with cpol and AF-S 400/2.8VR with cpol and TC-20E III.
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    A.I. Gigapixel by Topaz - a test drive

    I shot an image with an ancient Nikon D1H. The original image is 2.7 mpix. Then I tried the Photoshop CC "Preserve Details 2.0", OnOne Raw 2018 Resize (nee Genuine Fractals) and finally AI Gigapixel. I increased the image size 200% to 10.5 mpix. What is obvious is that none of the resizing...
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    Nikon mirrorless finally

    If you are emphasizing body size, for me it seems to be going in the wrong direction. Body size is meaningless in the real world, as long as the body is large enough for a solid, good grip. I have posted this in another thread before, but here is a small sampling of a few of my lenses that...
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    Nikon mirrorless finally

    It's awesome how much smaller the mirrorless cameras are vs. SLRs, after you attach a lens. Sony A7R III with 35/1.4 and Nikon D850 with 35/1.4. :p To comparison: Compact Camera Meter
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    Kids on beach

    Ancient gear is perfect for the beach: Nikon D1H + AF 135mm f/2D DC. If I'm clumsy and drop 'em into the sea my day isn't ruined.
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    August 2018 Theme: Doors/Entryways

    #2 Feet first Once you enter feet first here, you ain't coming back D3X + AI 50/1.2
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    Bubbly Joy by Nikkor AI-S 28mm f/2

    Nikkor AI-S 28mm f/2 Bubbly Joy
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    Nikkor-K 50mm f/1.4 (7 imgs)

    One of my latest purchases, a first version Nikkor-K 50mm f/1.4 which has been factory converted to AI. I took a short stroll around town with my daughter, she is a wicked street shooter. Unprocessed images, the veiling glare, flaring, vignetting, ghosts, chromatic aberration, spherical...
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    Post your latest purchases.

    Bought my twelfth nifty-fifty, a mint Nikkor-K 50mm f/1.4 that has been factory AI-converted. This is a multi-coated version that shares the Nikkor S.C. optics. Very lovely. I have no duplicates, all of these 50-55-58 mm lenses have a different character and different rendering. Along with...
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    How to make a HDR picture ... not

    This is a great page full of examples of how to never make a high dynamic range photograph. Be ready to roll on the floor laughing your socks off :D I think the "education" subforum is the right place for this, one can learn a lot from negative examples too. https://www.reddit.com/r/shittyHDR/
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    August 2018 Theme: Doors/Entryways

    #1 Sauna In every Finnish house there's this peculiarity: a sauna.
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