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Not big into reviews and I know there are more scientific ways to do this. Testing is done with a D7100 and D610 After much trial and error decided that a minus one adjustment produced the best focus - this was done with a row of AA batteries as my 'test chart'. Set of five focus on the...

I'm lusting after a new lens - birthday comes up next month - and there is a camera show between now and then. .... My current widest is an older Tamron 17-35, 2.8-4.0 lens. It works, and works well enough. No I don't need a new ultra-wide. I just want one. But I'm looking at adding a...

Prices not yet released .... This is what my Papa was referring to when he said "If you have to ask the price - you can't afford it" Nikon D5 and D500 100th anniversary sets to be announced next week | Nikon Rumors Add this to my lottery dreams

While shopping with my dearly beloved in some of the funky stores on Edmonton's Whyte Ave - where all the hippies hang out, I amused myself taking pics of some of the items on the shelves that caught my eye. Looked for a place in these forums to put this sort of "product photography" but...

I'm thinking of adding an LED lighting system. Seems that the LED technology has come a long way in the past few years and I'm seeing more people recommend it. At a New Year's Bash I was at this year the organizers brought in a photographer who set up a self serve booth with some props and...

Official gov of Canada site: Flying your drone safely and legally - Transport Canada CTV (CDN TV) coverage: Drone crackdown: New rules for flying near people, buildings | CTV News Good to know if you plan on playing with these in the great white north.

I get notices in my gmail daily about any forum thread that I've posted in or commented in. Very handy. Until this morning clicking on the link in the email opened a new window and showed me the latest post in that thread. nice. Now the window opens, I get a brief glimpse and then it closes...

I've had the Lensbaby 5.6 Fisheye for some time and enjoy it a lot. A week or so ago I picked up a nice used Composer Pro with Edge 80 optic. I'm looking to get a few more optics (Lensbaby has a Feb Refurb sale on so ordering a couple to play with). So if you have one of these and want to...

Been playing with my toy drone my wife bought me as a gag gift at Christmas - it is a micro one and very hard to control - but having so much fun trying. Thinking it may be time to move up to the next level - not looking to spend over a grand. Looked at a couple on the weekend but decided...

I have an issue with a micro sd card from Scandisk. One of their 32GB Ultra ones. On my D610 it works fine in slot two, but returns an error in slot one - camera will just report memory card error and even if there is a card in slot two will not let you do anything. works fine in my Asus...

I've been collecting a few bits of lighting gear - I've got four softboxes, three brollies, two proper light stands and three tripods I use as light stands, four speedlights, one LED light and triggers and reflector and .... Well I got a bunch of lighting gear and while some came with dedicated...

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/850279-REG/Impact_fa_300hs_Triple_Hot_Shoe_Mount.html I bought this from B&H and it does what I wanted it to do - allow me to put multiple flashes inside my Apollo Softbox as shown. I have read that while there is a significant benefit to bundling...

New year - new learning - well continued learning. I've tried this a bit before but decided to knuckle down a little and learn how to shoot in Manual with off camera flashes. lots of trial and lots of errors. I do not have a proper light meter so I'm doing this by guessing. This is part...

Looking at buying a Nikon 1 J5 with 10-30mm. I'm tired of how poorly the Nikon Coolpix P100 autofocuses. This camera purchase isn't for me, but for the staff at the Children's Centre where I work. I tend to bring my Nikon DSLR when I do a photo shoot at the Centre and seldom use the 'staff...

So Santa also put a new mini-PC under the tree for me. An ASUS T102HA. It is Windows 10, with a 10" removable touch screen. Sort of a cross between a tablet and Windows laptop. Pictured here on a real laptop - my 17" ASUS ROG gaming laptop which is great - and 'semi-portable' in that it is...

Doesn't really fit the "latest purchases" if you don't buy it eh? So thought I'd start a thread where we can share our glee of what we find under the Christmas Tree this year. My dearly beloved decided to give me my gift Christmas Eve so I could use it Christmas morning. An new Siggy 50mm...

Learning it is all about the lighting. And lighting can be complicated. I have a small collection of speedlights - a Nikon SB-400, 600 & 700 plus a Metz 58 Af-2 (and an old Vivitar Auto-Thyristor 2800-D I picked up for $10 - test flashes but not on my cameras). I have a couple of...

I have had almost a few ( and by that I mean less than eight. Biblical scholars will get it) - anyway I have another 'gig' coming up and had thought I'd upgrade my lighting system. Currently I have four flashes (Nikon's SB400, 600, & 700) and a Metz 58 AF-2. Three of which I can use with...

Going back home for Thanksgiving ( the CDN one on Oct 10). Flying down next week for eight days in southern Ontario. Hoping the leaves are still on the trees down there. Most of the time I'll be visiting family - lots of family snapshots I'm sure. Maybe a group one or two but not formal...

I'm off to endulge one of my other hobbies and will attend the Edmonton Model Railway Show. Two indoor soccor fields of model trains and scale model buildings. Some of that work is amazing. I just spend an bit of time playing with my lenses down on my own layout to see what one(s) I should...