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I've always used Nikon SLRs or DSLRs but always seemed to own different brands of pocket cameras. My last digital pocket camera, a Panasonic Lumix TZ5, died last year. It just wouldn't power up/turn on. I tried some Deoxit in the switch, took it apart to look for obvious trouble, etc., to no...

The most dramatic sunset I ever saw happened when I was on a solo canoe camping trip in the Adirondacks. I had my little pocket camera with me for photo gear (Lumix TZ5). It just got more and more wild as it unfolded. I would have LOVED to have my D750 and a tripod with me! Here was the...

The ice is almost gone.

I decided to favor light weight and purchased an AF-S 24-85mm f/4-5.6G ED VR. I know it doesn't have the greatest reviews, but it is an improvement over the lens it replaced and it is lightweight and economical. I got chance to use it at a get-together this week and I was pleased with the...

I have a trio of lightweight AF Nikkor "walk around" lens that I enjoy for causal shooting in focal lengths 18-35mm, 24-85mm, and 70-300mm. The AF-S 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED and 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR lenses are recent upgrades of older AF-D-series 18-35mm and 28-85mm Nikkors I had. They are...

I love to fish; especially fly fish. For years, I carried a high-quality 35mm compact (Olympus XA, Olympus Stylus, Yashica T4 Super - my fave) in a zip-lock bag in a pocket of my fly fishing vest. When these kind of cameras disappeared, I carried a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5. It finally died...

I usually avoid store credit cards or special buyers' cards, but the B&H Photo "Payboo" card is a nice deal for me, a New York State resident. I got one today. When you use it, B&H immediately credits you the amount of sales tax on the purchase. That gives a NY resident a 7% discount on...

Church with white steeple and 1903 war monument in Manchester, VT

St. Dominic's in Proctor, VT (famous marble mining area). It's sort of styled like a big Vermont dairy barn...

My cat, Lucy. Shot on B&W film with a AF Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 IF ED on an F4 and developed a long time in a dilute solution of Rodinal. Negative scanned with Coolscan V ED.

I like prime lenses, but I also like to keep a "trinity" of zooms on hand for convenience. I'm retired and on a tight budget so my trinity is not the fast and expensive trio, but budget alternatives. My current zooms are the AF Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.4-4.5 D, the AF Nikkor 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 D, and...

Nikon released a lens distortion control update on 01/16/2020 to be added to our cameras' firmware. I love it when I can update the firmware that runs hardware! The way I understand it, the Nikon in-camera distortion control is applied to JPEG files only, not to RAW files. I shoot RAW+Basic...

Back in the film days, I bought a lot of used Nikkor glass from KEH and I don't remember ever being disappointed. On the contrary, really... most times I received lenses I thought were better than KEH's rating. For the first time in many years, I ordered a used lens (Tokina AT-X Pro 100mm...

I have a nice Nikon Coolscan V ED that has been sitting idle for many years. I've since become a Mac user. I'd like to start shooting some film again. Would you recommend using the Coolscan V and purchasing VueScan software, or purchasing a more modern scanner? My budget leans toward...

When I go into the custom menu, f2, and assign the Fn button with "virtual horizon," I get a simple leveling graphic at the bottom of the viewfinder, not the nifty virtual horizon image. I can activate the virtual horizon through the Set Up menu and see it working on the rear screen, but I can't...

A while back, I picked up an inexpensive, slightly-malfunctioning-but-hardly-used D200 as a replacement for my old Lumix pocket camera. I know the D200 is hardly pocketable, but it was dirt cheap so I'm not afraid to take it with me in situations where I might not want to carry my D750. I...

Frost on the windshield and roof of my old Chevy pickup.

They are an incredible bargain. It's very economical to own older gear... I just bought a new, old stock MB-D200 battery grip for less than twenty-five bucks. By the way, my cheap, easily repaired D200 turned out to have just 4353 shutter activations. It should last me as long as I want it...