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I have not used this lens in a while, opting for my 600mm f/4 ED IF AIS Nikkor instead, but it really can produce some really outstanding images and is but a tiny fraction of the size and weight, at 1lb 5 oz, compared to that 14lb beast. This is the newer version, though I have owned the much...

I have done a pretty exhaustive search and have come up with zip nada.

150 images stacked in PIPP and Stakkert 3.0. It made a big difference in sharpness and delineation in the "blue lakes" D850, Celestron Nexstar 8SE

The D850 and D500 are my go-to DSLR's, but I decided to use it this morning to photograph the young male and female squirrels that visit our deck daily and it did quite well for itself with the 600mm f/4 ED IF AIS. I may wind up using it more. One advantage certainly is 25MB RAW vs 95MB RAW for...

A quick snap of my fiancé while we were strolling around Waccatee Zoo in Socastee, SC. She looks amazing for 54!

After the disastrous "dropping the camera on the jetty rocks" incident a couple of weeks ago, my F4E is back up and running with a new DP-20 finder. It got me thinking, with which camera did Nikon produce their most attractive ever? Let's be honest, Nikon's DSLR's, along with Canon and other...

A few shots from our Photo Club's outing to Magnolia Gardens, outside of Charleston. What a gorgeous place! From the rookery. You know it is getting hot when the herons start panting! D850, 400mm f2.8 ED IF AIS Nikkor and TC-201 2x "Hey, we really DO taste like chicken!" This 7 footer...

The ultimate in lazy, low impact, late afternoon birding! I open the back door to the deck, set up the D850 and 600mm on a tripod and gimbal mount in the den, grab a drink, sit down on the couch and wait for them to show up! Male Red Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Male Eastern...

.........and no doubt discussing and coming up with solutions for all of the problems of the turtle world! Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC Nikon F4E, 400mm f/2.8 ED IF AIS Nikkor, Fujicolor 400 Superia. This images almost appears to be monochrome, but the background is composed mostly...

The Great Horned Owlet last week. It has since lost all of its white downy feathers and may have fledged. We have not seen it around for a couple of days F-5, 600mm f/4 ED IF AIS and Fujicolor 400 Superia film

The little spheres of glass can make for some interesting photos!

I am one of those photographers who has never stopped shooting film and still enjoy shooting it today, though right now I do not have the space to set my darkroom back up and have to resort to scanning the negatives. But that will be changing soon. The analog revival: Why photographers are...

I was out shooting some wading birds yesterday with just the F4E and F5 and some Fuji 400. It is already getting pretty hot here in SC (84º and humid here today) so my hands were a little sweaty. One thing I have never liked about the F4 is that the leather, though very attractive, is slick as...

The clouds finally cleared for long enough to get a shot of the moon through my telescope. My Celestron Nexstar 8SE is a 2032mm f/10 catadioptric telescope. The moon pretty much filled the entire frame vertically with the D850 mounted, I added some additional black background in the image in...

The only one in the nest, this was taken at Brookgreen Gardens in Murrels Inlet SC. I understand that the other chick fell out of the nest but was rescued by BG staff. Mom was nowhere to be found, we searched high and low for her, but I am sure she was not far away from junior! The chick appears...

A virtually NIB condition F5! Not a mark on it, it is absolutely spotless inside and out. I have some Tri-X already loaded, going out tomorrow and have some fun! The F5 is truly the "Granddaddy" of the modern day DSLR. All of it's novel features it has; command wheels instead of knobs, an...

This image is actually a composite of two images, both taken from the same vantage point with the 8-15mm f/3.5-4.5 Fisheye Nikkor @ 15mm. The Milky Way was 30 sec @ f/4 @ ISO 4000, the house 6 sec @ f/4 @ ISO 1250

A 2032mm f/10 (8") catadioptric telescope. As you see it right there, it is about 75 pounds total, including the D850 and battery grip. I also have 6 different strength eyepieces and a 2x Barlow lens (essentially a 2x TC). It is all hooked up and ready to rock and roll. I am still waiting on a...

I got an email that today that my 8" (diameter, 2032mm focal length) Celestron Nexstar 8SE telescope should be here tomorrow. I ordered it last mid December but it has been backordered since before that due to all of this Covidiocy silliness. I already have a wedge (which makes the mount a true...

How did Marvin Martian get in this image???? I braved freezing temperatures and shot this last night with the D500 and 400mm f/2.8 ED IF AIS Nikkor. 500 light (1 sec @ f/2.8 @ ISO 1250) frames and 40 each dark, bias and flat frames and stacked them together in Deep Sky Stacker and post...