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Be aware that the bellows posted has no electronic connections. That means that if you are using a lens without an aperture ring, like the ones you mentioned in your post, you will have to jump through hoops to change the aperture. I have a D3400 with the 18-55 kit lens, and tried several...

No, it was a 15 sec exposure. I tried some longer exposures and was getting elliptical stars.

Another issue is that at extremely high magnification, depth of field becomes razor thin. Even with small apertures, it is going to be challenging. If you don't go the bellows route a focusing rail may help. If image quality is a priority, I would look at a prime lens vs a zoom kit lens. Also...

Should have gone TRT.

Touch and Goes? Or maybe a max weight takeoff?

If I go out to the beach here in July, I'd have to bring a baseball bat to keep the mosquitoes and gnats from making off with my gear. Seriously, I found the exercise interesting, but I think I'll stick with macro and birds. If I didn't have to drive an hour to the beach and then hike a mile or...

No. I was pretty busy slapping the gnats, helping my daughter, and trying to figure out the basics to do an HDR. I should have. Is that what would have given me a clear image of the milky way?

Well, I just got back from the milky way outing with the CNPA. I was rather disappointed with the milky way I got. Not terribly obvious. I think I got the comet, though. I was using a 24mm focal length so it's not terribly large. Look in the lower right hand section.

Well, it's not called "people on the street" photography.

The Pup and I got up early and headed up the road to Swan Lake. Didn't do as well as when we went in the spring. Here's a few.

I got mine from my dad. When I was a kid, I liked to go watch him develop film and prints in the darkroom he had set up in his shop. After I got married, I got the bug and set up my own darkroom. Now my daughter and I go on photo outings.

I guess I'm too old school. I started off with a Argus C4, rangefinder camera. Not that I want to go back to the manual everything, film days.

Well, I went out back this afternoon and set up my camera bag as a target and tried several different modes. I think I may need to switch to continuous mode more often. It seems to work well enough on absolutely stationary subjects.

Do you have access to another Nikon camera to try this lens out on?

"Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away!"

If I were buying for my Z right now, I would likely spend the extra and get the Z 180-600. Don't get me wrong, the 200-500 is a great lens, especially at it's price point. The Z lenses I have are definitely a cut above IMO.

Enjoy your new to you camera. We look forward to seeing some of your work.

When I got my Z7ii earlier this year I noticed I was having issues with soft images with a number of different AF area settings. I found that single point gave me good results, and I have been using that for almost all my shooting. When I'm not shooting macro, I use my 200-500 with an FTZ...

Try setting your aperture to it maximum aperture. Turn off the camera and take the lens off. Look through the lens and see if the aperture is small, or if it is wide open. If it is small, then the aperture mechanism isn't working properly. It could either be an internal fault in the lens, or...