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If you get the D500, you will be better off. In almost every way, it is the best crop sensor camera made, ever. Santa Cruz? Lots to take photos of there. When growing up my family had a beach house, the last one right on the water just south of Rio Del Mar, with no other structures all the way...

My adopted home city of St Petersburg Russia is made up of 44 islands and 600 bridges in the city center so canals and rivers are part of city life. They are also favorite photo subjects for visitors. Here is one from May 8 2018 from near my home in the historic city center.

Out with the camera and visited two neighborhood bars, one was closed for a party but I was invited in because I sort of have a rep for having a camera with me often and it was an all-girl birthday party. It was very crowded and a good dj had the small dance floor packed but I still got a few...

If noise is the problem, the difference in light level between a good image and too noisy is very close between full frame and modern Dx. It might mean a difference in being able to shoot closer to sunset by 10 minutes or the difference between 1 and 2 candles on a dining table, or slowing down...

For the first many months D850's like D800's when it was first released, in far shorter supply than demand. So I was surprised to visit an appliance/TV/computer store in a large shopping mall and not only did they have a D850 but 4 on the shelf and one for display, plus 2 D5's, plus the full...

Yet another casual shot, this time Nastia and I were in a busy restaurant and naturally with a single flash 85mm, 1f/1.8, 1/500, ISO 100, off shoe SB900, D800. The restaurant was bright so I increased shutter and lowered ISO so the flash was in FP mode with more fall off, off camera to camera left

As some of you have noticed I post a few photos of strangers who ask me to take their photos in public places, or in a studio. It is a great way of meeting people and many of my friends were met that way. Last night I was in a small cafe/club that I often visit, and mostly strangers visit to...

Another quick group portrait, in the same jazz restaurant, 3 girls who saw me taking the photo of the mother and daughter above. This one using 85 1.8G at f/1.8 on camera flash SB900 set for TTL BL, which balanced the ambient with flash illuminated subject very well. There were not a lot of...

I shot a few sessions in Jan for friends but this one I liked the most, I like it anyway. This is of my close friend, an actor of stage and film

Another with single off-camera flash with a diffuser and small reflector in a restaurant of my friend. To get a Low Key lighting that darkened the background that had about 40 people in the room, I used a stopped down aperture and close flash so the background disappeared. Inverse Square Law is...

It is hard to compare the D5 with D850. The useful DR is better at high ISO on the D5 but for highest quality, low ISO the D850 is a great deal better. Here is a chart of Bill Claff's PDR (Photographic Dynamic Range that is a more realistic and consistent method of measuring the sensor visual...

Another of my friend at her birthday party when she turned 35, as she greeted her GF's arrival. They began acting academy together when they were 13 y.o. and both were in plays in a dozen countries until a few years ago when my friend, on the left, began focusing on movies and TV series roles...

Quick 2 speed light portrait of my friend. D800 85mm f1.8 in a restaurant.

Some have commented that I only shoot girls but although admitting to being partial to women, I find that fewer men want their photos taken, either because they are shy or possibly because it might be seen that they were where they were not supposed to be or with the person they were with. But...

I shot an event last night and some of the girls I knew wanted photos so I could never turn down a pretty lady[s] The only ones who were not long time friends we the two together. This was for an international social club I am a member of so was "volunteered" without asking me. But I don't mind...

Sitting in a new restaurant/club last weekend a girl came over to ask if I would take her photo on her phone. "sure, if I can figure out how to use it" The light was mixed source and dim so the photo did not turn out that good so I pulled my D800 with a 70-200 2.8 mounted and set one light off...

I only have a 17-55 2.8, 18-105, and 10-20 Sigma as DX lenses and as a walking around lens, even for portraits the cheap plastic 18-105 has been a pretty good lens and some of my most requested prints used that lens. The Sigma 10-20 is a lot of lens for the money if someone is into Dx ultrawide...

Nice poses and girl but way underexposed and too small a file to do much good in post processing. If you could post high res versions or better, the raw NEF files a lot could be done with them. Eyes, particularly the nearest eye is the key feature of any face image and we evolved to be very...

Another image from the same session, on the street: 1/100, 200mm, 2.8 ISO400 flash for fill, I liked this image because ....just because:>) Anastasia is an actor in stage and place a police detective in a national TV series

With all the talk of the D850 making the older cameras obsolete I sometimes feel like the odd man out by thinking there is still a lot of performance out of old obsolete cameras. During a lunch yesterday with my good friend Anastasia, that was forced on us by rainy weather not cooperating for a...