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Why are you pixel peeping and underexposing 2 stops and expecting low pixel level noise? Maybe I am missing something but is does not make sense to me. A D610 will have wider DR than your friend's Canon. But you need to use it correctly for best signal to noise ratio. What was the reason for...

But why spend so much on features that have no benefit to the intended use? Yes, good general purpose camera but expensive to repair or not repairable at all now, without warranty, and low resolution, less than most phone cameras nowadays. He has a specific subject and goal, and an old D700 does...

The spots are fairly close to the camera since they are very far out of focus in the scenes that are of distant objects. That means they are moving, are close and random in position. I would guess flying insects or something in the air close to you. A bit of advice, if you are in auto exposure...

We all are beginners in some aspects of photography. I shot film for years, just recording life events and no serious intent, but did develop my B&W film. By luck made a lot of money from a few shots during album recordings processes of catching moody B&W images that were licensed to record...

What you experiences with the balanced background lighting is new for the D500. It is something we do automatically manually, and was one of the criteria in the list above in deciding the ratio of subject and background. As I mentioned in an earlier post, there are two metering systems that are...

The main entry stairs for Nikolas Palace, one of the minor family palaces in St Petersburg

I use a Black Rapid sling strap, one of the first they released a long time ago that had the magnetic closure pockets and also a hand strap that stays on all my cameras. It allows secure holding of a heavy camera/lens during long events without having to tighten finger pressure to hold...

Thanks for the comments. I plan on meeting Marina today along the river, if the weather plays nice, for some photos. I will have couple flash and a handheld softbox and folding scrim and the D800 instead of the D7000 used for the shot above. For such a shot, any camera with good DR however...

Here is a shot taken outside on a sidewalk with single flash and a reflector, overcast daylight this last Friday. D800, 105mm f/2.8 160 ISO 1/640 Manual exposure. She wanted photos done but posed with a silly selfie type smile so waited until she was distracted and not thinking of posing and...

I often take one of my cameras on walks around the city center and today was no exception but instead of my D800 I took a lighter lower res D7000 who many say is obsolete. I don't. Although there are newer cameras with more features It still can deliver. I had a chance meeting with a rather...

Here is my daily ride, 300 feet below ground, the St Petersburg subway system, that is as beautiful and clean as the photos show. $0.60 to go anywhere in the city, trains arrive every 2 minutes and run at 100km/hour. After living with great public transportation I can't see being happy driving...

I hope you don't mind if I played around a little. I noticed the lighting was a little more direct on camera left side so as mentioned about the shadow on the right side of her nose was a little dark so I make the whole camera right side only of her face darker to add depth. Added lightening in...

This one is not really a portrait but a series of shots in a master class for cooking. My GF was treated to a of a master class in cooking in a demo kitchen set up for teaching gourmet cooking by 6 of her girlfriends just last Sunday. The class was even interesting to me, the chef was the head...

Continuing with the examples of non-studio,speedlight portraits, some are very casual, snap shots but with a bit more care in lighting. I am posting these to show you really don't need extensive lighting, speedlights are enough, even very old full manual speedlights picked up at garage sales...

A week? That is what I said....still here after 16 years:>) The women are a treasure, so many really nice, rational, feminine well grounded, highly educated women who take care of themselves. Western women accuse Russian women of dressing and acting to appeal to male oppressors. I hear that all...

As an illustration of lower res camera doing fine with even cheap lenses, there are two older shots I took with a D90 and kit 18-105 lens at 105mm and SB900 flash The two blondes are my two favorite dance buddies, the beauty on the right is a great dancer, both are best buddies from childhood...

I shoot in dance clubs that I like, the photos are given to the people in them and the club which puts them on their web sites for promotion. Usually just go to dance but if the dance floor gets too packed, I give it a rest and pull out the camera. There are two most desired stills of image...

More of the single light casual portraits, again taking dining with a friend, Katrina at a dinner party with a few friends. Katrina is a former track and field star, 400 meter champ long retired, 37 yo but still beautiful. She is a mechanical engineer now, and works for a heavy industry outside...

Here is another of the single light casual shots in restaurants....My friend was just arriving, late as usual, to a dinner meetup and I got this just before she sat down. It was the first people shots with my new 85 f/1.8G I have an older 86 1.4D but got the 1.8 for the light weight and small...

Here is one taken with a single light,with slow shutter to get the dim lights of the street and balances with a direct flash. This is my GF on the roof of the art center next door from our apartment in the city center of St Petersburg late one night. D800, 64mm (24-70 2.8)f/4.0. 1/25/sec ISO...