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A mountain village church (2015) Built at an altitude of 1,162 meters above sea level, this Romanesque church in the village of Montarcher claims to be the highest in the Old province of Auvergne (central France). The church as we see it today is enlarged from a Year 1000 castle chapel, as this...

A small church in the mountains (2021) Saint Peter of Extravache in the French Alps, around 1,200 meters of altitude. Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor Z MC 105mm, ƒ/2.8 S macro lens. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.

The Light of Romanesque (2021) There is nothing quite like the light that moves around in Romanesque churches... Saint Peter’s in the village of Aulnay, old province of Saintonge, western France. Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor Z MC 105mm, ƒ/2.8 S macro lens. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.

The ruins of Pagax (2016) Somewhere in the middle of France, Pagax is a very nice, small Mediæval castle that was remodeled during the Renaissance, like so many others. First mentioned in 259, it was inhabited until the mid–1700s, then slowly fell into disrepair, then ruin. Acquired in 2005 by...

Romanesque, but... not a church ! (2021) It is widely believed that Romanesque architecture is only to be found in churches, but that is not true. It is an architectural style that will also be found on “civilian” buildings like castles, even though the examples are few and far between as...

A Z7 shot by a sibling (2019) Although the Z7 was released in September 2018, it took me a few months to take the plunge. Like many other DSLR (and former SLR) users, I was scared to lose the clarity, precision and immediacy of the optical viewfinder. It was not until January of the following...

Got lots of accessories for my new Godox flashes over the past few days. One of the most helpful seems to be the H200R round head for the AD200. It includes a coiled flash tube that puts out a nicely round light, unlike the standard Fresnel head that looks a bit too squarish. However, it does...

Congrats on the new camera ! :p As I often say, the only difference between kids and grown-ups is the price of the toys... :rolleyes:

Where’s Mine? (2015) A beach on the Costa Amalfitana (southern Italy). Better remember just where that parasol of ours was... Nikon D810, Nikkor 24mm, ƒ/1.4 G lens, handheld.

A stunning cupola from the 900s (2021) In the southern Italian city of Assisi, well away from all the touristic and commercial hype connected to Saint Francis, the church simply called “San Pietro” was built as a Benedictine abbey church in the 900s, and the inside retains its original majestic...

Freedom Tower in Glass (2019) Business meeting commemoration glass sculpture. Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 60mm, ƒ/2.8 D ED macro lens, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Multi-flash lighting. Single exposure.

As good a place as any to have lunch (2015) Southern Italy, a Mediæval watch tower turned into a restaurant. Nikon D810, Nikkor 24mm, ƒ/1.4 G lens, handheld. The lunch —fine by me :

Indeed... I have closeup shots that are truly mind-blowing, especially when you think about the crude tools that had at the time!

I had a little help... :LOL: :rolleyes:

From what I read by knowledgeable authors (the likes of Thom Hogan), and from what I’ve seen from the technical specs, the Z8 will not bring you any improvement in image quality. It will even be a bit below the Z7 II as far as dynamic range is concerned, but obviously the AF will be much better...

The portal and tympanum of the abbey church of Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne (southwestern France), a Romanesque masterpiece (2023) Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.

The Dune and the Sea-Shell (circa 2010) An older photo taken in the sand dunes of the delta of River Ebro in Spain. Nikon D3 or D3S, probably a Nikkor 85mm, ƒ/1.4 G lens.

Tea Time (2021) I have not retained any technical information about this photo. There was focus-stacking involved and all EXIF were stripped during the processing of the stack. All I know is that the camera was a Nikon Z7 because that’s the one I had at the time.

The Ruins of Hérisson (2016) The Mediæval castle of Hérisson (central France) was first built during the 1100s, and subsequently added to during the following centuries until the late 1300s. A first castle had been built there around 990, but none of it remains visible, except to the trained...

The Bound Dæmon (2023) In the same church as above, this sculpted stone is the base of an engaged column. Symbolically, the grotesque depicted here is a dæmon (one horn has been broken) laboring under the weight of the church he has been bound to support against its will... Nikon Z7 II...