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Z24-70mm f/2.8 is the best there is for that focal range. But if the price makes you balk, a Z24-70mm f/4 is the next one to consider. Shop used and the price can be as low as $500. They go up or down according to supply.. I also use the Z MC 105mm f/2.8 for macro. But if you prefer the 200mm...

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Congrats. I want a Z8 as my next camera, but l made a choice to upgrade more lenses to Z-mount before moving up from a Z5. In general the EVF viewfinder is an adjustment to make. Don't forget the button on the side of the EVF is easy to touch accidentally and cycles through view modes. And the...

The camera will go to a low-power mode if left on and not used. I have left DSLR's on for hours at least. I expect I have sometime in the past accidentally left a camera body turned on for several days in a storage bag.

@hark : I read this as his 70-200mm f/2.8 lens as the problem. Aperture opening should not be the issue. It's worth trying to clean the electrical contacts in the mount of the lens and camera body. Use cleaner applied to a swab if you can. Lint-free cloth otherwise. But I also suspect it could...

I don't believe I have that sensitivity option on my Z5. It simply works with whatever scene I have tried. What is in focus is outlined in yellow in the viewfinder and monitor.

I think Hark was just recommending to duplicate the photo into a 2nd layer and process the denoise differently on each layer. Aggressive denoise to become the background and the bird layer you tone down the denoise so sharp detail is preserved. Add a layer mask and paint it to reveal the layer...

You set high standards for yourself. I have been guilty of doing that also sometimes. But in this case I would be overjoyed by that photo. I do have to hold myself back from over-processing with the noise reduction when I am working with high-ISO photos. I just try to remember that some of that...

It's not the expense as much as it's what it does to photos. Unless you must use a polarizer to take out glare, or ND filters to use slower shutter speed, or use specialty filters for taking photos of the sun, filters are a bad idea to just put on a lens under the guise of protection. A UV...

I never use UV filters on digital anymore. CPL only for taking some glare off of water mainly.

The Raw images do get cropped when set to DX mode. Expect to lose fine details doing this. By only utilizing the center pixels of the sensor, you drop back to 2008-level sensor resolution. There is no "have your cake and eat it too" scenario. On technical merits, this all works. You will have...

Tough spot here. My mind goes to sensor clean mode where you activate to raise the mirror and open shutter before turning it off to start a cleaning. It's in the menu setup section. And then there is Mirror_UP mode (MUP) which raises the mirror on the 1st shutter release press but only opens...

You did confirm the lens is what failed by testing on another camera. Now inspect the AI pins on the lens. Do they look damaged or perhaps got some dirt over them? Otherwise you may be looking at internal electronics failure. I have the same lens so I feel a tiny amount of the pain here. I want...

Really you have opportunity to rise early on August 10th through the 13th and do this, but Jupiter and Venus will be at their closest on the 11th and 12th. Looking with Stellarium, I see the best time to take photos from 4:15 to 4:45am. Kind of low in the east sky, but then the sunrise ruins it...

During the month of July I have been trying to expose 2 rolls of 20-year-old B/W film I came to possess. Nearly done with that. Today near end of work, I decided to find out if I am smarter than the boss' dog. He is afraid of my camera. Runs away to hide as soon as he sees it. Today I set a...

One of the earliest tips I read about WB was to use Daylight preset for golden hour photos. The golden then actually looks golden.

Reading the text, it seems the trigger is not being triggered by the camera. Many possibilities on why. To try and narrow the possibilities, try that trigger on the hotshoe cable instead of directly on the camera shoe. If that works, it could be as simple as the trigger not fitting against the...

The technical answer is yes, the lens can be attached to the camera and you can take photos. But it is a compromise in so many ways. The easy rule of thumb with FX and DX formats (Full frame compared to APS-C frame) is that the lenses are the same mount. But they project a different size image...

All the edits here are fine. I just will throw in the portrait edit for possible consideration. It does loose some of the stem context.

Version 3.0.1 has rolled-out with an attempt to fix 3rd party lens compatibility. May want to stand by and see how well that fix is working for other people.