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Elaine, if the camera is new to you it could be wise to move past the no LiveView bit and see exactly what works and does not work. You may just have a broken camera. You may just be missing something in trying to activate LiveView. But my move would be to use the viewfinder and try taking...

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It's astrophotography, but definitely not nightime or low-light. This is another practice run for next April's solar eclipse. I will do another run on a less-hot day and try to dial in my tracking telescope mount without having any stars to align to (besides the sun). This is with Z5, Sigma...

Again, just 1 photo session for the month. Some quick shots during a lunch break as I traveled for work. My company car broke and stranded me less than an hour after this. It's still waiting to get a new engine. The hazy gray sky is all fire smoke. Been a lot of that to contend with.

I think I only have this photo for the month. Practicing for next year's solar eclipse. Wish I picked a better day for sunspots.

Just a random pick among my best in June. Liberty Pole Park in rural Monroe county, WI.

And if you are ignoring the indicators in the viewfinder, then just let autofocus do it's job and adjust the diopter for clear image in viewfinder. But as Fred says, it does not affect photos unless you keep manually focusing and don't notice the in-focus dot at the bottom of the viewfinder.

Infrared dragonfly.

Another lunch break set. Turtle Creek near Clinton, WI. All-infrared today, only had the converted D600 to use. A genuine archeological artifact on the walking path. Bet it has been there 45-50 years.

Walked outside to a business parking lot and found this hawk easily close enough to throw a rock at. I only had my cellphone or my Lumix DSC-ZS6 superzoom point-n-shoot. The Panasonic is much easier to shoot with, and the Leica lens zooms 12X. I keep it full-time in my go-bag that I normally...

Sorry, I took these with my Lumix. I walked out of a business where I was doing a job and there was this hawk, easily close enough to throw rocks at it. It was either fumble with my work cellphone or grab the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS6 that I keep in my go-bag full-time. I do appreciate the...

July 15: Canada has again generously shared more wildfire smoke to block out the sky and choke our lungs. Thought I might get a fiery red sky for sunset, so I staked out a VFW post next to the airport. Could not see the thick clouds at the west horizon through the haze and that killed the plans...

I'm sure most were out photographing parades or fireworks on July 4th. I just wandered around my sister's home photographing planters and lawn ornaments. I was lightly mocked as I photographed the cardinal ornament, but I like how it came out. Nikon Z5 with Carl Zeiss 15mm f/2.8

Here be dragons!

Don't have a Z6, but I think I would be trying out "Only when flash is not used". Having a live view of exposure real-time is an advantage for mirrorless bodies.

Electrically an intervalometer is a switch that activates the shutter release. Difference from a shutter release cable is that the release cable requires you to hold the release button in bulb mode and time the exposure with your own clock and fingers. The intervalometer has it's own timer...

An intervalometer that plugs into the remote shutter release connector of the camera, or else tether the camera to a PC by USB cable and use an app like DigiCamControl. The intervalometer option is versatile and not that expensive. You can use it to make time-lapse series also, which is the...

I have purchased used from KEH and investigated selling lenses to them. They make it much easier and less risky than ebay. But ultimately I just sell or trade in gear to my local camera store and try to keep them in business. Your maximum sale potential will be with Facebook marketplace I...

LiveView should be just a button or maybe a lever on back of camera. You still can use the screen for menu options. What LiveView does is raise the mirror and open the shutter and behaves like it does while while shooting video. The viewfinder becomes blocked and features/operation change. That...

Exit LiveView. AF-continuous is only available with phase detect which is detected off-sensor. AF-A makes no sense if AF-C is not available. Thus you are seeing all autofocus options available for LiveView.