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    The best all purpose general use for anything prime!

    Such lenses make me happy! They come cheap, they are razor sharp, they are easy to carry. Both images are taken at 2000 last night, just at sunset. Magical!
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    The best walk around landscape lens -- ever :-)

    We have all our different opinions :-) Since I was about to succumb of "something" last year, owning these lenses and in particular 18-140 om d7300, have made me a viable person again, capable to see the light even in dark areas of life ....... The photo is taken today, with that lens, guess...
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    Quick n "dirty" Ph CC fix

    Look at the photo; I have only used CC for a couple months, this is the best I can do. Any magic tricks you can share how to fix this into a out if this world magic experience?
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    I am soooo happy (n 70-300)!

    Just been out for a walk in the park with my dear Borga. Playing with my new toy, that fantastic Nikkor 70-300 VR, taking the following photos from very same bench; First a photo of The Husky, by Tokina at the widest; Next, a ph. of the bridge in the background, zoom at 70 mm; And...
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    The best!

    About My photos ends up at my homepage. I do write some words about my trips. The photos are very essential, they re part of the story, I want the photos to give the reader a real experience of how my trip was. Thats why I like wideangle. You get all of it, from the moss turf I am standing on to...
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    The art of Daylighting Artficially my flower shot

    Using a flash with a Nikkor 55 on a manual Nikon F3 was not easy, maybe I should have gotten that 105 micro to get some distance, That was back in the 1990ies Now, with my shiny new d7200 and two new micro lenses -- the 40 and an manual 105 micro (made in 1998) -- this must bee way easier I...
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    NFC anyone??

    In my younger days if F3 and 55 micro Nikkor, we used a long cord to remote operate it, well you might still use that cord ? The cellular phone, wifi were not even invented, and lately there is something like NFC on all gadgets I can see, even on my d7200 camera and my Samsung 6 edge + phone...
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    Them Gloriuos Polarizers!!

    You know what, I was doing som serious home cleaning the other day. Spring is about us! In a little drawer, where mum keeps needles and stuff, tucked well inside the embroidery, something magical turned up; A blue little box with a B+W 77mm Kaesemann Circular Polarizer MRC Filter MFR #...
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    What cheap Protection filter for my Nikkor 70-300 VR

    Please excuse, I am Norwegian :-) By meaning CHEAP, I think of lovely lenses as Micro Nikkor 105 ED - the new AF version --- Compared to Nikkor 80-400 which I also crave to own, but are so absolute expensive that I have to settle for the cheap 105 micro... Look at the photos; These filters...
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    EasyCover, any good???

    easyCover Silicone Protection Cover for Nikon D7100, D7200 (Yellow) B&H # EAECND7100Y MFR # ECND7100Y Just a trick or usefull in my Norwegian Mountains??
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    Lowepro Tight Fit Toploader 45

    Just want to share this; my new LowePro bag arrived today. Toploader 45 AW II My d7200 with tok 12-28, fit very well, kind of intense tight fit. Nothing else will go inside, the outside pocket is still unaffected. Thanks, now I can carry my d7200 on the walk around corner with the husky.
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    What cheap Protection filter for my Nikkor 70-300 VR

    Walking in snow or rain, things tend to get wet, the photo is me and Borga The Husky, trying go hide out a snow blizzard..... Well, can I just buy the cheapest UV filter I can find on eBay, they go for 10 bucks, or should I opt for some more expensive protection filter for my lenses??
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    The mysterious WhiteBalance

    I have really never understood that white balance in my cameras. Just left it at AUTO, fixing my photos in Photoshop Maybe time to change, set in d7200? Or maybe not, as I am now shooting in raw, not jpegs ?
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    The art of ISO

    Me walking about in the mountains with a flimsy sony RX100 was kind of walk in the park ;) But now with that heavy 7200 and heavy lenses tok 12-28 or even nik 70-300, its another ballgame ..... I do take way better photos, no doubt, so I am in right direction of realising ny hobbit style of...
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    The best!

    Just returned home from a long walk in the mountains. With my all time fav. the lovely 12-28 Tokina. I am soo happy with this lens! These photos of a building, isnt my strongest part, maybe you could advise how to do my photos of such better?. There were just me there.
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    The best walk around landscape lens -- ever :-)

    Walked my dog, Borga, just now. Tested my shiny new 18-140 This must be the best lens ever made, maybe not in sheer ultra sharpness, but this tiny lens on my big d7200, just grab and go and get such snapshots on a short stroll around the corner!! Both photos is from excacly same standpoint, the...
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    To vr or not to VR?

    You might already know my fancy nice shiny Nikkors the 18-135 and 70-300. Both with VR, the 70- even mark 2?? I am sorry, I never bring tripod in the field. Whenever possible I lay the camera on a rock or using my walking sticks as tripod. I always have VR ON.... Tried to understand that long...
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    About cleansing

    In my old days of Nikon F3 I just wiped it and the lens with my handkerchief, the F3 was just happy with that, never got any sensordust on it :-) I reckon these pretty, sensitive cameras of today require a different cleansing? I mean on daily basis, I always use a UV filter to protect the...
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    This fancy AF system --- settings

    I am too old for this. Tempted to just turn every AF modus off, just do it my self as I did with my Nikon F3 :) Well... What would be the clue to learning to use this and when to use what ?? As in this photo, I really wanted everything sharp, but decided just to have the city below in focus...
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    The original 80-400 af vr as travel lens in the mountains

    Need to get a better understanding of this long tele zoom. The photo show how I get photos of animals in the mountains. How useful is this OLD VERSION of 80-400 VR as a travel companion in my backpack on long mountain hikes. How easy is it to use, and how "fast" can I be ready to shoot them...
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