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    Cause(s) of soft images

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    Woody's Vea La Luz 2023

    Thanks, Woody for sharing your photo experience and technique.
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    Weekly Challenge Feb 22- 28 Panorama

    Bird herd pano (11 exp) z6ii 2023-02-22 16:18:27 and on
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    Cause(s) of soft images

    But I see it on my Mac's Finder preview for all D3500 images...
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    Cause(s) of soft images

    Thanks. I now confirm seeing red square both after shot and playback. Still don't see it on my mac's Finder preview like old D3500 images. May need to set up somewhere on my computer...
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    Woody's Vea La Luz 2023

    How do (I use present tense to mean all, not just recently posted) you catch all these small bird images with so high clarity? How far away from you? Are these (today's) with a snowy background? So bright. All wonderful shots.
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    Post your Birds in Flight

    What's your suggestion to make the "wing part" superlative clear? decrease aperture?
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    Cause(s) of soft images

    I may have already set it up, but not sure, will check it again. BTW, does "playback" means replaying the images you have caught, not refreshing the image after clicking the shutter button? Also, I remember having a setting on d3500 that makes all images downloaded to computer display focus...
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    Cause(s) of soft images

    Actually, all subjects in my example photos were active at the time, some moved slowly (swimming ducks) some fast and abruptly (birds in pic1, 2, 3). I used "large AF area" before but wanted to try "object track". I had thought about "small AF area" but the next day I went back to the area for...
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    Weekly Challenge Feb 22- 28 Panorama

    What is the maximum width or height of the pano allowed to post? What is the maximum image size allowed? Please specify for this pano challenge.
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    Cause(s) of soft images

    Thanks, Fred. I'll dig into this. Making baseline is hard with no joy, but critical work to move ahead though. Like my past scientific works, the starting baseline (fundamental things) is boring but essential. Good reminder!
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    Post your Birds in Flight

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    SIGMA launches interchangeable lenses for Nikon Z Mount system

    Side topic: why Sigma doesn't offer 60-600mm sport for z mount?
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    Scotts 2023

    I totally agree!
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    Cause(s) of soft images

    Thank you everyone for the suggested cause of needing AF calibration and the info on implementing such calibration. Studied the subject a little but after a field test (not calibration) of shooting wild birds, I had a different thought about the cause of soft images. I am leaning toward the...
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    Cause(s) of soft images

    Thanks, Clovishound. Could you detail the menu option? Where to find it? I am not aware of it.
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    Cause(s) of soft images

    Recently, I practiced a lot with z6ii + sigma 200-600mm + gimbal tripod for small birds. Most images I got look soft (like the sample below). Just wonder what is (are) the cause(s): lens, camera body, settings, scene issue (background/foreground interference), lighting issue, or my technical...
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    Post Your Birds (3)

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    Post Your Birds (3)

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    Weekly Challenge Feb 15 - 21 Candid Street Portraits

    Up in the air (not very high though)!
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