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  1. BackdoorArts

    AF-ON buttons and VR

    Saw this linked on NikonRumors and thought I'd share because it's something I never knew. https://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25406 For non-clickers, if your camera is equipped with an AF-ON button on the back then Nikon has designed it to only engage AF and metering...
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    Grey Market D750's - $450 off

    Seems grey market D750 bodies are going for $1845. That's pretty significant savings and I suspect that had I seen this when I bought I might have jumped all over it, particularly given that the eBay seller is offering a 1 year warranty through them. Nikon D750 Digital SLR DSLR Camera Body 1...
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    Sony a6000 - First Impressions

    My a6000 arrived from B&H on Thursday, and as I opened the box I was surprised to see that Sony does not cover their LCD screen with protective plastic. There were some slight smudge marks on the screen, but the way in which I removed it from its bag may have cause them, so I shrugged it off...
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    3D Printed Filter Holder for the 14-24mm f2.8

    3D printed filter holder for the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 lens | Nikon Rumors I read this today, and while I would have otherwise thought, "Yeah, that's cool", and moved on, I had also read yesterday in a Facebook post by a friend that their local library provides 3D printing at "cost" ($.35 a gram...
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    Lightroom 6 Teaser - Content Aware in LR

    I don't remember seeing this, so my apologies if it's been posted, but I came across this today and thought I'd share. Adobe Lightroom 6 rumors | Photo Rumors For anyone considering Lightroom, the ability to do content aware fill processing like you can in Photoshop makes this tool even more...
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    5 Day Black & White Challenge

    Note - Change in rules effective immediately - Only Nominate One Person OK, there's this thing going around on Facebook where photographers are challenging someone to post a B&W picture every day for 5 days. The idea is that most of us almost never think to shoot in B&W, and it's a medium that...
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    XUME Magnetic Filter Mounts

    I saw these when I was at the Photoplus Expo... Home Page Very simply idea - one ring mounts on the lens, one on the filter, magnets hold them together making it incredibly easy to pop the filter off and, if you want, put a different one on. For someone like me who likes to use a 9-stop ND...
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    Canon 7D Mkii DxOMark Scores

    I was very surprised no one was talking about this here, and I feel strange posting it because I've gone on the record many times about how these scores are really one, and only one measure of what a camera is capable of, and not a measure of real world worth. That said, when the long awaited...
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    Is there an easy way to message mods?

    Just curious, is there an easy way to send a broadcast message to moderators? I'm not talking about for reporting posts or something similar, but simply to ask a question that doesn't need to be (or should be) posted publicly? I thought I was pointed to either an ID I could PM that would then...
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    DST Reminder - Change Your Camera Clock

    I got bit by this on a photo walk last year, and meant to post it Sunday, but if you haven't changed your cameras' clock (or if it hasn't changed automatically for you) it's time to adjust for no more DST.
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    $300 Price Drop on the Sigma 105mm f2.8 Macro

    I have and love this lens. It was worth what I paid for it when I got it, but it's a steal now at $669, which may explain why it's back-ordered everywhere. But, if you're looking for a macro and can't wait for it to come back in stock, I'd consider jumping on this. 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM...
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    D750 High ISO Posts

    FYI, I've deleted both threads. I cannot generate unadulterated images from the D750 RAW files no matter what I've used. I've wasted about 8 hours of time, and lost at least half that more in sleeplessness trying to figure out how the hell to make this work without a full release version of...
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    The Importance of Straightening The Horizon and Aligning Lines

    This is my biggest pet peeve when looking at others' photographs. Crooked lines are like nails on a chalkboard. Great article on what to look for even when there are no real lines. It can truly make the difference between a good and great photo. The Importance of Straightening The Horizon...
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    HDR/Blending using a single RAW file

    This is a cool tutorial from the folks at Shutter Evolve. If you're into HDR photography these guys are a phenomenal resource, and they do it predominantly in Photoshop using masks to blend multiple exposures so what you learn can be adapted to non-HDR photography as well. In this video they...
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    Lafayette College, Easton, PA

    I shoot in Easton a lot, and while I've ventured off to the campus of Lafayette University before I haven't spent a great deal of time shooting there. On Saturday morning I decided it was time to change that and wandered off hoping to find some fall colors as well. I've got lots of shots to...
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    Weird AF-S Thing - Different from every other Nikon I've owned

    I'd been experiencing a rather strange phenomenon with my D750 (I'm putting together a review, and this will be in there) that I believe warrants separate mention. I use AF-S mode a lot. It comes from my days shooting film where I'd focus and recompose, and while I've recently tried to really...
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    Oklahoma U bans monopods from Football games

    I'm sure many of you saw the play that injured an Oklahoma player, and destroyed a Canon 400mm f2.8, last weekend (if not, it's in the attached). Well, in the typical over-reaction we've come to expect to single incidents in this country, sports photographers will no longer be able to bring...
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    Who said you can't get great bokeh with a 24-120mm f4?!

    Wasn't me. And this is at f4.5...
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    D750 - What it doesn't come with that makes me...

    I just got off the phone with Nikon Customer Service after a rather unhelpful call with a very non-talkative counter person at B&H. It went something like this... Me (from this point on in Italics): Hello, I just received my brand new D750, and I had to call because when I opened it I could not...
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    Senior Portraits - the things you do when you're an Uncle

    I was in Florida a couple weeks ago visiting my Mom and then driving across state to celebrate my in-laws' 50th Wedding Anniversary. I obviously brought me gear (there's another thread about how my flash triggers failed during family portraits), so I wasn't totally surprised when my nephew, who...
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