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  1. BF Hammer

    Smartphone question

    Looks like the sub-frames are 1/80s. Here is a sample single image. The Lumix is JPG only, no Raw files to play with. I think I had recently watched a video on the subject by Tony Northrup. Not that I really take his advice normally, but I thought the idea of exposure-stacking for a...
  2. BF Hammer

    Smartphone question

    It was 4 years ago when I shot this man-made waterfall during a lunch stop. I only had my Panasonic Lumix compact digicam. But I set to manual mode to underexpose a bit. I set on top of a post, and used the self-timer to add delay on the shutter release. Then I took 30 photos and...
  3. BF Hammer

    Z6III Manual Focus

    I have the lens on hand, but only a Z5 to try to test with. AF systems between the 2 bodies have significant differences so I don't have a guess right now.
  4. BF Hammer

    Long Tele Lens Choice

    One month stored under the tree could add 5 years onto your life. :D
  5. BF Hammer

    Z6III Manual Focus

    What lens? Is it an AI lens? Non AI lens data set correct?
  6. BF Hammer

    Smartphone question

    The way to take a long exposure handheld without a ND filter is to take multiple short exposures and stack them. This is what the app is doing. I have attempted this once with my Lumix compact camera when it was my only camera in car. It works, but not ideal.
  7. BF Hammer

    Newbie needs a bit of help..

    Take a chance, you win sometimes, you lose sometimes. Somebody else digging inside the body was not the top of my list of guesses. Things do happen to old gear. The D80 I bought in 2007 I used very hard on geocaching hikes for several years. I bought a 2nd D80 used when I saw how beat-up the...
  8. BF Hammer

    Long Tele Lens Choice

    You're gonna need a bigger tree. ;)
  9. BF Hammer

    Sigma lens not focussing on Z6 with mount

    Same as my earlier reply, I use the Sigma 150-600mm C lens with a Z5. Focus is about as good with the Z5 as when mounted on the D750 I used previously. Nikon F-mount version of the 150-600mm C lens does not have newer firmware (but there are many revisions for Canon mount). I would verify your...
  10. BF Hammer

    editing software for newbie

    Yeah, Picasa is dead software. It was very nice to use back in the day.
  11. BF Hammer

    Convert (nearly) any image into Nikon NEF raw file

    The author offers a couple of possible applications to use this in the documentation link. It is more about exploiting some features in camera bodies that can use a computer-generated image instead of an image from in the camera.
  12. BF Hammer

    Convert (nearly) any image into Nikon NEF raw file

    I found this today. It is a command-line open-source utility that will convert an image file like a JPEG or other into a Nikon NEF lossless compressed 14 bit file. Documentation shows me it it not very user-friendly, but it's a beginning. Documentation Github download
  13. BF Hammer

    Aurora alert 11-11-25

    Get outside immediately! KP level is showing at 9 in Wisconsin right now. That is insanely high. I however have a medical appointment at 6am and can't risk missing this one. :(
  14. BF Hammer

    Auto focus question

    You can have a crop-frame mirrorless also if you prefer that (Z50 or Z50II). Personally I cannot recommend picking up any F-mount cameras unless you have a specific need for an optical viewfinder. The support from Nikon is ending and all the improvements in features that have gone into 7 years...
  15. BF Hammer

    EN-EL25/EN-EL25A batteries, why doesn't Nikon do this?

    I would wager the K&F battery will be fine until it is tried out at some future time in a Z50III. That appears to be the pattern. Then the aftermarket makers clone a new controller chip, and that works until the next new camera....
  16. BF Hammer

    2025 Imaged BF Hammer style

    I have completed my 2026 calendar, anybody can purchase one (lulu.com print on demand publisher) https://www.lulu.com/shop/chris-larson/2026-photo-calendar-by-chris-larson/paperback/product-95jqvpv.html Revision coming... I discovered the QR code on the cover won't work without a white border...
  17. BF Hammer

    Z5 beep sounds not working

    I see a beep volume menu and pitch setting right below the on/off option. Possible volume is at minimum?
  18. BF Hammer

    D7500 and Ultimaxx zoom

    @Clovishound I suspect he has one of these which pops up at the top of a search...
  19. BF Hammer

    D7500 and Ultimaxx zoom

    I had to look up Ultimaxx. I see now it is a current generic brand. Those kinds of all manual T-mount telephoto lenses have been around for decades available through cheap import company catalogs before AliExpress and Temu existed. You can take photos with them. There is no image stabilization...
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