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Yesterday, 05:38 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Active D-Lighting Test in D7200

Active D-Lighting is essentially a Contrast modifier best used in higher dynamic-range, lower ISO, situations when shooting .jpg (quite a few...

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Yesterday, 03:05 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread D750 Fastest and Largest Memory Card? in D750

The San Disk Extreme Pro. Don't waste your money on UHS-II cards, the D750 doesn't support it. You can get larger capacity cards if you want,...

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Yesterday, 03:27 AM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Corporate Santa Photos in Photography Q&A

I strongly suggest you spend some time studying up on how to use off-camera flash on the following site: Strobist: Lighting 101 Strobist:...

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12-06-2018, 08:49 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Post your latest purchases. in Off Topic

It will charge up to two batteries at one time and is designed for the Nikon EN-EL15/EN-EL-15a batteries only. If you're looking for one of your...

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12-05-2018, 07:20 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread D760 rumor for next year in General Digital SLR Cameras

I smell... Incremental upgrades! While I have my list of hopeful upgrades, such as native GPS (pipe dream!), back-lit buttons and backward...

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12-03-2018, 05:57 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Post your latest purchases. in Off Topic

Time for a new dual-battery charger. Sadly, my previous charger met an untimely and catastrophic death after years of faithful service. Fair winds...

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12-02-2018, 06:37 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread New member needs some advice in New Member Introductions

The whole article is worth reading but pay *particular attention* to the section labeled, "No Gray on a Sunny Day" and everything that follows... ...

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12-01-2018, 07:02 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Nikonites t-shirt 50% off! in Deals!

Trust me... NO ONE wants to see that.

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12-01-2018, 06:02 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Nikonites t-shirt 50% off! in Deals!

Does this mean I get 50% of my t-shirt? I don' wear crop tops well at my age so this is a serious consideration.

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12-01-2018, 05:57 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread help in Photography Q&A

That's the Nikon software displaying which focus-point was used when the shot was taken. The red box won't appear in your finished image. When...

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11-30-2018, 04:56 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Portable storage in Photography Q&A

That would be, most likely, the Western Digital Passport Wireless Pro Portable External Hard Drive. They come in HDD and SSD flavors. The HDD...

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11-30-2018, 04:25 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Portable storage in Photography Q&A

Pretty sure we've all been there. I've had exactly one SD that got dodgy on me I let go of. Other than that, zero issues with any SD card I've...

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11-30-2018, 02:06 AM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Portable storage in Photography Q&A

If it were me I'd stock up on 128 GB SD cards, number them and set my camera to use Slot 2 as "Backup". When the cards get full, swap them for a...

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11-29-2018, 07:31 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread How do you................................ in Flashes

Well a lot depends on what you want the final shot to look like. Is there ambient light in the room, or are the tree-lights your sole source of light...

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11-29-2018, 02:11 AM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread help in Photography Q&A

Are you using Nikon software to download/view your images? Does the red oblong box you're seeing look anything like this: .....

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11-28-2018, 07:58 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Corporate Santa Photos in Photography Q&A

Can you drop $100 or so on a proper flash with a bounce card, such as this Godox tt685? With the right technique you should be able to get decent...

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11-26-2018, 10:47 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Lightroom is not seeing new external hard drives in Computers and Software

I'm not a big LR user but this should get you where you want to go... From the Develop module Navigator panel click on the little "+" sign to the...

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11-25-2018, 01:16 AM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread New D500: All Shots Blurry in D500

Which mode/s do you feel most comfortable using now?

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11-24-2018, 04:43 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread New D500: All Shots Blurry in D500

Excellent point.

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11-24-2018, 04:36 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread New D500: All Shots Blurry in D500

There is no reason to believe your camera is NOT working correctly. In any of the semi-automatic modes, such as Aperture Priority, YOU control...

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11-24-2018, 03:42 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread New D500: All Shots Blurry in D500

Well your shutter speeds for the blurry shots are all *extremely* slow; I'm seeing 1/6, 1/2 second shutter speeds for those shots. Your all-black...

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11-17-2018, 02:04 AM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Wacom advise in Post Processing

Well, as I said I'm not a Lightroom user so I could be way off base here but... I believe if you are going to use Adobe products you have two...

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11-17-2018, 12:21 AM

bikeit replied to a thread Wacom advise in Post Processing

Ok thanks, it's just I've tried to take photos from Bridge into LR on a PC without success. Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Tapatalk

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11-17-2018, 12:15 AM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Wacom advise in Post Processing

Essentially, yes. Technically I don't use Lightroom, I use Camera Raw which, under the hood IS Adobe Camera Raw, so I consider them the same...

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11-16-2018, 11:32 PM

bikeit replied to a thread Wacom advise in Post Processing

Thanks Paul, do you take the photos from Bridge straight into Lightroom?

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11-15-2018, 12:05 AM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Tips need for Nikon D750 shoot in a low light condition with backlit in Photo Feedback

I assumed that was the case and that's why I only touched on the topic of fill-flash. Live performances, especially in what appeared to me to be a...

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11-14-2018, 05:55 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Tips need for Nikon D750 shoot in a low light condition with backlit in Photo Feedback

If you have raw files those shots look pretty recoverable to me. ..... Shooting backlit scenes can be tricky, depending on what you want out of...

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11-14-2018, 04:33 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Tips need for Nikon D750 shoot in a low light condition with backlit in Photo Feedback

I couldn't tell from the EXIF if the EC that was dialed in was (+) or (-) and your shot appeared to me to be, roughly speaking, about two stops...

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11-14-2018, 03:01 PM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Tips need for Nikon D750 shoot in a low light condition with backlit in Photo Feedback

I could be wrong but I still say the issue is the 2.33 stops of Exposure Compensation that was dialed in for that shot.

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11-14-2018, 03:41 AM

Horoscope Fish replied to a thread Wacom advise in Post Processing

Well my workflow goes from Bridge to Camera Raw (Lightroom) to Photoshop. I use Bridge to cull and rate shots using the keyboard and then I do global...

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