Hi friends, I have Nikons d7200 and d500 and my favorite walk around lens is the Nikkor 18-200mm. Recently it began slipping. I now use a band on it, but I just don't feel the photos are as sharp arls they once were. I know with a long zoom sharpness is often compromised, and I have several other lenses that do an excellent job. But as an almost 72 yr old woman, although spry enough, sometimes I just want to grab one lens for a long hike. I'm looking between Nikkor, Tamron, and Sigma. I want new, as I don't want to deal with slipping again any time soon. I'm looking at 18mm-300mm, or even 400mm is quality isn't terribly compromised. And suggestions from personal experience? Thank you!!

I know this isn't a controversial topic, but I want to give a plug to shooting raw, anyway. I came across some shots from 2016, using a Sony a6000. All the images are arw - Sony raw. I often wondered if the guy who decided on that "arw" extension just mixed up the letters, intending to write "raw."

The pictures were shot in a high contrast situation - dark inside but bright outside. Using Luminar, I was able to process the twenty-five I wanted. The example of before and after below is probably the worst of the bunch, but it turned out being usable.

One thing about looking at pictures of a senior picnic from seven years ago - not all of the people in the pictures are still with us.

My daughter, son-in-law (and grandchild) are taking my wife and me to Disney World, next month. I'm going largely to please my wife and kids but it's been 30 years since I took my kids there and a whole lot has changed since then. Gone are the days of walking up to the ticket booth and buying a ticket; everything's electronic and reserved ahead of time. Luckily, my kids have taken care of lodging, park tickets, rides and restaurants.

My question is what camera to take, if any? I have a Nikon D5600 (heavy & bulky), a Sony HX400V (lightweight and a little bulky) and, of course, an iPhone (no weight & no bulk). I'm not looking at this as a photography adventure and my wife can just as easily take snapshots to document our vacation as I can.

So I'm asking anyone who's been there: Is having a camera slung across your shoulder worth it? Or is a camera problematic when going on rides, walking around the various theme parks, etc.?

My Grand son (16yo) is visiting me for the holiday weekend. I got him into photography a few years ago by passing down my Canon 50D and a few lenses. He has has taken off like a rocket and is now even the official photographer for his high school. He is currently using a new(ish) but slow windows laptop to edit using his subscription to Light Room Classic and Photoshop. Last night I found a 2013 MacBook Pro that used to be mine several years ago and I cleaned it up and he tried to install his Lightroom Classic but was informed that the operating system -SIERA- was inadequate ( not surprising). Is there anything that we can do short of trashing this computer?

Smart phones are nipping at dslrs and mirrorless cameras continuity. Smart phones have the advantage of being pocketable, convenient, it can share photos easier and are able to take fairly decent photos. I have my phone with me all the time so I have a camera with me all the time. I have one that's a couple of years old Samsung S10. Sometimes I have my 850 but it is not pocketable or convenient but it takes better pictures than my smart phone.
A long time ago my grand daughter wanted a camera. She was ten or eleven. I bought her a smart phone. She was really excited. A couple of years later she wanted a real camera. I bought her a Nikon d3100 and some books. Then I had the fun of teaching her a little about photography. Whenever I saw her she had her camera with her in a carrier that she had made. She was about fifteen or so. More years went by. Every once in a while a would see a photo of hers in a the Dallas Magazine and Cowboys and Indians. She has graduated from college, owns an art studio in Dallas and doing very well. The other day she showed me her new camera, a Z9 and started telling me what it can do with the same excitement she had with that 3100, big smiles and jumping around on her toes. She still uses the same smart phone I bought her ten years ago. She says, "It's a phone grandpa not a real camera." She has found the excitement of photography.

This old dog is trying to learn some new tricks. It's cold here in the Lost River Valley of Central Idaho...so... my wife dumped boxes and boxes of old slides and negatives in my lap and told me to do something with them. I'm talking a few thousand images taken from 1970-1990. There are 35mm slides, 35mm negatives, 120 transparencies and negs, 645 slides and negs, and a few 4x5 transparencies and negs. I guess you know what the question is. How can I convert these to digital? Can I scan them? Do today's scanners produce good enough resolution to print, say 20x24 inch prints? I have copied quite a few of the 35mm slides using a macro lens and slide copier. It's mostly the larger transparencies and negatives that I don't know how to deal with. I need advice.