I always update to latest versions. Usually, there are no issues. When new features are added, existing ways of doing things normally still work the same way. One thing that I did notice in the latest Photoshop version is that locking aspect (e.g., when resizing via transpose) operates differently. It used to be that holding down shift while dragging a corner locked in the same aspect. Now, the default action locks in aspect and holding down shift unlocks the aspect - took me a while to discover that. I'm not a fan of changes to the user interface that reverse the functionality of user actions.

We've been there a few times in mid summer. Our last trip had exceptionally nice weather for close to a week's stay...prior trip, not so much. I've never been there during foliage times - see other places in NH and Vermont then. Unless you encounter bad weather, you won't be disappointed with a late summer visit. I highly recommend (as another poster mentioned) also seeing the Schoodic peninsula section. Its a ways from the main section, but well worth it. It is a nice sunset spot Another great sunset spot is Blue Hill Overlook - a turnoff just before the Mt Cadillac summit. Looking east from the Mount Cadillac summit is best sunrise venue. It will be crowded in the park with delays at pay stations and possibly areas with very limited parking. It will also be quite crowed in Bar Harbor. You might also want to consider traveling into Canada. We did a day trip Saint John, New Brunswick. If you can do an overnight or more, you could also take a ferry from there into Nova Scotia.

The Kancamangus Highway and surrounding areas will be at or just past peak when you visit nest week. You could travel the Kancamangus going east and return via US302 (or vice versa ). Its a great scenic loop. There a some very nice turnoffs on the Kancamangus that provide nice views without traveling far from the road. The Rocky Gorge, Lower falls and Albany bridge pulloffs all provide nice views of the Swift River with nicely colored foliage backdrops. It will be crowded (better to go on weekdays) and some pulloffs are pay parking. Depending on weather, another great route to travel is the Mount Washington Auto Road or the Cog railroad. Again these will be crowded. The auto road has some exceptional foliage views in the early section and (if you're lucky enough to get have a clear day) some pretty spectacular views on the way to the summit.

here's two responses from Nikon tech support - both received this morning:

(1) Thank you for contacting Nikon. Cameras that were sent to UEG prior to closing are being sent to our Nikon service center to be handled instead. I will escalate this case with the service number you provided me to see if we have any information available on it's status.

(2) Thank you for contacting Nikon. We are currently working with UEG to get this resolved, however we do not yet have an ETA of when it will be complete. We will inform you as soon as we are able to on this matter.

FYI, in case anyone out there is in the same situation. I submitted one of my cameras (a P900) for repair via the Nikon website and, based on their instructions, sent it to United Electronics Group in Elk Grove Village, IL. I've just discovered that this company has gone out of business. I've contacted Nikon to find out what is being done with my camera and am awaiting their response.

As someone mentioned previously, the camera was set to auto white balance. Looking at the EXIF data, the camera selected a different WB value in the two shots. The first (F8.0) has WB RB level=528 422 256 256. The second (85.6) has WB RB level=516 434 256 256. This WB difference, the slight change in camera position between shots, and the difference in the scene in the 20 seconds between the 2 shots is the explanation.

its the movement of the group that is the issue. If the group remained in focus during the time that I leave the camera and enter the scene, there would be no issue, but, especially for young children, it can be hard to avoid movement within the group that detracts from focus accuracy. Yes, a smaller aperture would add depth of field for more tolerance to imprecise focus. However, increasing depth of field may be contrary to the desired outcome (e.g., a blurred background).

Since the camera has a live view setting that provides the capability to adjust focus after the photographer leaves to enter the scene, I thought that would be a good approach.

Using BBF, I have always set the focus prior to shutter release. However, for some recent holiday group shots, this standard focusing technique has had some disappointing results when I used a timed shutter release to be part of a group photo. In follow-up assessment, I'm thinking that, with my D810, a better focusing technique for this situation would be to use Full time servo AF mode in live view using the Face Priority AF Area mode. That way, focus will be adjusted at shutter release time. Have others had similar focus issues with timed (or remote) shutter release?

I use both pinnacle studio or video studio

It seems as though you are referring to the auto music function in Video Studio. With auto music, you can create background music from the available canned music clips that is customized to the length of the video file. The customization avoids any noticeable starts/stops in the music over the entire duration of the clip. A plugin to Video Studio (Scorefitter) seems to be what accomplishes this function. I also have Pinnacle Studio and it uses the same plugin. Pinnacle Studio store lists a small number of scorefitter music clip addons available for purchase. However, I believe that all of that music is already included as part of Video Studio Ultimate (its also not clear if you could purchase the Pinnacle Studio music addon and get it to work within Video Studio).

You can always add your own background music to the music track on the timeline, but don't have get a seamless music track exactly customized to a desired duration that way. Getting royalty music can be expensive. Also, there are often "personal use only" restrictions. If you post a video online that includes music having such restrictions, you might find that your video gets deleted by the host for license violations.

I haven't used it, but know of one similar auto music generation program that is independent of video studio (there are probably several). This one provides music for purchase via soundsound.com. There is also an available standalone program - SonicFire Pro - via that website. That program can be used to create customized lengths of music from the purchased music clips.

I went through the same decision process a couple of months ago. I had been using a D7000 with (mostly less expensive) DX lenses. So, I also needed to consider investment in better quality lenses. I decided that switching to full frame lenses would be a better decision for me. At the time, I could get a refurbished D810 or a new D500 for about the same price. I went with the D810. As others have suggested, you might consider whether you need new lenses as well as a camera upgrade and prioritize the lens decision over the camera decision. Sensor resolution is the biggest difference between these two cameras. The D500 packs more resolution into its smaller DX sensor than the D810 can provide when it is set to be constrained to a DX image area. So, the D500 may be a better choice for capturing closeups of distant objects. The D810, with its larger FX sensor, is able to capture a lot more of a scene, so its clearly a better choice for landscapes. Another option would be the more expensive D850. The D850 set to be constrained to a DX image area will provide just a little less resolution than the D500 DX sensor. So, its full frame sensor (far superior for landscapes) will be almost as good as the D500 at capturing closeups from a distance.

If you set the record button as suggested, it is NOT affected when in live view movie mode - pushing record when in live view/movie mode starts recording no matter regardless of any setting of the movie record button via menu item f13. Also note that there are settings for either an easy ISO (d8) or easy exposure compensation (b4). Via these controls, you can set the command dials to always change ISO or to always change exposure compensation without concurrently pushing the corresponding ISO or +/- EC buttons.

past peak around Mount Washington/White Mountains NH - pics from 18 October

Mount Washington Resort


Mount Washington from Crawford Notch

This post is provided at the suggestion of user selmslie in response to his assertion in another unrelated thread that: "stacking is useless for landscape. You are usually focused on infinity."

I have done some informal attempts with focus stacking of landscapes and did encounter difficulty with movement in foreground elements (e.g., grass/flower movement between shots). So, I don't currently have a good example of this technique from my own work. I do, however, see a lot of merit to it. Below is a link to a prior post that shows great results.

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-431965-1.html

Also, here's a link to a Tony Northrup video on the technique:

https://northrup.photo/my-account/download-sdp-ebook/stunning-digital-photography-video-index/landscape-focus-stacking/

Why did you feel the need to hijack this thread and continue to direct personal attacks against anyone who provides sensible commentary to your illogical conclusion regarding focus stacking? As I see it, stacking can be a very useful technique for landscapes. In particular, it is not atypical for landscape compositions to be comprised of foreground objects at close range, a mid range subject and a far range background. For such compositions, it is only logical that sharper results can be obtained by combining multiple images of varying focus vs a single image at one focal distance.