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Jan 20, 2024 15:30:11   #
My app tells me "American Goldfinch"...the app is "Picture Bird" and can be found in your Play Store (android) and I'm sure there's an Apple version. I pay for it yearly, but I love the immediacy and it really helps me as a neophyte "birder"...
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Jan 20, 2024 15:21:00   #
Dude! Artsy...great light creating a sublime mood.
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Jan 20, 2024 12:59:08   #
TriX wrote:
Let me propose a different approach that gives you complete control over the exposure and makes max use of the camera’s automation (which is always faster than you can adjust in changing light conditions) - manual shutter and aperture with auto ISO AND EC (assuming your camera supports the combination).

First a couple of suppositions. SS is critical - in general, a blurry subject (even with AI PP) is useless. Aperture is critical - insufficient DOF (again, even with AI PP) is useless, and too much DOF ruins subject isolation. With modern cameras, ISO is NOT critical. Most newer FF bodies are quite usable at ISO 12,800 and crop at 6,400, and modern AI PP can often remove the noise. So let the camera do what it does better than you in a fast moving, light changing situation - adjust the ISO, which is NOT critical. Now for EC. What EC does is change the metering sensitivity.

So you pick a shutter speed that freezes the subject (if that’s your intention). Pick an aperture that provides the required DOF, let the camera pick the ISO, and if the image is too dark or light, just adjust the EC. If you’re composing landscapes or still subjects, then you may choose to spot meter, set everything manually and shoot as many frames as necessary to get the required result. But IF light is changing, the subject is moving or the scene is evolving rapidly, auto ISO + EC is a great combination.

Steve Perry, a well known wildlife photographer, made exactly this case for auto ISO + EC a few years ago on UHH after Canon first intriduced auto ISO + EC on their 5D4, and his results back up his opinion.
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Jan 20, 2024 12:35:16   #
Golfstitch wrote:
Thanks. I’ll look into it.


I just used the Quote Reply button to show what you wrote and my (this) response. ;0) Oh, I'd get a used Nikon 70-200 f2.8, great glass.
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Jan 19, 2024 13:04:50   #
Bridges wrote:
Yes, but the rumored z90 would have 33 mpx., if those rumors are accurate. The D500 would have the potential to produce less noisy shots since the nodes that make up the sensor would be less packed than those of the 45 mpx. z8. This may not be the case though because the z8 would use a more advanced processor that could overcome that situation.


...wasn't a big fan of the D500's noise output. Like I said before, you'd have fun with the Z50...at least for now. I also await a pro-sumer crop Z, I suppose the Df is in that range but I, like you, want more. If they come out with a 33MP crop Z I'm on it for sure!
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Jan 18, 2024 15:51:11   #
Bridges wrote:
I know you can, but I like having a crop-sensor body set up one way, and a FF another way. I also know by using different menus like A menu and B menu you can customize the 8 to perform differently with the click of a button or two. I may do that, but for me carrying two bodies, one set up one way and the other set differently has always been my preference.


I had my Z50 out the other day shooting some surfing, I hooked it to the 100-400 and even used the Nikon doubler...man, I'm impressed by the results! That little camera is a gem...I don't think I'd go out shooting small, fast birds, but big slow ones it'd do fine (and the surfing shots were outstanding). Cheap, you should investigate!
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Jan 18, 2024 12:39:16   #
A. T. wrote:
Okay, well the ink for the Canon Pro 100 is not cheap but I guess I will print something weekly just to keep the ink flowing, thanks.


...there's a test pattern you can print cheaply, just use regular printer paper. I use that function on my Epson R3000 regularly...
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Jan 17, 2024 13:05:25   #
A. T. wrote:
You ordered the Red River B&H or directly from Red River?


RR direct. Fast and fair.
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Jan 13, 2024 01:31:53   #
A. T. wrote:
Okay, great information....so far I like the look of Matte but I will try some of the other finishes.


Red River has a couple of matte papers that I adore: Paper Canvas and River Linen. ========
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Jan 8, 2024 15:01:24   #
Took my driver's test in a '68...barey passed, lol...
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Jan 7, 2024 11:52:46   #
jaymatt wrote:
Covid is like the flu; it's here to stay.

And those masks and shutdowns and lockdowns--they were a joke. But the vaccinations weren't.


Agree! And don't forget the "Sky is Falling" media...they need to sell their newspapers, doncha know.
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Jan 4, 2024 13:18:59   #
I own both the 100-400 and the 70-200. Even though the 100-400 gets used more lately (for sports and such) I *always* find a need for the 70-200...I think the 100-400 has a bit more heft. If there're two of you, depending on subject matter, that's two great longish lenses to share.
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Jan 2, 2024 22:07:33   #
I know this is late to the discussion, but I've been doing my own framing and, you gotta know, experimenting for quite a few years. Sometimes you stick your toe in the water and get sucked into a black hole, lol. Here's one I just finished and shipped to a client on the east coast. The frame is birch (which is a mistake because that species doesn't stain all that well...PITA) AND I decided to try a brass inlay. Well, several processes later I finally got an acceptable result but, boyoboy, I don't think I'll do brass any time soon...at least before I get a good drum sander; I knocked the metal down to the wood with a 4' belt/disc sander and then ran the pieces through my bench planer...way too much work, lol. But I *think* in total effect, I generally get the result *I* see...dunno about others. At least my client liked it! PS...the color rendering is off, that green is more torquoise but you get the idea...


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Dec 28, 2023 12:21:14   #
...hopefully we all gain insights from your professional work, Thomas. Beautiful, both subject and lighting. It's still Uber for me, haha...
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Dec 22, 2023 19:15:31   #
These shots are fine, but can you see the sensor dust spots? Easy fix...
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