You might look at Photo Mechanic. I think there's a free trial.
I trust B&H staff; they're not incentivized to sell anything, only to provide good information and support. No commissions on sales means no urgency to make us buy, only to help us buy what's right for our needs.
I love the sun placement. And as a former Californian who visited Yosemite as often as time permitted, it's the one place I miss the most having moved to DC - District of Champions.
As an Apple Creative, this is advice I give my customers every day! Thank you.
Thanks for taking notice. Are you a DC area resident or just a supporter of our democracy?
The Jefferson Memorial is currently experiencing a restoration process and looks horrendous with its dome encumbered with architectural supports. And the south side of the Capitol building is also getting a big makeover with scaffolding and shrouding to minimize environmental impacts from the surface work. Same with several legislative office buildings on both the south and north sides of the Capitol.
I've captured some wonderful hand-held images inside both the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials but if the water is running in the FDR memorial, a monopod or quick setup/breakdown tripod will be helpful, so long as no Capitol Police catch you. They're pretty picky about such things.
We moved to Capitol Hill twelve years ago and I still can't get enough of the photo opportunities to see DC in the best light. While I'm recovering from major back surgeries in 2009 and 2017 and can't walk as I used to, carrying my cameras, lenses and supports, it is, nonetheless, pure inspiration and I continue to dream of getting back out again making the best DC images of my life.
Oh, and one more thing, check out
http://whocaresaboutdc.comSince I'm not making images as I used to, I'm not making a documentary film about the city I've adopted as my home and its place as what many of my friends refer to as the Last Plantation in the United States of America. It's a work-in-process that I expect to complete and have in distribution before the 2020 election.
You can access the contents of your Aperture library by control-clicking (secondary click) on the Aperture application. That will give you the option to "Show Package Contents." The contents should reveal Masters or Originals which is where all your original images are stored. Then, you can drag that folder out to another location on your Mac where On1 can use it. Going after the database which should contain reference to how your images were organized and edits may be a fruitless endeavor, but your mileage may vary.
Here's a little spin on the analysis. Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh shot both "Unsane" and "High Flying Bird" using only iPhones. See these films on the big screen and wonder at how such a little camera lens and sensor can produce such quality. And, at 12mp for the iPhone 8 through X, it's a camera that produces beautiful images that can be dramatically enlarged. More critical is how the shooter uses the camera; it's really just a black (gold, rose gold, space gray, silver and for the Xr, lots of other colors) box with a hole in it, like any other camera. How long the hole is open and where it's aimed are the principal determinants of image quality.
Please don't flame me. I've been a published Nikon Professional and ASMP member for many years which gives me an even greater appreciation for what Apple hath wrought.
There's a little "monitor" button on the left side of the viewfinder, referenced on page 8 of the Z6 user guide. Pushing it steps through each setting for display and viewfinder.
Please, give it a try and see what happens. Then, let us know if that's the solution you're hoping for.
Au contraire. I'm also using this lens with the FTZ adapter on my Z6 with very satisfying results. Just because it's a kit lens doesn't mean it isn't a good lens.
I took mine with a D750 on a cross-country trip and when I returned found that many of my images were sadly out of focus. I contacted Nikon in Melville, sent the lens in and got it back with the problem solved. The downside is that 90% of the images I captured in Upper Antelope Canyon were useless :-(
That trip is back on my bucket list to do again.
One key note is the sheer number of (then, slides, now digital) frames captured in order to find the one that makes the cut.
Back in the 1990s, I was hired to photograph a wedding by the bride's mother whose brother was a NG photographer. He shot the day as well. When we delivered our products, the customer found a vast difference in what I brought to her over her brother's spray and pray deliverables. And we were both shooting negative film. Quality vs quantity. And, of course, having a working familiarity with a Jewish wedding as opposed to an "exotic" event in a far-away locale.
Thanks for the link. It's not the camera!
This looks to be useful content, including reference to problems with the FTZ adapter not recognizing screw-drive AF-D lenses.
Now I know and am hoping that Nikon does come up with a fix for the FTZ.
To clarify: I only just discovered the problem and sent an email to my NPS representative to see if he's aware of the issue.
As any user of the newest, latest electronic technology should know, there's always a "shake down" period as problems are discovered and resolutions are offered.
This is NOT a permanent problem that keeps me from enjoying the Z6 and when it comes to macro (what Nikon refers to as Micro) and portrait photography, critical focus is arrived at manually.
I'm pleased to await a resolution and, if we discover that there's a defect in my lens and not the Z6, then I'll decide whether replacing or repairing the lens is worth the cost, knowing that it is still a great manual focus lens. In the meantime, all my other auto-focus lenses work great.