For the last decade I've been a devoted user of full frame DSLRs. It's been quite a love affair. dozens of weddings and portraits, commercial work and thousands of miles of travel, lightpainting and astrophotography. My digital photography started in earnest with a Sony NEX6, which is an APS-C camera. From there I graduated to a Nikon D750 and what a difference! Boom. But in the last decade it seems that APS-C cameras have greatly advanced. I'm currently trying out the Nikon Zfc, which is a 2022 APS-C camera and comparing to my D750, it's really hard to tell any difference. I've tried low light, high ISO, etc. No, I don't want to buy the Zfc. It simply doesn't have the amount of control I'm used to and it's hard to hold in my hand. But here's my questions - are today's APS-C sensors equivalent to full frame or are they just equivalent to my 10 year old D750? Are new full frame cameras better at handling noise? How about dynamic range? And my second question is, if APS-C has gotten so much better, what about MFT? In other words, does sensor size matter anymore? Because my 72 year old body wouldn't mind lighter gear on my shoulders but I also don't want to go backwards in quality and capability. Comments?

It is nice that many lenses are "Weather sealed" today.
But is this an obsession way beyond the actual value. I note that many here are terrified of even changing lenses and proudly proclaim having a body for each lens. Additionally how many here actually use their equipment in rain, heavy blowing dust or other severe conditions? I dare say a very small few, from comments here again.
Were not most all if not all manual focus lenses not sealed. Yet they were successfully used by people in some of the most hostile environments for decades.
Again, for most everyone today is Weather sealing really needed and just something more to worry about and more marketing hype than reality?
PS I have taken equipment from steaming jungles to the Arctic and dusty deserts with no ill affects. Also Additionally even used instamatics where discretion was needed with no problems.
So what are the opinions, I know you all have them.

Hi my friends - I've been absent from the site for a few months trying to get my head around all of this AI stuff. Maybe I'm just getting old (I am) but it is truly frightening. From a photography interest perspective I have been looking at 2 applications - one is called DALL-E and the other is Midjourney. Here's the scary part - I spent some time writing a prompt (you have to tell these AI machines what to do) - let's say you want a photograph - it can be just a regular one or an exiting one (say for a poster or an advertisement). The prompts can be what you need the photo to depict, the aspect ratio, camera model, lens, aperture, filter, shutter speed, weather, location - you can be as creative as you like. So from a prompt of about 50 words I got this image in a few seconds! If you are a graphic designer (for example) you've just saved yourself a bunch of time and brainpower. I read today that images of people created by AI cannot be distinguished from real photographs.......

I have a 2020 27" intel IMAC with Big Sur OS 11.7.10. About 5 month or so ago I was considering upgrading my MAC OS to Monterey when Ventura was the current OS. I got busy with other things including travelling and never got around to upgrading my OS. Now the current OS is Sonoma. I am not sure if I can now upgrade to Monterey or if I have to upgrade to either Ventura or Sonoma. Not ready to go from Big Sur to Sonoma. I understand Apple will not support Big Sur after Dec. 31. I would like know if I can still upgrade to Monterey or do I have to upgrade to Ventura? I prefer to not bypass Monterey to do the Ventura upgrade.

Many people have been killed by cars turning "right on red," so the authorities are considering ending that practice. Drivers often just roll right through the red light, and they don't see pedestrians until they hit them. Someone from a drivers' organization is in favor of keeping the law because he said that those deaths amount to only 1% of traffic deaths. He thinks the purpose of eliminating that law is to make driving "as miserable and difficult and miserable as possible so people don't drive so much."

One thing I don't like about turning right on red is the car behind me. Very often, the driver is surprised that I stop before turning. I expect to get run into one of these days.

[i/]From 2010 to 2021, pedestrian deaths increased from 4,302 to 7,624, a 77 percent rise, according to the federal data. Jun 27, 2023[/i] 1% of 7,624 = 76 dead people. That's not so bad, right?

Sorry to hear about everything you are having to deal with. I'm hoping that things go better than you may be expecting.

User ID has provided you with an interesting and viable suggestion. I'll share progress on a project I've been working on that might give you an alternative to consider.

I have found that there are other ways than completely changing systems to reduce weight and bulk of camera equipment. Even being willing to consider a different lens choice can make a huge difference. I'm helping a friend build a new system. We are building it around a used D500, but instead of using the top professional lenses, we are using the 16-80mm f/2.8-4 zoom as the cornerstone. There are some important things to be worked out, including insuring that it can consistently achieve accurate focus.

Folks tend to think of this as a sports and wildlife camera, but in reality, it is a good all-around model that will do just about everything. If you avoid underexposing, you can use ISOs up to 3200, and it has flicker reduction, which is of tremendous benefit when shooting under commercial and public lighting at night or indoors. The same ir similar lenses that you used in the past will guide your lens choices.

I have no way of knowing if this path would fill your current and future needs. But it will give you an excellent viewfinder system and a somewhat familiar operating system. You might give it some thought.

This beautiful car was first shown at the 1951 Paris auto show. It was the French manufacturer's effort to remain relevant in the post WW II auto industry. It was priced at more than twice what its primary competition....mainly the Jaguar XK 120...was selling for. The car you see here was #5 off of the assembly line. from 1951 to 1954, only 84 units of this car were sold. The lack of a positive market response, due mainly to the car's cost, prompted Delahaye to cease production of the car in 1954 and, in fact, shutter the production facilities and cease business as an automobile manufacturer.

The closing of Delahaye's operations marked the end of a period when French automobiles produced by such storied companies as Delage, Talbot Lago, and themselves, ruled the market for cars of elegance, beauty, and performance.