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Nov 26, 2023 13:15:24   #
DaveyDitzer wrote:
Using a shoe mounted flash on my D850 I experience intermittent failures of the camera to trigger the flash. I have cleaned the contacts on both the flash and the hot shoe. I have tested three different flash units (one a Nikon). I have tested the flash units on my D500 without a problem. Is there possibly some menu setting I have missed?
Please offer helpful suggestions before I pack the D850 up and off to Nikon service.


I had this issue several years ago. I needed to update the firmware for my speedlight then all worked fine. I forget the brand at the time.
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Nov 7, 2023 10:07:47   #
Thanks all for the kind words. I just received the Nikkor 180-600mm Z lens yesterday after being on backorder since June. That plus the bird detection firmware update for the Z9 has resulted in a lot more keepers.
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Nov 6, 2023 20:58:09   #
jdtonkinson wrote:
Great captures Jim. Yes it's fascinating to watch them land


I know, I think there's no way a bird that looks like a Tinkertoy set dropped from a tree can reassemble itself and land so gracefully, and on a dime.
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Nov 6, 2023 20:40:23   #
I had never realized how these birds used their feathers to arrest flight. Very cool!


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Oct 30, 2023 16:32:03   #
I've travelled extensively and used to pack up a bunch of stuff that I never ended up using. Now I pack one body (Z9 or D850), a 24-70 2.8 and a speed light. I used to think I'd need a wider angle but I never really did, especially since it's so easy to stitch panoramic shots together in Lightroom. In your case, I would recommend a 17-50 as the field of view 'equivalent' for a crop sensor camera. Sigma makes an outstanding one.
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May 31, 2023 22:06:04   #
lol, I thought I was the only one
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May 13, 2023 22:34:59   #
That's pretty impressive that they would do that!
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May 13, 2023 22:34:14   #
Thanks, Jerry. After doing a little more research, I decided to keep the Tamron with my D850 body and go Z native with the 70-200 2.8S
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May 10, 2023 17:29:54   #
Thanks. I may end up going that route, but since I only have one Tamron lens and it needs a firmware update to work properly with my Z body, I'm going to see if there is anyone local willing to let me use his/hers.
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May 10, 2023 06:22:13   #
I'm wondering if anyone in the Hampton Roads area has a Tamron tap in console I could borrow to do a firmware update for one lens?
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Oct 27, 2018 09:24:10   #
Both are nice, but the one with the sun on him is great!
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Jul 25, 2018 12:57:10   #
As others have said, use a focal length longer than 50mm. Besides the nice natural golden hour lighting, you might want to try off camera flash (or speedlight on camera if you can't trigger or don't have someone to help you). Take a practice shot of the background and fiddle with shutter speed until the background is exposed as you would like it (not blown out and probably not too dark). Then set your aperture for the widest opening (lowest number) that works. Remember that if you have the father there, too, there will be more depth of field required. I found 5.6 to 7 worked fine. Set speedlight to TTL (or iTTL) and it should look great.
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Jul 11, 2018 20:44:03   #
Shel B wrote:
Very nice.


Thanks, Shel. I don't know if they are going to peter off during the summer, but I might try to learn more about these beautiful insects.
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Jul 10, 2018 17:48:05   #
UTMike wrote:
Very nice work, Jim! I am going with the crowd, #1 is the star.


Thanks, Mike. Seems to be the trend.
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Jul 10, 2018 08:36:30   #
rlaugh wrote:
Fine set!


Thanks, Bob! I’m loving this D850.
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