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Nov 20, 2023 15:25:59   #
At least wait until you are healed. Then you will know what you can do. I had Mohs surgery on the top of one ear for a melanoma tumor. The wound was big enough that I needed a skin graft (aka half a face-lift :) ). It has healed well, and I hardly notice it 14 years later. At first, I thought I would never be able to wear a hat with a brim again, but now it is not a problem. If you enjoy photography, you will find a way.
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Oct 1, 2021 10:43:02   #
What I do:

If I can wait: reverse roll them in the film canister for a few days, or put them in sleeved pages and use weights to gently hold them flat for a few weeks. Then scan them lying flat in the Epson film holders.

If I can not wait: use the film holders for my Epson, with the film bulged upward (mirror flip the scan result if appropriate), and place anti-newton-ring (ANR) glass on top of them to hold them flat. I have ANR glass pieces to fit my Epson film holders from Scan Tech (http://scan-tech.net).
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Apr 1, 2021 09:43:19   #
Your D5000 has a DX sensor (smaller than 35mm film), while the D750 has a "full frame" FX sensor (about the same size as 35mm film). I would not be surprised if your Tamrons are DX, and may not work well with the full D750 sensor except perhaps for a limited range at one end of the zoom. The D750 can be operated in DX mode, where it only uses the DX sized portion of its sensor, but if that is what you end up doing, I would say the purchase is not justified. I bet your 50mm prime is FX, though; I do not recall a 50mm DX from Nikon, so it should work fine on the full D750 FX sensor. Bottom line: if you make the purchase, you will probably find you also "need" some more expensive FX lenses -- these do not have "DX" in the name or on the body anywhere, if you want to price shop. There are a lot of great DLSR and film lenses out there, and this is probably a great time to buy used (think keh.com, mpb.com, or ebay.com) with so many people moving to mirrorless.

I did a similar upgrade years ago, from a D5300 to a D750. I enjoy the things the D750 does better, do not mind its larger size or the larger size of the FX lenses I also upgraded to. I also enjoyed the fact that I was able to use all my old manual film lenses on it much easier than on my D5300 (some of the metering auto-exposure modes are supported on the D750 and not on the D5300). The D750 is also nicely weather-sealed, as are most of the FX lenses I acquired for it. I like it so much that I sold off the D5300 and its DX lenses. I still have my Nikon FM and Nikon F100, though :)

I can not decide for you if you need the purchase, but perhaps this is more information?

Paul
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Dec 22, 2019 08:43:07   #
I switched from a D5300 (DX) to a D750 last year, and bought the kit that included the 24-120mm f/4 lens. Even though that is the first lens I have bought brand new in over 30 years, I am glad I got it. It is useful in the widest range of situations for me.

Second most useful is the 50mm f/1.4G, which I also have. I like it for going out after sunset, when I do not want to use flash.

I also have a 70-300mm that I like to take on walks with the dog. It is enough to fill the frame with the local herons, ospreys, etc.

Part of the reason for my upgrade was to better handle all my older, manual focus lenses that I still use. The D750 has more convenient metering and better focus confirmation support for them. I also now like to get used D series Nikkor lenses, since the D750 has an in-body focus motor that they need, that the D5300 did not have. These lenses then also work well on my Nikon FM (film camera).

I sold off my 2 DX lenses with the D5300 with no regrets.
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Sep 27, 2019 08:30:54   #
The original poster has reached the correct conclusion. I regularly use my 105mm F/2 DC on my FM; I just have to remember to switch it to manual mode, and unlock the aperture ring (and do the opposite when going back). All my G lenses (no aperture ring) only shoot at the smallest aperture on my FM, as expected, which is seldom useful.

I recently had only my FM for a family gathering: my mother's 90th birthday, celebrated at the Oregon coast, because my D750 was back at Nikon to repair from saltwater damage. It went well.
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Apr 11, 2019 08:21:14   #
The following should work on Linux for raw files. Check your distribution for packages:

gimp (uses ufraw for raw files)
ufraw
dcraw
rawtherapee
darktable

Of course there may be others. Good luck,
Paul
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Mar 31, 2019 10:57:27   #
Nice photos! Especially the wild horses, which bring me back to camping and fishing there (near Steens Mountain) with my in-laws years ago. The horses would come right up to our tent at night.

Paul
also in Beaverton
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Mar 7, 2019 09:43:08   #
I made the switch from a D5300 (crop sensor) to a D750 (FF) about a year ago. You have been getting good general advice here, so I will only cover my specific reasons for the change, and my own observations. Here are the top reasons I changed:

First, the D5300, was not as easy to use with my older film lenses (it was my first DSLR; my research missed this point). I could only use them in manual mode. The D750 will let me tell it the focal length and widest open f-stop to use metering and focus assist.

Second, my old portrait lenses had an awkward field of view on the cropped sensor. Their focal lengths are better suited to the D750 as portrait lenses.

Thirdly, the D750 has much more support for taking a series of bracketed photos.

Only the second one has to do with FF versus DX. I could have gone to a D7200 or similar for the first and third reasons. Image quality is not noticeably different. I can autofocus (or use focus assist) in somewhat lower light with the D750. The D750 is slightly larger and heavier, and of course it was more expensive.

In summary, the D5300 had many more features than I ever used, and the D750 has many, many, many more features than I will ever use. But I got the few features I missed in the D5300.

Good luck with your decision!
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Jan 19, 2019 10:34:45   #
Very nice! You have captured some of the essence of that beautiful place well.

The Painted Hills provoke a strong emotional reaction in me. My father-in-law grew up on a homestead that is now part of the monument. The photos from the 1920s in the visitor center include pictures of him as a kid. His 19th birthday was December 7, 1941, after which he traveled to the nearest recruiter and joined the U. S. Navy for the war.

When my wife was a girl, she slid down the hills on a piece of cardboard for fun; now it is forbidden to leave the trails. The last time I was there was for the burial of my mother-in-law in the private family cemetery on the old homestead. I dug her grave ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130254308/janet-rose-helms ) there within view of those gorgeous hills. One of those interred there was a veteran of the war of 1812.

Now after my wife's recent close call with death provoked me into digging my old lenses out of storage and acquiring a nice new Nikon D750, I will have to go back. Thanks for sharing.

Paul
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Nov 25, 2018 09:56:25   #
The original poster is missing half the problem: the effect at the sensor. Light passing through a circular aperture is always diffracted, and in simple terms a point of light produces a diffraction pattern that looks approximately like a blurry disk ("Airy disk") at the focal plane of the camera. There is also a series of much lower intensity rings around the disk that we can ignore in this simple model. Polygonal apertures (as in camera lenses) will produce a blurry polygon shape that is close enough to a blurry disk. The larger the aperture, the smaller the Airy disk is. The smaller the aperture (in other words, the larger the f number), the larger the disk is. When the Airy disk from a point of light that is in focus spans multiple sensor pixels, the camera and lens system is said to be diffraction limited. When it covers one pixel or smaller, the camera and lens system is not diffraction limited.

The bottom line is this: the size and separation of the sensor's pixels are also critical to determining if a camera and lens are diffraction limited, not just the aperture size and wavelength.
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Oct 1, 2018 07:45:51   #
Mine seems to work (can connect, view and copy off photos):

Nikon D750
iPhone 8 plus
WMU 1.6.0 since 2 weeks ago (added iOS 11.4 compatibility)

I did not do anything unusual to connect (except step 3 below), just the following sequence:

1. Turn camera on.
2. Enable Wi-Fi on camera.
3. Connect to camera's SSID on iPhone (usually this is automatic for me; maybe a needed step now?)
4. Confirm connection status in WMU, then look at photos.

Perhaps the D7200 provides a differently configured network than my D750; enough to cause iOS 8 to distrust it (pure speculation on my part).

Good luck,
Paul
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May 25, 2018 16:18:34   #
I went with many members of my family to my nephew's wedding in 2016. I would not dream of doing that trip without a camera. I brought a Nikon D5300 (not a very high end camera, but lightweight, takes good enough travel pictures, and somewhat cheap to replace). For security, I swapped out the brightly lettered Nikon strap for a plain but functional camera strap. I also brought spare batteries and spare SD cards with me, not knowing how hard they would be to get there. BTW, electrical outlets and voltage are the same as USA.

Other security tips that we followed:

I called my bank to let them know ahead of time I would be using my credit card in Mexico City, and it worked there. I forgot to include my debit card, and sure enough, it was rejected wherever I tried it.

We only took taxis from a taxi stand or called by our hotel, and never hailed one off the street.

Uber was used without hesitation by our local hosts, and worked well for us when we got around on our own. My Spanish is good enough, but we never found an English speaking Uber driver.

We booked rooms in a secure hotel in a good neighborhood, from a short list of such hotels selected by our local hosts (the bride's family). Our hotel had discrete guards in the lobby, and treated its own water to a better level than the city water supply.

For tourist outings (Teotihuacan, Our Lady of Guadalupe church and plaza), we hired a driver and van that our hotel concierge recommended. He also brought us to the wedding.

Allow lots of time to go anywhere in traffic. It get pretty congested.

We were also told to avoid fresh vegetables and salads in restaurants, since they are normally rinsed in tap water, which is sometimes a problem. We forgot all about that, but nobody had any problems.

My son was best man, and he is in the Navy. He had to get special permission from the Navy to travel to Mexico, and they gave him a list of restrictions (no uniform!) and areas to be avoided. At the time of our trip, the Mexico City metropolitan area was considered the safest place for U. S. tourists in all of Mexico.

Remember to dress appropriately; my brother had some trouble getting into nightclubs while wearing shorts and a tee shirt.

It was one of the best weddings I have ever been to, and I would not hesitate to do it again. Even my 87 year old mother went and had a great time. Right up there with my brother's wedding in Manila, four months after 9/11/2001, for which I had neglected to tell my bank I would be using my credit card in the Philippines, but that is another story.
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May 12, 2018 11:31:04   #
I sympathize with your post on many levels: I grew up in Southern Oregon (Roseburg), I currently have a D750, I am getting older (currently 58), and my name is Paul (not a Brit). While I now live in northern Oregon (Beaverton), I do try to take my camera with me on most of my outings. I use my Optech shoulder sling strap with quick connector for nearly all carry. It is much less hassle than a traditional neck strap. For walking the dog, I always bring my D750 and a telephoto (typically 24-120 or 70-300) with a carabiner through a belt loop for the leash if I need two hands for a photo. For trips about town, I typically pick a less bulky prime lens, most often my 50mm f/1.4, which makes the combination lighter and smaller. Weight is not my main problem, but I do work on strength training, since I participate in shooting sports (rifle and pistol, not camera).

With my previous camera (D5300), I borrowed a plain strap off my old Nikon FM to replace the factory strap to make my camera less conspicuous on a trip to Mexico City for a wedding in my family. I am very glad I brought a camera for that trip!

I hope you work it all out,
Paul
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Apr 29, 2018 08:50:57   #
I really enjoyed your pictures. To me, they do capture some of what must be "the feeling of that place". They look like they were taken during the summer dry season. I grew up not far north of there (Roseburg area) and did some farm/ranch work on summer school breaks. But the pictures I relate to most are the ones with the split rail fence, since I spent some hot summer hours splitting rails to keep my in-laws' fence in good repair, over in Central Oregon. Nice work!
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Oct 4, 2017 09:56:19   #
I have no problem connecting my Nikon D5300 to my iphone. The D750 may be different, but for mine, the steps are:

1. Turn on wifi in the D5300 menu

2. Set the D5300 wifi as the wifi provider in the iphone's setup. The SSID has D5300 somewhere in its name.

3. Start the WMU app on the iphone.

4. In the WMU app, "connect to camera" (or similar wording).

The WMU app now controls the camera, or may transfer photos off it. The control options are very, very limited.
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