You talkin' to me? I'm the only one here...

There's really no reason not to jump in with large format, prolly 8X10. He has expressed interest in B&W so let's get him thinking Zone System from the get-go.

Well, I have one, but it never occurred to me to try to use it for photo processing. I use a 24" Asus ProArt monitor for processing. Although I wish I had gotten a larger monitor, I don't think that sitting eight feet away from the 65" LG would be any better than 18" away from the ProArt. Interested to hear from others.

I don't think you will be happy doing LR/PS photo editing on a 17" screen. I got a 24" external monitor and wish I had gone bigger. And you can get as much computing power in a PC as all these laptop recommendations at a much lower price than a laptop.

I absolutely love their straps and attachments. However I have never needed any support.

I use a D7200 and have gradually moved from App Pref (from analog days) to Manual with floating ISO. Not always, but 90%. I agree with +2/3 EC as a default, with exceptions. And finally, Silverman, when looking for accurate, easy to understand advice, CHG_Canon can be your default.

I grew up in Oregon City, Oregon, the oldest city west of the Mississippi. After I graduated from high school in 1970, I worked at the local cemetery for four consecutive summers. Although the newer sections involved landscape maintenance and burials, the Old Cemetery contains stones of this age and older, with no standardization of size or style. Since then I’ve been attracted to cemeteries, visiting sites in places I traveled for work or vacation. London, Boston, and of course, Arlington. When I made the leap to digital photography several years ago, my first shoot was at the cemetery in OC. I still live 10 minutes away.

These images have inspired me to return for a repeat shoot. Well, once the rain lets up…

Relevant concept when using reframe technique (after focusing on center point) on a subject outside the center of the frame with narrow DoF.

I had a red one in 1974. Found it in perfect condition in a friend's mother's barn; stored. Bought it for $100 to drive while I rebuilt the 327 in my '64 Impala. Crashed it, got just $150 from the other driver's insurance company. They are worth a bit more now...

Okay but please clarify one thing. I believe if I sell a photo of a child to Campbells for a soup commercial, a release is mandatory. But if I sell a photo as art, in a gallery for example, there is no need for a release?

I recognize the potential for variation in state law, but my working assumption is that, in general, this is the spirit of most US statute? Mainly looking for responses from the several attorneys here.

It can be risky. Your equipment could be attacked. You could get hurt. But if you thrive on shots of people, it’s addicting.

I’ll say it again. Don’t look like a pro, especially a photojournalist (includes equipment); look like a goofy tourist.

I think I’ll go out this weekend; I’m getting energized with this discussion. Much more fun than “problems with Lightroom...”

I did not think any had been posted. Just thinking through what might cause AF to be inferior to manual.

I had another thought about why the OP may be getting sharper focus with Manual. I use BBF for a number of reasons, one of which is the fact that in default setting, the camera will try to refocus when the shutter button is depressed if the selected focus point is not precisely on the point of desired precise focus. Maybe?

If you consistently get better images with manual focus, I wonder if the lens is front- or back-focusing with your body. I actually don't know what happens if you focus manually using a lens/body combination that wants fine tuning.

BTW I wasn't offended in the least by your post. Don't let nasty people bum you out.

Obviously there's a lot of different approaches to street. I suggest for your first trip out, as noted, a wide angle focused at Hyper Focal distance will take focusing and zooming completely out of the equation. Your 23 (on crop) should be just fine. At f11 for example, focused to 8 feet, you are good from 4 feet to infinity. Assuming people are subjects at least part of the time, you can shoot really quickly. While this is valuable to avoid losing shots, there's another consideration. Some people are quite sensitive about being captured in images. The less time you spend pointing the lens at them the better. The wide angle also allows you to act like you are shooting something other than your intended subject; fix later with cropping. Do your best not to look like a pro. Dressing like a goofy tourist is good; "I heart Portland!" My D7200 body has two card slots. I keep an empty card in slot 2. It's never happened to me but if someone goes postal and demands your card, the empty (and cheap) one is surrendered.