Nikon firmware test

Sep 11, 2020

One of the problems with the initial firmware for the Z nikon cameras was that they were not good at tracking focus on animals. I upgraded to version 3.0 and retested.Being who I am, I used Charlotte as a model -- and artificial light on a winter's evening.The autofocus got her eyes. As the shot is wide open, her body and dog tag were blurred.Nikon has released a revision of the firmware and I will test again. 

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The great simplification

Jan 20, 2020

This all began...When we started looking at what to do on vacation. Keasuggested that we go to the parts of New Zealand we would like to visit and neither of us have been to. We started making a list.Auckland ZooMilford SoundGolden BayTe AnauThe East Coast, North IslandStewart IslandThe bird sanctuary at Ulva IslandSo we booked them. Then, as we were setting up Kea's planned camera upgrade, Johnathon, the local dealer, suggested we got a Tamron 150 -600 mm lens for birding. So we thought about ...

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This is not that simple a workflow

Dec 09, 2019

The problem with shooting raw.Is that you have to process the photos. As I am writing this, the pro phtoographer is struggling with getting her camera to work with photoshop and import raw files that she needs for her work. She does not like some of the tools that will do the job -- such as the open source ones I'm mentioning. The current raw converters that are out there include:Capture One -- if you have a mac, probably the better tool.Nikon Capture DX -- good for Nikon shooters (which we ...

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