Leswick II

Usually not from ebay, but from B&H, KEH, Roberts.  Some swear by ebay and/or craigslist...others don't.  Sometimes the item is not described properly....and that omission (intentional or not) can ...

I used to live in larger town and walked the hill that I lived on, and I could always spot something to take pics of.   Really, even after the rain I'd spot some interesting microcosms.  Don't ...

The first one is superb IMHO.

The appearance of "pasteurized" portion of the photo is usually caused by low end jpg  or not enough resolution is assigned to processed photo.  I tend to use 1500x on the long end and never ...

I think being deceitful should carry hefty punishment......to prevent copy cats.  Indeed, he got away too easy.

It's likely going to be between RRS and Pro Media Gear. Have nice Feisol, tho FLM looks enticing, tho it should have cost about $250 less....considering where it was made.

You want it be "right", you need to pick up the camera and do it yourself.  I was selling FSBO and someone offered me a 'tog to do the visuals for $250.  Well, I decided to do it my way and the ...

The story is the motivator and how one has to get that across visually.  Usually, entire set of primes is present on the set, since the DP may find additional views to his/her "go to" ...

I wasn't really looking for a dream lens ....the F5.6 zoom is serving me quite well.  Anytime you start tweaking those big lenses to F3.5....they become bigger and WAY more expensive.  I guess that ...

OK OK fair enough, why not 500/11 then :>).

Not sure what you are on about.  Sigma made 500/4.5 and Nikon has a great 500/5.6....why go with 6.3 when you can have 5.6 ?  Are you talking about 500S ?....that would be a different subject.

Excellent set+, Murrey.

Good fluid heads are not cheap.  But, you'll have adjustments that will allow you make v. smooth pan-tilt.  There are probably around 10 (or less) reliable manuf that produce superb video heads ...

My earliest work was from 2007 and started to ditch some of it (start) in 2017....that makes 10yrs.  At this point I've dumped jpgs and Raw = 696.205GB....almost 41K images. Never looked back.  No ...

Usually I try to keep at 1500 on long end and whatever falls on short (my mo)....just trying to keep the jpg from pasteurizing.

Nice shots, but you may have prematurely let go of the D500.  That, married with 500PF or even 200-500 would likely get you there (even w/o 1.4TC).  I'm just observing the obvious, since I have ...

Supreme.  Love the posture.

Indeed, smoke could be a pain.  You might want to dial in one of the webcams there (assuming there are some).  My fave sunset spot is on the E. side of the lake (from 80's) has some trees in ...

An F-mount lens on a Z body could be slightly slower than on a DSLR if you are doing scientific measurements. But for the most part should seem the same. Haven't try this, but it works really well ...

Gees Bill, can you handle over 80 deg and humidity @75%....I just went to LA (Lake Martin) and in May it was cooler & I'd have stayed at least another week if it wasn't for bat ***t crazy humidity.