Hugh Barstead

NickZ2016: I’m just saying that Nikon should concentrate their efforts on markets in which they can be competitive. This precludes big dollar video production where integration decreases costs. Cer ...

Sony and Panasonic have huge video divisions offering everything from broadcast TV cameras on down. Canon also has a dedicated video division. Sony, for example, can offer a full range of cameras ...

Thanks, I appreciate the input. It really does look like they took the guts out of the XF lens (electronics included!) and plonked it in the XC shell. We’ll see how robust it is, but the Nikon ...

I went and picked up a copy of the XC 35mm. It does indeed activate the Lens Modulation Optimizer. Is this the only XC lens that has this feature? So far so good. The 35 focuses much faster than ...

Boogisha, I have weather sealed lenses and bodies. They’re just not Fuji. I have been a Nikon shooter primarily (but not exclusively) since before there were birds. I like Nikon but the F mount ...

Thank you very much The distortion looks heavy but simple and should be fixable. I suspected that this would be a jpeg only effect. I was hoping that it could be applied in post to a RAW file. I ...

Wow! All I have read from Fuji says that only XF lenses contain LMO tech. Do you know if it affects, or can be applied to RAW files?

From the Fuji global site: http://digitalcamera-english.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/19238/~/is-lens-modulation-optimizer-function-available-with-all-interchangeable I had hoped for the LMO ...

I have an X-T30 which is not weather sealed. I thought to pick up the inexpensive XC 35mm lens. Why pay for weather sealing on the XF lens if the body isn’t? Then I find that the XC lens does not ...

If you took one of the new Leica M lens to Nikon Z autofocus adapters and put a Nikon F to Leica M adapter on that, wouldn’t you have an autofocus adapter for AF-D lenses? If that works, you can be ...

Hmmn. It may actually be the same. I’m an idiot A 60 MB file being captured seven times per second is 420 MB of data per second. If we could write to the card that fast we would have an infinite ...

I can understand that you would fill the buffer faster, but what makes the buffer smaller?

Perhaps I should explain further. The shrinkage of the buffer is described in the D850 manual. They even provide a table to show the buffer sizes. Note that there is no reduction in buffer size ...

Reformat the card in the camera. Cards formatted in the computer have been known to do funny things in the camera.

Please do keep us posted. You are the first person I have heard of to have a Sony XQD card fail under normal usage. If it’s not just a matter of re-formatting the card, I’d sure like to know. I ...

Currantos, have you tried formatting the card? Sometimes directory structures can be corrupted. It’s hard to believe that the card’s hardware has failed.

Does anyone know why using an EN-EL18a/b/c battery in the MB-D18 grip reduces the buffer space of the D850 so much? Does the camera have to load extra code to run the big battery, and the buffer ...

Marc216, that does sound odd. Try setting up back button focus (removing focus function from the shutter button) and see if it is still problematic. This will help define where exactly the problem ...

I picked up Option 3 with the 85mm. Nicely covers all the bases except longer telephoto. Which brings the next point. Definitely pick up an FTZ adapter if you can get one in a package at a reduced ...

Barlowephoto, the Z5 reference manual shows full compatibility with the SB-800. Perhaps the contacts need cleaning? It shouldn’t just be dead. Starting with the D850, Nikon made changes to the ...