Boudewijn van der Drift

I used the original Hugin commands in linux, possibly also available in Windows and Apple. https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63841839

P.S. listened to my 105, I hear friction, switched on or off. I am still not worried, I have Z lenses right from 2018, nothing went wrong with them. всего́ до́брого

The ring is fly-by-wire you might be hearing the discrete steps of focusing. If so the pitch would vary with the speed of turning. And no sound off camera. I think the focusing mechanics are all ...

It is experimentation for each focal length, diafragm and and starting focus. Do a few focusstackings with too small a number of frames, and you will see bands of sharper/unsharper with distance. I ...

The answer on your literay questions is the wide and closer-to-sensor Z mount should be superior for architecture. But there are no PC shift Z lenses yet to take afvantage of it.

I have the Z 85/1.8 and the F 85/1.4 AIS (+FTZ), manual, and I use the Z lens exclusively. At this focal length I don't need the shallower DoF of the1.4. In fact I often stop down. I don't think it ...

Your second option is no improvement. If you switch your Z6 to DX you have the same effect as buying a DX body. Moreover if you use FF you can crop, and can worry less about getting the whole bird ...

Sure. If I had a Z50, and if I did not have my Panasonic LX3 (µ4/3 I think). I started with a Rollei 35 (FF and size of a cigarette pack), and then a string of Nikon SLR's after that. Then a ...

P.S. I see the 105 mentioned. That one of course is a macrolens. You don't want circumferal rays to hit the front element too acutely. That would give rise to aberrations. The lens has to be able ...

Because of the imaging process, the overall of all elements must be + (= concave). Otherise you would get no image on your sensor. Then for most lenses it is desirable to keep them short, which ...

P.S. there is a "film & photography talk" forum. Maybe there is some wisdom there. https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64122557

I think you can change the white balance of the camera itself. Not sure how far you can go out of "neutral". That orange "cast" is rather intense How much, you can find out by metering the RGB of ...

I use the Epson V700 scanner with (Gimp + Xsane (as a plug-in)). Check out if your scanner is in the Sane library (very likely). Scans, reverses and corrects negatives all in one all in one program. ...

P.S. if you could stop down the diaphragm to pinhole size, that is what you would get, pinhole quality, notwithstanding all the expensive glass. You would need careful engineering for the blade ...

This is about diffraction, which is different by the focal length and other parameters. Above a certain aperture number a larger portion of the light will diffract. The diafragm itself acts as a ...

Not very likely. VR really pays out for longer lenses. With 24 mm, you can easily afford 1/30 s and with some exercise lower.

P.S. looked on mine (Z7 (I)). mode button is on the left of the EVR housing, dioptr on the right. It has a sequence of four flavours, one "automatic switch". I think you can limit the flavours in ...

OK, then check the modus button that governs what the EVR does with signals from the eyesensor. I think it is on one of the sides of the "pentaprism" housing. You may have switched that ...

OK, if you are convinced it is the firmware, you can go back to any version you want (if available on the Nikon site, they may have deleted the oldest ones. I still bet on cleaning. Some say the ...

Clear your eye sensor. It is in the hiatus of the black cadre around the EVF oculair. Rocketblower is best. I think it is on the left side of that hiatus, but I always do both. Do ir from now on ...