Steve Bingham

Well, certainly not thinking clearly, anyway

I returned mine after a few days. Not acceptable. Shame on Sony!

. . . and then there are squirrels . . . and boy do they love bird seed.

Like Bill said, it's probably a contact issue. It happens. Probably the camera contacts.

Thank you! However, just for grins, here are the rules: Posting many pictures. Do not post more than 10 pictures in one message, instead post a link to a gallery. Other than that, it looks like you ...

Nice shot, but why so unsharp? Camera? Movement? Lens?

Hard to compose in bright sunlight on a smartphone with the sun behind you. Composition can be pretty rough.

Uh, maybe. We shall see. Personally, cleaning house was a good idea! I suspect Nikon will be just fine - just not the Nikon of old.

It is always best to go up the chain of command. Usually, the clerks and their supervisors can do little, Congratulations - and thanks for returning and letting us know.

Nope. You will see a camera version of jpg. However, without a converter these can not be opened by third party. In your case, jpg would be fine. Later, as your skill increases, you might want to ...

I understand. Generally speaking, dpreview is usually correct over some other reviewer. Not sure why the RX-100 VA would not use the same image stabilization system. How about BH Photo, the ...

Like I said earlier, just the processor was improved. Dpreview: "Image stabilization is Optical".

Bokeh is a matter of focal length and distance. A 50mm lens on a DX will provide the same bokeh as a 75mm on a FX . . . provided the distance is the same . Obviously, the same portrait with a DX ...

Nice job, Greg . . . and a great photo to work with!

My guess - a masking problem. I have to deal with it on occasion.

Nope. Focal length is focal length. Your DX simply crops into the field of view. Any true 50mm lens now crops like a 75mm on your DX camera. However, many lens makers also state the 35mm (full ...

Wonderful! Interesting that a modern 2 stroke of 650cc could easily develop 90 hp or more. Heck, I had a Maico 490 2 stroke that developed 90 hp to the rear wheel (490 cc). This airplane would ...

Don't eat them! They look more like toadstools than mushrooms! Gotta love the rain.

Hi Bill, A comp means it is more than one photograph in this case, two. It is now pretty common to combine two or more pictures into one. Many now replace the sky with something a little more ...

Yep - and I took them all! The idea was to provide emotional content. Think about it and ignore the fact it is a comp. As the primary mover in most photographs, emotional content, in my mind, is ...