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(1) As the son of a WW2 disabled vet who wouldn't eat rice because it was Jap food and a US Navy veteran.

I'll second PerfectPoms statement that with both wide open the 120-300mm is faster focusing than the 400E. But not by much. The TC slows the 120-300 down considerably. But the 120-300mm holds its ...

1)Focusing as fast and tracking as good as the D5. I'm tired of cursing at my D850s for not getting us on focus fast enough. 2)Many more focusing points. Especially upper center. 3)D5 high ISO ...

Lens hoods for the 180-400 and 120-300mm for $129.95 instead of $579. So far I've shot better than a half dozen games with mine and will be keeping it on. The original hoods are now stored away ...

Hey Michael, How are you finding that 120-300mm behaves on the Z7II? I've been using mine on the D850 bare for softball and with a TC for baseball and while I think it's the best zoom lens ever ...

Hey Tom try this instead of a stool. 4800 Weatherproof Protective Case, X-Large, Orange (harborfreight.com) Much more practical.

After reading most of this recent post regarding the FTZ slowing down focus acquisition FTZ adapter, slows down the autofocus speed of AF-S lenses?: Nikon Z Mirrorless Talk Forum: Digital ...

Thank you all for your replies. I think this thread, which I should have read before starting this one, has answers to pretty much the same question that I asked: How much better do you think Z6/Z7 ...

Having sold both 20mp D5s more than a year ago I'm now on my 4th and 5th D850 to shoot high school and college sports. What I'm wondering is if Nikon is saying that the Z9, which I will get, will ...

I wonder how much Sony realizes that the lack of a long fast zoom is what's keeping me and many other sports shooters from switching completely to Sony. Right now Sony has the best combo there is ...

They only appear for RAW files.

Keep your lenses. +/-$0 Sell the X100V & D700. + $1200 & +$300 Buy a used Ricoh GR3 -$600, used Nikon D850 -$2000 & a used Nikon F5 or F80 -$400

Should have said close the aperture down to 5.6. Not open.

Well this ain't no summary. But Mark does point out one of the common misconceptions Tony parrots about a problem with Sonys focusing on the eyelash and missing the iris. A full head shot taken ...

Hey Tom, I find it amazing that you can mix zoom directions while shooting sports that require instinctive reactions to capture the action at it's peak. Lord knows trying to mix in a Sigma ...

How does using a digital camera and macro lens compare resolution wise? Have a Nikon ES-2 along with a D850 and a Nikon 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 with macro that I hope to use on any frames that look good.

You're probably right. Having come from bigger Nikons to the Sony a9 and a7r4 I always use some kind of grip. But I don't understand why Sony continues using that big exposure comp wheel when they ...

Hi Bill!, Your case has been escalated to me for further assistance and my deepest apologies for not getting back to you sooner. Unfortunately, we are no longer servicing the F5 as we are no longer ...

Well thank you people for that. I'm going to call Nikon tomorrow and see if they still do this. Of course with the cost it may land up better to buy another F5 instead of trying to use the same ...