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Check out some of the night/long exposure work done by this young inspiration. Amazing work using the same concepts you're exploring. https://petapixel.com/2016/12/09/rocket-launch-camera-45-yards- ...

At its low price it can be.  It's really impressive actually how complex yet robust and reliable these devices are.

https://petapixel.com/2016/12/09/rocket-launch-camera-45-yards-away/

If you manage to find a used 800 5.6E, make sure it has the matched TC800-1.25E ED

Great, now more ways to become even further apart socially and more immersed in our phones. It's very cool though!

I remembered this thread when I saw this: Street photography with the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/4 D lens

*This video appeared in F-Stoppers. Similar confusion in comments there.* https://fstoppers.com/education/truth-about-depth-field-and-what-affects-it-293961

Great video.. https://youtu.be/1bzHn2cKwLI

If you can part with the 75mm look, have you considered the smaller, lighter, less expensive 35mm 1.8 DX?

Excellent!  Glad to see you're here.

I really like reading this blog, particularly for long-lens use. He's probably here in these forums. Lots of valuable insight: https://fliek.com/blog/

I know this is an old post, but it's an issue that's just recently started to bother me as I'm staring to want to maintain the original frame.  Yes- my 600 E version + TC-14E III vignettes heavily ...

I don't see Z7 on release notes for 11.3.

I think "best" will have to be determined by you after some experimentation. And it may vary of course. I almost always use AF-C as a default. I decouple the shutter release from AF duties. AF-On ...

Yes, naught. Thank you. You're probably right.  Maybe I'd have to be printing department store window large in order to really appreciate the differences.

That's fine, I like buying things. You should see my lighting equipment list.

None of the replies are for not.  I'm continuing to re-read them as they're educational. I have a hunch what I'm looking for is medium format.

I think you can only disguise its effects once it's there. Others have answered this nicely.  From my experience, I have several camera bodies with varying "shadow recovery" characteristics.  One ...

But some sort of unobtrusive beam that could be spit into a distance.  Something with more reach than a red AF beam or light.

It'll be interesting to see if a camera manufacturer comes up with the next revolution in AF tech. Maybe something similar to what Apple has done with Face ID which works brilliantly in pitch ...