AlbertInFrance

Have you ever tried IR fluorescence?

I'd take your kit zoom and the fast 50. Every time I go to Bangkok (my son lives there) I take a different combination of three lenses but those two would cover 90-odd percent of what I  shoot.

Why in the name of all that is holy would you consider a D5? That's primarily a sports/action camera. I have a nasty feeling that your problem is a matter of skills rather than equipment.

If it's purely for video get a camcorder. You will need a way of recording good sound so either you use a separate recorder and synchronize the sound in post -- fiddly -- or get a camcorder with ...

Shooting from the bank? From another boat? How far away? What focal length was your old lens. Did it suit your needs? Of course, there's rowing and there's rowing...

The whole aim of ETTR is to get the maximum usable exposure at the time of shooting. If you are going to approximate and tweak in post you will have to err to the side of less exposure because ...

The difference between a 50 and a 28 has little to do with dxo marks. Actually, the way to choose lenses is to start from what you want to do with them. Focal length and aperture are the two ...

It seems that video is important to you and for that reason I'd forget DSLR, especially Nikon. Your lens choices seem a bit random with a range from 28mm to 45mm equiv depending on the camera. For ...

First thing, changing lenses won't avoid crouching and squatting. Why not get a taller model chair? :-O Next, I don't know how big your studio is, but traditional portrait shooting distances tend ...

Given your stated want and needs I haven't seen why you want a mirrorless camera. I don't even own a DSLR so I'm not a fanboy, but sticking in that domain seems to be your logical approach.

Unfortunately the Phone cameras have killed the P&S market for new models. However, how about a phone or a small pad without a SIM? I have a 7" Asus pad that cost me £70 from a clearance sale. It ...

I find it interesting that the guys on the Nikon site almost all focus on the technical details of the cameras and lenses rather than on the needs of your fiancee. I certainly don't have the ...

Yup. Thing is that with electronic timing the mechanism is vastly simpler than the old 'clockwork' jobs. And the simplest 'leaf' shutters only need a single blade; I had one like that back in ...

It really depends on how big that pocket is. My main camera is a Fuji X-T1 and that goes nicely in a jacket pocket with one of the smaller pancake-style lenses. I took it along to my son's wedding ...

If your main use is video I'd get away from DSLRs. Ideally, get a real video camera. If you want one device to do both video and stills look very seriously at getting a mirrorless camera. Currently ...

For waterfalls I tend to go for a small amount of blurring, somewhere between your two examples. When I actually look at a fall I can't see the individual drops, so short exposures look wrong to ...

You're annoyed about extra sales opportunities?????? How much disk space does it take to store a typical job at peanuts per gigabyte? As for what your duty to your customers is, shouldn't that be ...

Tripods. You can have compact, sturdy, cheap. Pick any two. If you want a cheapish field tripod tall enough to shoot without stooping then go for one with no more than three leg sections. I can't ...

If you don't get any useful responses here try the Adapted Lens forum.

It depends on what you are shooting. For bug bothering I'd go for the longest focal length I could afford. For general macro of inanimate objects the 60 would be fine. 60mm would also make a decent ...