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All good points. A joke about R/C aircraft flying is that it is a way of turning cash into vaporized components and bits of balsa wood :) (I am an R/C model aircraft hobbyist too). A good step is ...

I recommend starting with a toy quadcopter ($30-$75) or so. Go out to a field and learn to fly - its probably all manual. I like the MJX Bugs 3 - no GPS, no auto flight. But the MJX Bugs 5w would ...

I agree with the marketing effectiveness of "megapixels". It is a simple metric that people interpret as "more is better". Intel did this trick with CPU clock speeds - splitting the instruction ...

Another example. I took a photo taken with the V2 at an airshow two years ago and processed as described above: DXO PhotoLab Prime noise reduction, output to TIF Topaz Denoise AI Topaz Sharpen AI D ...

I agree with you. There were a few test shots where it over did the denoise and produced some plastic like sections of the photos. I also found that the Sharpen AI application would work well on ...

I have been experimenting with the trial version of Topaz Denoise AI and Sharpen AI. The short summary is it often does a great job of noise reduction, although occasionally, on some images it does ...

It depends. I have several old, fast, manual Minolta lenses such as the 85mm f/2, 58mm f/1.4, 50mm f/2 (surprisingly sharp), and an old Vivitar 24-70 and 135/f2.0 lens. I have used these with a no ...

mfinley: You are behind the times on the Gatwick Airport/drone reports.

First, the police concluded the drone was operated by a disgruntled airport employee, not a recreational...

"Seven decades? Oh, you mean kites".

No, the Academy of Model Aeronautics was founded in 1936 or about 83 years ago. The hobby began with wired/control line model aircraft and soon after, began...

I do a lot of cosplay photography (see https://www.instagram.com/coldstreams /). I use, mostly, the Olympus 45mm lens or the Sigma 30mm lens (and sometimes a Lumix 20 or 25mm lens for wider ...

I was not a big fan of my, now dated, Lumix 45-200. However, one day I shot a bunch of test shots and found if I stopped down the aperture just a bit, the sharpness was much better (typical of ...

True. Also about twice the size. But I still like it a lot :)

Sigma has a 19mm in m43ds. You can find their lens list here https://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/dn-for-mirrorless?sigma_mount=12067

Yes, it mounts well to my J5. It has several adjustments to position the viewfinder up/down, sideways, front to back. Seems snug to me! I just set up the Sevenoaks viewer with the FT1 adapter on ...

Also consider the Sigma 30mm f/1.4. I have both the Lumix f/1.7 25mm and the Sigma 30mm and both are very good lenses. I use the 30mm for portraits, especially with multiple people. The slightly ...

That looks identical to one that I had - however, it does not have a diopter adjustment and since I am at the age where I need to use reading glasses, I found this very difficult to use. I ...

I heard that adding IBIS results in a higher temperature for the image sensor, which is not what you want for a camera intended for use in extremely low light situations. It would add to the noise. ...

I have collected all different colors of everything sort of :) Orange J2, Black V2, Orange 10-30, white 18.5mm, black 10mm, silver wide angle and so on... I think I must look amusing to other ...

Wow - the bird photo is amazing. Good choice it looks like!

Here is a list of all compatible lenses for use with the FT1 and Nikon 1 https://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/acil/lenses/mount_adapter_ft1/compatibility.htm