ChuckB

I was surprised that the differences between them was so little. Observable yes, but not striking. My approach to one-click processing is to shoot RAW+JPG with the JPG set at maximum DRO and ...

Criminy, Horace. Calm down. The OP is not going to open a gallery of 100% crops of tiny sensor night shots. You say you have not learned anything. I found this thread instructive.

Check your Fn1 and Fn2 buttons to make sure that the 4K options are OFF.

OMG that's really funny. Like saying Catherine Zeta-Jones was my worst wife ever. What a great thread!

Like other red/green challenged I use the white balance eyedropper so that others won't be affected by my lack of color sense. I also do little about color adjustment because I'd probably screw ...

XLNT photos. Those U.K. backyard birds have our Californias whipped for colors (except for the hummers). Question - you said you steadied the camera on a wood support (?). Did you have Steady shot ...

If it's no longer in use and has no resale value you could always take it apart and use an element as a loupe. https://www.largeformatphotography.info/loupe/

I agree. Why not look on ebay for something like this ?

Ha! Should have bought the 30+ year old Minolta 100mm macro instead. That thing is so sharp I have to use gloves to mount it.

Argumentum ad absurdum . Well you just try to use your nice new Nikon Zoom-Nikkor 14mm-24mm - F/2.8 on your Lancaster Plate camera and I'll beat you with my iPhone. Wow, I just made a stupider ...

True, the RX10 iii puts out a "Fine" JPG when you shoot RAW+JPG. The file size is between 7 and 10MB. This is a full-resolution but medium compression file. But, as mentioned above, the banding ...

Knickerhawk - very interesting take. I tried again by exporting the original JPG at 25 and 50 quality levels. The banding after conversion was much less at q50 and almost disappeared at q25. The ...

Richard - there are some functions on my current camera(s) that only generate JPGs. Also I have old JPGs that need help that Topaz is supposed to help with. I know all about JPG bit depth etc etc ...

Converting the photo below, I wanted to darken the blue skies and started to get this problem - the image began to look as though it was printed on scratchy plastic. I have exaggerated the effect ...

Regarding the last pair of shots - the trees. I see an expected difference in resolution at the pixel-peeping level. What I don't understand is the incredible difference in color and contrast. The ...

"Bigger is Bigger"? Well, I can't disagree with that. You've ruined my agenda.

Oops - I meant I compared my A77ii, not an AR whatever.

Of course they do. Your statement is simply Bigger is Better. How about a FF 6MP sensor from 2005? Is it better than the current 1" sensor on the RX10? My point would be that yes, a bigger sensor ...

This too is misleading. It assumes that the only difference between a large and a small sensor is physical size. Sensors get better all the time. The only way to judge is to compare the images ...

Well I didn't build the trigger, just paid for it. Preliminary experiments show it works as advertised. I can set it under a nectar feeder and when the hummingbird comes in range the photo gets ...