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Congrats, it's a great camera that can still produce nice photos. It's missing some bells and whistles compared to even the following generation of bodies, but here's some tips I found handy: First ...

Yes, any time the camera is on, that lens' IS unit is active - the stabilizing group is held in place electromagnetically. So the lens will use battery power even if its IS is set to off. This ...

Is the R6 imaging pipeline much different than the 1Dx3? There are some differences at lower ISO that seem outside the realm of measurement error. And the 1Dx3 doesn't seem to do low ISO noise ...

I've only used a D800E very short term, so can't comment on it with any authority. I did remember that it's not very comfortable in my hand, though. But I bought a D810 shortly after it came out, ...

I turn OS off unless I'm certain it will help more than it hurts. I didn't tweak the OS settings (if any) on the dock, nor have I contacted Sigma service. They've been good about fixing problems in ...

I have the same OS blurring as you do, even at generally 'safe' shutter speeds like 1/125". More critically - as I've written before - is that my copy simply does not focus accurately at all using ...

I have not had AF issues with many Sigma lenses, and I'm a big Sigma fan. The one lens that I couldn't ever rely on, though? The 24-70 Art. The following were OK on both the D810 and D850: (1) 20mm Art ...

Didn't you post about this some months ago? https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4475524 I'm going to sell mine. I can't rely on a lens that won't ever achieve sharpness using the outer AF ...

Seems pretty normal to me. Many consumer cameras prioritize viewfinder brightness over focusing "snap," which is a property of the focusing screen underneath the viewfinder prism. So your D7500 ...

I wear glasses to correct my -3.33 nearsighted vision. I've used a number of full frame SLRs and simply use the diopter setting on them while wearing glasses. D3s (0.7x, 18 mm eyepoint): generally ...

I really like this lens. But try before you buy - the stabilizer in the lens constantly runs and can exhaust your camera's battery in hours. You'll notice that the camera stays active (meter ...

Agreed, the Df piqued my interest. I even attended the launch event at my local camera shop to try it and first impressions didn't wow me at all. The sensor is great, the rest of the camera, not as ...

Maybe. Sigma has never won accolades for fast standard zooms. The older unstabilized non-Art 24-70mm f/2.8 was an okay design at best, its main claim to fame being the smallest zoom in its class. ...

I said I tried the dock. There is no solution for when the center focus is perfectly accurate, but when the outer AF points backfocus. The issue gets worse the farther off-axis I go, to the point ...

I bought mine refurbished directly from Sigma USA. Used the 24-70 Art on D810 and later D850. I am not happy with it - I'm not sure if it has persistent issues after being refurbished, or if it's ...

Quick googling says that the N8008/F801 had a 92%, 0.75x finder. The D700 had a 95%, 0.72x finder. Overall size of the viewing image will be similar, with the N8008 larger by a small margin. You ...

The single digit pro cameras use a more complex, sophisticated system to display the red focus points. It is not possible to have them full-time in red on the D850, D750, etc. It's horrible in low ...