ericbowles

I'm not sure reasonable price and size is possible with f/0.95 and f/1.2 lenses.  Those fast lenses will have a huge aperture, and complex optical formulas if you want reasonable quality.   Just ...

I'm at the point where buying a lens or camera body is to solve a problem.  It has to make a difference and be important enough to not only buy something new, but to replace something I have today. ...

If you are getting unpredictable or inconsistent performance, it's probably related to technique.  With AF-S and Single point, the camera focus is normally near perfect - and certainly better than ...

There are a lot of sources of sharpness. Did you just miss focus on the cormorant?  Was anything else sharp?  It looks like a miss? Were you using IBIS or OS?  Both should be turned off. Did you ...

The traditional counterpart to the 17-55 would be the 24-70 f/2.8 AFS VR.  That's the latest and greatest model, and you could consider the prior version - the non-VR model which is slightly ...

This has been an interesting discussion.  I'm look at this mainly from a Nikon perspective. There are a couple of ways the buffer and download speeds can be configured.  There can be a buffer for ...

I have a D850 and D500.  I consider the D500 a very good "action camera", but for everything else the D850 is clearly better.  The D500 is very good, but even then I choose the D850 over the D500 ...

The Z50 with the shared Z mount makes a lot of sense for Nikon. The primary target of the Z50 and kit lens is the entry level to intermediate segment. For a first mirrorless Nikon camera, the ...

The hotspot problem is based on the lens - not whether the camera is converted or not. Lens designers do a very good job of controlling visible light artifacts, but often IR artifacts like ...

Nice comments and I agree. Look at Lexar.  Their parent - Micron - CLOSED the business when they were making money and had a # 2 market position.  The market was declining and they had better ...

The Z6 and 200-500 combination works quite well - for birds in flight and with the TC14E III teleconverter.  It takes practice and you need to know the settings to use, but the gear does a very ...

You may be overthinking it. :) With a DSLR you need to decide whether the camera and it's features are worth spending the cost for conversion.  I decided it's not worth spending $300 to convert a ...

Yes - the filters work fine. I've tested my D850 with an IR filter against a converted D600 with no filter - both at 830nm.  The D850 appears to have around 15 stops of filtering for IR light on ...

There is a lot of discussion about the lag associated with an EVF compared to optical viewfinders. Even with an OVF, there is a lag from the time the shutter is depressed until the image is made. ...

Some good responses so far - and I largely agree. I rarely photograph birds at apertures smaller than f/5.6 unless I want to include more background context - f/4 to f/5.6 is my sweet spot for ...

That's exactly correct - you have ADL enabled.  ADL reduces the exposure to protect highlights and then applies a curve to brighten shadows.  The amount of exposure reduction depends on your ADL ...

I'll take the other side here. I prefer the EVF most of the time. I wear reading glasses, and the ability to have the entire menu as well as Live View through the EVF is a big positive. I adjust ...

Be careful with your expectations.  While the FTZ is great and works with a lot of F-mount lenses, the Z-mount lenses are in almost all cases significantly sharper than their F-mount counterparts. ...

The D500 is a great choice, but not the only choice.  The Nikon Z6 mirrorless also produces excellent images of birds in flight. The key is learning how to set up your camera and then getting lots ...

You have two paths that could work. Take a look at the Neewer IR filters on Amazon.  You can get a set of 3-4 inexpensive plastic filters for under $40 depending on the size you choose.  It's a ...