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The AI has to do its thing, especially with the XD mode. Check preferences to make sure it is using your compatible graphics card. I find the XD takes a few minutes, but worth the wait. Not for ...

I'm sticking with my recomnendation as a good source of practical information for beginners, though I agree he could have chosen his words more wisely in the few picky examples given.

You will have to be more specific if you are throwing down a gauntlet like that. I do recall one error where he refers to iso as sensitivity,  but it didn't make a practical difference in the ...

I like it and used it for a long time, but lately have been shooting manual mode with auto iso and exposure comp controlling the iso. I like having one dial each for shutter, f number, exposure comp. ...

I would check out photography life's free series for beginners, then look at the tutorials at Cambridge in colour. https://photographylife.com/learn-photography https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tu ...

If you are using an older Lightroom that is the problem. You could use Adobe's free DNG Converter to convert then open in lightroom. https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/why-is-my-camera-not-suppo ...

I'd go For the RF 100-500 and maybe add the 1.4x extender. Then decide if you need one of the wide angle lenses. Good resource here: https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-RF-Lens-Review ...

You don't lose your edits if you stop subscribing, and you can keep on using the library and the ability to export for free.

There is special software for example Helicon Focus, or it can be done in photoshop, or free programs that come with cameras like Canon DPP4. Some cameras have modes that take multiple shots ...

Photoshop Elements is not subscription and will be similar to  the photoshop you used years ago . A nice organizer too.

Possible help here https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/displaying-library-second-monitor.html

I thought the advice in the video was generally good and the info was accurate for the difficult situation of dark gym and fast sports. It was about a D500, which is pretty invariant past iso 400, ...

I think a lot of times in the interest of simplifying things for beginners it is taught that iso is part of exposure, where exposure, as mentioned, is only shutter speed and aperture, with iso ...

I'm not having issues with smart objects. Maybe reinstall Photoshop, something may have got corrupted. If a layer is a smart object then duplicating it will give you an identical smart object, any ...

Can you tell something about your budget and what you want to shoot? If you want a camera with interchangeable lenses, then most people choose a lens system to build upon. For example I shoot Canon ...

Possibly useful article, though doesn't directly answer your question. https://photographylife.com/what-is-a-teleconverter

Didn't think of that, so not a shutter or card issue.

Food for thought: https://www.canonrumors.com/the-canon-eos-r5-mark-ii-coming-in-q2-2023-cr2/

If doing a low level format on the card when you format in camera, I'd check into possible issues with the camera shutter. It is possible an image like that could be formed by the shutter opening ...

The R5 and R6 were announced more or less at the same time. The R6 already has a version ii so might it be r5ii is not far behind. Not much rumored yet, except rumor of a possible r5s, as in ...