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I have a Sony SEL 18-200 lens (the silver, older version)   that is used on both a Sony Nex 5 (silver) and a Sony Alpha 6300 (black).    So one rig is silver/silver, the other black/silver.  Each ...

Checking 'good riddance' would come across as more adversarial than I choose to be for the purposes of this discussion, but I will not be returning to film. I am old fashioned (and old) enough to ...

My favorite lens in the SEL 18-200mm (the chrome one).     The short end is wide enough (35mm = 27mm) to handle my wide angle needs, and the long end (= 300mm) gives me the reach I find I ...

I started with film in the late '60s.    I was using all 35mm manual cameras, external meters, and prime lenses, so there was/is no mystique to me in using manual control.  Other than classes ...

The Canon Powershot D30 has been discontinued for several years, and Canon have not brought out a replacement.     That is all the B&H website says.    You can still purchase one via Amazon, new ...

I have been a car guy all my life.   I started in photography in the late '60s, so I have time in that too. I have never compared the two until this question came up.    Both can be immensely ...

Here is a shot from one of our fires last year.    I chose this one because it shows the water bomber and the fire it is working.     From what I read on local news coverage last year, these are ...

Since photography is a hobby, I don't need a camera at all.     But since I want to pursue this hobby (along with too many others), I do have to acquire the necessary equipment.  The key word here ...

I have full frame, APS-C, and small sensor gear.     I got the APS-C equipment after I had acquired full frame, as I wanted something to bridge the gap between full frame and small sensor.    I ...

I have a TG-4, along with several other small sensor cameras, some tough, some are what is termed 'travel compacts'.     I started digital photography with a small sensor camera.    From the ...

For me the external stimuli which trigger the internal inspiration are the subject(s) I desire or intend to photograph.   I live in a remote and beautiful mountain area so I am surrounded by ...

For me there is no relationship between the two.     Inspiration comes from within.     The camera is the tool by which I realize that inspiration.     I adjust to the different feel of different ...

I have a TCON-T01 telephoto lens that I use on my TG-4.    As far as I can tell, setting the camera menu for this lens only extends the integral lens to its longest setting, thereby eliminating ...

As you have seen, everyone has their own individual approach and thus preferences.    I have certain genres of photography in which I have great interest (scenic and transportation) and genres in ...

I have never purchased a camera based on looks alone.    In my mind, the best looking 35mm film cameras were the Nikon SP rangefinder and the Nikon F SLR (with the plain pentaprism).    Despite ...

I have two different camera systems, plus additional cameras I have purchased for specific uses (adverse environments).     In addition I have been given several cameras by friends who have gone ...

Rae123, I think you are out of luck.   I have had no experience in this area.    I have read some accounts of others attempting to resuscitate a drowned camera.    These usually revolve around ...

For me, the final product of my photography is the print (a habit from my film days).   I do my own printing rather than outsourcing.     That way I have control over the entire process.      The ...

That is an inappropriately callous reaction and comment.     The decedent, Richard Ragland (if I correctly understood it on the video), was on a raft trip with his friends, a completely innocent ...

Re:  "...cut to the chase....".    I have not had this happen to me that I can recall, probably because I am such an engaging raconteur (he stated with all the modesty he could muster), but I am ...