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Hi Everyone, I have a D7100 right now and I'd like to start doing some tethered macro photography. From what I've seen I can use NX Tether (free) to take pictures, but not to do any kind of live ...

Just to make sure I'm not missing something about this lens... this thing was $99 brand new like 15 years ago.  It is AF-D so it won't autofocus through the FTZ.  What value could it possibly have ...

You all have definitely convinced me that a dedicated macro lens make sense. And given how good the 105 (or 100) seem to be for portraits it has some more versatility as well. I did notice just now ...

I could be wrong of course (it should be clear that I have less experience than most people here) but I never considered this technique to be better or worse than what I was describing, but rather ...

That all makes sense, thank you for the details.  One requirement for any new camera is an automated focus bracketing feature to allow for easier stacking.  My understanding was that this is a ...

So, try not to laugh, my action shooting method is extremely rudimentary.  I use spot focus and generally just have the spot and subject in the center and do my framing later via a crop.  If it's ...

Yeah I honestly figured I'd be a Nikon guy forever.  I never thought there would be an even remotely practical time to "make a clean break".  But it seems this Z mount scenario is presenting me ...

This sub-topic is a head-scratcher for me on multiple accounts. On the one hand multiple people have made comments like "everything now is better than almost anything from a couple years ago". ...

Are you sure about the Canon? They claim "maximum magnification of 1.4x": https://www.usa.canon.com/shop/p/rf100mm-f2-8-l-macro-is-usm Well, the way it works for me is that when it's time to buy ...

Yeah, seems like I'm wavering between Z6ii and Z7ii (if I stick with Nikon) and both of those are rumored to have a III version coming soon... so I guess it makes sense to sit back and wait a bit!!

To be clear, I don't do anything professionally.  I have many hobbies and photography is the one that complements all the others nicely.  Examples of things I have shot in the past couple years: (1) In ...

Thanks to this conversation I've started considering all systems.  From the head-to-heads I've seen, it seems the Canon EOS R6 AF is on another level as compared to the Z6ii.  It didn't look like ...

When people talk about the AF quirks of the Z cameras, is this as compared to "perfection" or even as compared to something like my D7100?  I certainly get some shots here and there which are not ...

Yeah I really should hold them to see.  I have large hands, but I also have a fair amount of neck and back issues.  So it seems like I want "big but light", not sure if there is such a thing.

Thanks for that advice!  I do feel like one takeaway from this thread has been that I need to be sure to evaluate the offerings from all brands at this point since I am basically going to be ...

Thank you for pointing that out, that does seem like an important distinction.  I think picking up a used, but recent, full frame DSLR would make sense if I didn't need to acquire a macro lens.  I ...

I see that now. I had not considered the Z7 to be honest.  It feels quite hard to justify that expense as a hobbyist. Thank you for the correction. From what I'm reading it still seems correct to ...

Thank you all for the very useful replies. So I had made a hugely wrong assumption on the full frame architecture.  I had assumed that the same pixel density found on the DX D7100 would be ...

Are you sure about the 50?  It's a AF-D, right?  So it won't AF just like the 80-200 won't afaik.  I wasn't too concerned about that as it was $99 brand new 15 years ago.  The 80-200 on the other ...

Hi Everyone, I currently have the following: (1) Nikon D7100 (2) Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 ED AF-D (3) Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 ED AF-S VR DX