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https://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/simulator/ Yes and no. It can be surprising at wider focal lengths how much 3mm can actually change the photo.

Sorry, I mean the old school zone focus. It’s a manual focus technique where you focus on a certain distance and DOF. Google the technique. Forgot Nikon has some ‘zone’ naming conventions. I’m ...

I’d use zone focus. Sure, but every bird/ photo will be tack sharp, but IME zone focus works best here with any camera.

Color me confused: that IS the same lens you stated in your OP? Again, if you'd post a file with exif intact, we could take a look at what your camera wrote as the lens used and maybe shed some ...

Likely different in other parts of the world, but here in the US homeowners or renter’s insurance will cover it, but you  want to contact your provider for specifics.

Yes, a posting mistake,. My post was meant as a general reply to the thread, not your post specifically.

I’m a software engineer, I hire lots of young ‘talent’. I’d disagree , as our best people aren’t the new hires, but the old guns. Could be us,  but suspect not.

Health, more than age, I’d say. Also, are you learning? Learners are young at heart, and that is the difference maker.  Spoken as someone older than they’d like to be and with some health issues ...

And on a Mac: shift+command+3 will screen shot your entire monitor(s). shift+command+4 will get you a rectangular marquee you can select whatever you want. shift-+command+5 will get you a UI to ...

( posting a example file with the exif data intact would allow those trying to help you read that exif data using another tool? to see what is actually in the META data rather than what LR decides ...

Aside from examples already asked for, make sure the firmware is up2date on the adapter and camera. I don't recall that lens having an update, but it might also have one by now ( sold my copy a ...

Just think of it as on their own curve, not necessarily behind someone else's :-D

I'd answer that most of us have in fact, done just that. Bought into the Nikon image quality, over and over. Some of us for years. Others for decades.

For birds a few places I know of: Richard W. DeKorte Park this is likely super close given your description of your new condo. Lots of wetland birds. State Line Lookout, in Alpine... Hawkwatching ...

Do you mean Adobe Camera Raw? I have no clue . However, Nikon's NX Studio is free and has the ability to show focus point. I'm on a Mac, but with .NEF file open click view>image viewer ...

Oh, sorry, there is a feature on this very website where one can acquire samples, raw or jpg from any(?) model: https://www.dpreview.com/products/canon/cameras?subcategoryId=cameras&page=1 Find the ...

I am sure its not owned or run by Nikon, and doing a whois query on the domains has them registered in Japan for Nikon.com and nikonusa.com and Canada for nikonpc.com

I don't have a clue, but the NikonPC software is free and I am sure you can download some raw files from this site and try it for yourself.

Looks normal to me, keep in mind also that metal expands and contracts with temperature. Photographing Bald Eagles in January vs song birds in April, my lenses and teleconverters behave ...

Thats a bit more than slightly overstated, I'd say :-D I've had a Z since the beginning, and they are fantastic cameras! It might not do for _you_ what your D850 does, but *my* Z7 and now the ii ...