Bassam Guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22u0DUQ_pxM

Tripod to hold the camera steady. Raise camera to show more ocean. Small aperture (bigger f number, 8.0 max to thwart diffraction). Polarizer filter to reduce glare & reflections on floor. Keep ...

Unless you are a demanding pro, you don't need a high end body. In a few years whatever you buy today will be outdated. Lenses last far longer and have a bigger impact on image quality. If you ...

A bag from a reputable manufacturer won't scratch bare glass - if the bag's interior is clean. Whether to cap or not depends on how often you anticipate switching lenses. Do not stack uncapped lenses.

I use Lightroom & Photoshop but I recommend GIMP which is free and widely used. https://www.gimp.org/

GIMP is free and a pretty worthy image editor, https://www.gimp.org/ . I don't use it but perhaps it can do that. I've used "Bulk Rename Utility" by TGRMN that is really powerful and can do file ...

Yes, Minolta/Konica had 2-axis on a couple models ~2003.

Oh, so not only my m43 camera sucks but my native language sucks. Je suis triste. Vous etre une Russian troll bot beaucoup :( .

I have discreet photos, something else they cannot do.

Why the fear of mirrorless? If you want the best video, why not use the format that does it best?

Find out what kind of lights are in the gymnasium. Often they are cheap sodium vapor lights (looks yellowish). These have a lot of holes in their spectrum that white balancing alone cannot cure. ...

Next lesson: AEL (Auto Exposure Lock) :) . That's what I usually use for panoramas. I do shoot Manual sometimes but haven't needed to since my first camera, which only had Manual mode.

I prefer PNG over JPEG. JPEG is lossy (similar colors are merged together), so each time you save one, it gets uglier and uglier. PNG is lossless.

Because Full Framers... ...are jealous of smaller, lighter kits ...fear more than 1mm depth of field ...only print bus-sized ...can only shoot in complete darkness because they are vampires ...hand ...

Consider the em5 ii. It is weather sealed and has some features the em1 I doesn't.  Em1 I only has pdaf that the 5 ii lacks.

Seriously? You took the bait.

Domke F-5XB

Gymnasium lights are a putrid color and have a lot of wavelength gaps. Google how to photograph with them. Use a strong flash to limit the gyms lights' affect. The D90 is an APSC sensor, so a 50mm ...

Can I show motion blur outdoors on a bright sunny day with stacking? Explain how so I can save buying an ND filter.

No, you did not get a dud. That photo is excellent for 12,800 ISO. Clean up the noise, add a touch of saturation if you want, and it will look great. On technique... As others have mentioned f5.6, ...