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Hi Mike85627 Mostly you have all the info in these posts. Including the one piece that I would re-emphasize is the reduction of the speed lights power when HSS is active. You mention the subject is ...

Yes you do have a few zooms, so using AFFT is limited with those unless one of your copies is particularly off. But for your 85g f/1.8 its worthwhile. My copy was 8-clicks out, but after AFFT is ...

Great review, and some great shots too. D500 is my go to body, but was disappointed with many final results until I fine-tuned focus on my Nikkor lenses, then OMG what a difference. I notice on the ...

Good for you chap.  Thought you'd appreciate some positive feed back rather than the bashing you OP seems to be getting  I wish I had a mid-70's nifty-fifty in my bag, that perfectly suits your ...

I also agree. I still have both lenses, and not once have I used the older version since. My 24-70 f/2.8E is my go to  lens for my D810. The AF is spot on (after fine tuning, although it wasn't ...

So I like the shot of the kitchen most. Basically because this is flooded with natural light. Yes HDR this perhaps for the window detail. For the remainder of the shots, I would like to see shots ...

As I recall, the AE lock is good for one shot only. All is released when the image is captured, via shutter release, remote, or self timer. Think your option is to set to Manual to secure the ...

I have the D500, not the grip though. Previously owned D300 and grip, and have grip for my D810 too, and never used it, hence no grip for D500. I'm guessing you want the grip for extra battery life ...

Interesting conclusion. I would be interested to see the bokeh using the 300mm PF rig from 4 feet compared with the 105mm micro at 6 inches. I think I know which I and most other posters here would ...

It's been documented many times over in many forums that using AWB in the golden hours will apply an average balance and remove the warm cast of the golden light. This is not a reason to dislike ...

I love the analogy, for my photography, I wouldn't settle with a BMW, when I can have a Jaguar. As already mentioned, the research you do upfront, will bring you to the correct decision for your ...

So both will do what you're looking for.  The D500 screen has horizontal movement only, where as the D5500 articulates to the side initially and then can be twisted horizontal giving you more ...

Hi Sam Personally for your intended subject matter, I think you would be better off with a light box, where you can illuminate the sides of the box as you wish to get the images that you want. With ...

If your serious about your photography, and I'm guessing you are, then read Thom Hogans article here about supporting your camera. http://bythom.com/support.htm Now you don't have to go to ...

That's ok, so it's about the pot, in which case the other feed back about crop and composition hold true.

Others who have commented here have covered the main points, but I'm intrigued whether your wildlife shots are like this too, and if they are 'keepers' IYO?

Eye contact, would be nice and would make the image about her and not the pot!

I like the light on images 1 and 2. Very subtle. However, the poses don't hit the spot for me. Image 1, has only half of the boys face. Image 2 is better, but misses on two points, the angle of ...

Did you want c+c for these? Image 1, doesn't work for me, the balance is all wrong, the girl looks like she's run into the image and is not part of the original pose. Unless that's what was intended. ...