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I was the one that said tripods were not useful below 800, but that was kind of arbitrary. They are quite useful as you get longer and longer.  I picked 800 because I have a 400 and with a 1.4x I ...

There are a couple of considerations. One is that wide angles need VR less than telephotos.  I have a 24-70 that is not VR, and I'm perfectly happy with it.  I wondered when I purchased why no VR, ...

He's very good, but what is frustrating about the subject matter is most of what he says is knowledge from users, experimentation, casual discussions, etc. It is a shame that Nikon is not a bit ...

There are several issues. VR is not useful for image capture above maybe 1000th, or maybe even 500th. So generally speaking for action sports photography it is not useful. It also adds cost to a ...

I did all those a week or so ago and started a multi-day backup to the cloud (for unrelated reasons).  Woke up and found the system rebooted.  I do not know where it went wrong, I just know that ...

I use Linux a lot also, and keep Pro as Hyper-V in pro makes a terrific testing environment for linux configurations before setting them up in hardware - snapshots and instant disk configuration ...

I'm not the OP, but I really hate the automatic reboots.  I think the updates are fine, but I want to choose when.   I often leave things running -- a backup to the cloud, etc. I've also found ...

Well, I think all the exotic primes just have heftier motors and move faster.  My 200/f2 is VERY fast to focus, but is pretty darn hefty. But I really do not think that is it, as I go against ...

One use, though I do not personally do so, is to keep two computers in sync with each other.  While in theory there is no reason they cannot be kept in sync directly, the tools available for cloud ...

I never have used the 80-400 at night. I'll give it a try some time.  I wondered at first if it was the loss of cross-type focus points, but as best I can tell from the manual both the 80-400 and ...

Photo Mechanic is by far the best culling program to front in for Lightroom, though it is not cheap.  Fast preview, culling, cropping and metadata changes that flow into Lightroom. HOWEVER, the ...

First, be quiet and be inconspicuous. It's a game that in smaller tournaments usually provides no "normal" place to stand for photography, so you need to be careful. Maybe chat with the coaches ...

Not sure why DPReview isn't showing an aperture.  I downloaded what DPReview had, and opened the image in photoshop and it's embedded in the image DPR cached, so it's something they are doing. The ...

I haven't tested it, but certainly they can "see" if it has the appropriate structure for the file type.  I don't know if they do, but they certainly could.

I can't speak to the lens difference.  I do think that Nikon hit a home run on the D500, even in spite of some of the initial issues with the battery. The new focus system is just very impressive. ...

I haven't shot surf but have shot a fair amount of wind and kite surfing. The one thing I'll add or disagree on the above is a monopod.  As to taking gear, monopods take almost no room.  While any ...

I bet the new versions of the flint knife was announced by stone age artisans at a party for the full moon. Camera sales are not about engineering nearly as much as about marketing.  I am not ...

No, 200mm.  Or more precisely the field of view of a 200mm lens is approximately half the field of view of a 100mm lens, other things being equal. And it depends on who you are arguing with whether ...

It's also worth noting that it occurs at multiples of pixel pitch match, so for example if you shot, backed up, shot, backed up, etc. at small intervals, you will see it come and go with distance, ...

The D500 is a completely different beast than the D7200 with regard to focus, but it requires a few comments as to focus "speed". There are many aspects to focus, and all have speed or other ...