bikinchris

I REALLY enjoyed darkroom work. I developed black and white, color negative and slides in both 35mm and 6x6 and printed all of it.  But I have no interest in doing it again.

When I first started as a photographer, I heard about a Hasselblad rep coming into my favorite camera store and taking the viewfinder off his personal camera, placing it on the floor and standing ...

Yes, it's mostly the mirror. It moves MUCH  faster that the two and three number cameras. Otherwise, you can't get a high shutter burst rate.

Compare that to a Hasselblad! Imagine a nice, quiet church during a wedding and the super expensive photographer you hired steps up with his big flash and body and goes KER-THUNK. People who ...

My money is no object camera kit is a mix. A 500CM with a 6x6 digital back and a full set of T* lenses along with an SWC body. That would be for landscape. My sports and action camera is already...

Very true. You can change camera profiles (Nikon) to fit pretty much any preference for color and tone. Handling, balance and ease of use should be more important to us photographers.

No, I have never been a full time photographer, so NPS membership is not possible. As far as I know the fogging issue was only with early D3 models.

I really like the D4S and will hold out for a used pair of D6 bodies before I get new cameras. I just haven't been buying anything new since Nikon screed me over when they refused to work on my D3 ...

That would be a tough choice for me. If I already have a D3S (or even a D3) or D4, then having two identical bodies really helps when you have to change settings quickly. In that case, I would ...

With all the junk in orbit, that's a fear I have. One bolt. No, something the size of a paperclip could go through and through parts of the ISS. Hopefully no person is in the way. Then they have to...

I ad a problem with my charger. When I plugged a battery in, all kinds of lights were blinking and it didn't look like it was charging. I made mine work again. I gave it a good whack against my ...

Very true. But it seems most of the camera sales for beginners are going to be in mirrorless cameras. Nikon will probably shift toward making affordable lenses for them and away from F mount.

This is a pretty popular lens. I wouldn't doubt a new improved version would follow. Nikon probably expects to make an S version With all of the other super lenses having been updated, I wouldn't ...

He can't blame UPS. He can't make a claim against UPS. Only the UPS customer can do that. Only Adorama can make a claim.

This is true and NOTHING marketed as "Collectible" is actually collectible. When evaluating a product to buy, the quality of materials and engineering play a huge part.

A place where I worked posted a warning:
There is nothing that cant be made a little worse and a little cheaper, and those who shop by price alone are their lawful prey.
In other words, you get...

The words "full-frame sensor" themselves have no reference standard noted. If they refer to a 35mm sensor, then say so. Obviously, it doesn't refer to a 6x6cm medium format sensor.

I'll one up you. I wish Hasselblad had a 6x6cm sensor. I bet 6x9 users would like on too! I also bet 4x5 users would love one too! Except for the luddites of course.

It seems to me the best solution is for someone with a D5 or D6 to meet you or y'all rent a D6 to test it side by side. I don't know why someone hasn't done extensive testing on this. Why hasn't ...