Craig NC

Thanks, I saw that earlier today.  Seemed to get mixed reviews.

I am going to the Grand Canyon for the monsoon season this August.  Looking to capture some day time lightning.  Is there a good, less expensive solution?  Some of these triggers are over $300.   ...

Jim, Thanks for the suggestion, I had already applied darkening at the bottom with a graduated filter, but perhaps I needed to be more heavy handed.

Yes, reminded my of some of the sci fi movies like Independence Day.  I got to the top of the hill and practically had "goose" bumps on seeing this.  The earlier scene was your typical "Wow, nice ...

The forecast was for overcast skies in the evening.  I had shot earlier in the day with my A7Rii and brought the backpack that contained it and my 16-35Z and 50mm prime inside to download the ...

I have owned both.  The obvious difference, for me, was less noise in the shadow areas of the A7 images when shooting in my typical 100-400 ISO range.   For me, at least, the difference was not ...

This is not a full frame lens.  It is for the A6000 etc... APSC.

i have an A7rii and then an A7 I kept as a backup.  I am going to the Grand Canyon during monsoon  season for 8 days.  As many spots are easy to shoot from, I thought I would set up both cameras ...

Will the time lapse app still fully function with a manual lens or does it need access to the aperture control for some modes?

Sorry about your loss.  The cost of the A7Rii and the thought of it getting stolen or me dropping it into some stream by accident held me back.  Losing a $900 A7, while no fun either, was not ...

There is no Exif data on your posted images, so it is hard to be of much help.  I don't know what software you are using, but exif data is usually preserved when an image is exported from the ...

While the Sigma covers a nice range, the reviews I saw really seemed to indicate very average sharpness.  I thinks if I was going to sacrifice that much sharpness I would just go with the Sony ...

The price for the Upper is much higher than it used to be, $130, so maybe it includes the permit now.

Thanks, interesting enough, there are plenty of vancancies at the Mather campground. The campground on the north rim was mostly all sold out.  I am sure it is a much smaller campground.  Also ...

i am going in August for the monsoon season.  South rim.  I was able to find a great rate on a minivan rental so will camp out of it at the Mather Campground $18 per day.  The only cheap hotels ...

I got my Sony 16-35z from Lens Rentals, who test the lenses they get.  Even at 35mm this lens is quite sharp.  I had the Sony 35mm f2.8 prime, and at f8 I could not tell a sharpness  difference ...

It sounds like you are already using SSD storage, but if not, I would start there.  I replaced the 1TB 7200rpm disc on my  desktop with an 1TB SSD disc and it made a significant difference.    I ...

I see where this converter is on sale for just $149. I really mostly do landscape and already have the Sony 16-35z, Cheap 50f1.8, and the 70-300G zoom.  At this price point, for the adapter, are ...

The 24-70GM would be nice but quite a bit of weight.  I would most likely take a 35mm or 50mm.  Hiking that high up, views are likely to be very long range views, where a single 16-28mm lens will ...

Take the nose ring off when shooting.