butterflyman

Having owned and used plenty of film cameras in my day from many different brands, I'm going with my old Ricoh XR-M.  An odd choice maybe, but able to use tons of lenses, a nice small attached ...

Just one quick comment, focal length is not as good as getting closer to your subject.

Why doesn't flash work on your camera?  Canon made plenty of flashes that work with your model camera.  I see the biggest problem is you do not have enough light on the subject, the shutter speed ...

None of your lenses are made with plastic.  The lens elements are always glass although the housing could be plastic.  Both of those lenses you have should provide photos more than good enough for ...

Kodak Retina Iic

I have given up using DPP for anything but a superficial going over before sending them to another software to use.  I tried it, took over 1 minute to convert to a jpg and almost 2 minutes to ...

I would say there is no such thing.  The lens is "best" for you if it does what you want it to.  I would say you also already answered your own question by going for the Nikon 24-120.  If that ...

I am confused a bit.  Canon to my knowledge does not make a 0.71x adapter so you must be using a 3rd party adapter made for Canon.  I don't really see what any issues would be except for the loss ...

Not me either.

I had a bunch of Minolta gear, S1, S100, 28-56, 56-170, 50 macro and 400 mirror. Very much liked the system as I preferred the smaller size. The macro was great and the 400, for a mirror...

The base ISO is what the manufacturer says it is, whether 100 or 125.  It does not need to be tested, that is what it is.  If you are that curious, look in the manual (they are online) for the ...

I took my R7 with the 100-400 on a pelagic sea bird trip out of Cape Hatteras on a 65 foot boat with somewhat choppy seas and had no issue with splashes of water.  I would just say watch where ...

How about Nikon announcing that they can finally keep up with demand instead of making people wait months for products?

I also downloaded DPP when I got my R7 but it is horribly slow.  It takes 30-45 seconds to convert a raw file to a jpg which on my old Nikon NX-D software it takes about 2-3 seconds.  It is just ...

When we went, I took 2 cameras and only 1 lens each.  No one ever bothered to ask what I was bringing in or looked through my camera bag which they could plainly see.  I would probably limit ...

Can we see some examples?  Generally at maximum focal lens, the lens will be slightly soft anyway.  As this is an older lens too, it will not be as good as newer models at that range.  Also, how ...

Not until the make some "pancake" lenses.  Possibly the upcoming 26mm lens.

It is not ok to go into random fields to get closer to the subject.  Most lands are privately owned and many owners do not appreciate people just walking through their land.  If it is a working ...

The one thing no one here has mentioned but is the first thing to think about is:  What is your budget, how much are you willing to spend?  That will tell you right up front what you can look at. ...

If you do not know what each lens is good for and do not know how to totally operate you cameras, stick to the phone.  Besides for the trip you describe a camera with lenses will be in the way.