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It is most likely that you are trying to photograph a low contrast or poorly lit subject, try again outdoors in good daylight.

The primary reason for selecting a specific aperture is to get the correct exposure because there are secondary effects such as depth of field, lens sharpness and diffraction then the required ...

Forget the extension tubes and buy a used Canon EF 100mm F2.8 USM macro lens, the older model without IS and not the first model without USM, you should be able get one of these easily within your ...

No you can't. The only difference between the old Canon CR2 and the CR3 is that the CR3 has more efficient compression. If you are finding CR3 files difficult to process then I would suggest that ...

All of my camera gear including every lens is discontinued but at 76 years old so am I but everything works like it should (except me at times).

There is no such thing as a "best lens for landscapes" it all depends on how much of the scene you want to include in the picture, sometimes a 10mm is best and other times it could be a 200mm. If ...

Any lens that is properly colour corrected will produce better B/W because it will a proper range of grey tones, also if colour fringing is not present then the edges will be sharper in a B/W image. ...

Not sure you will find the release lever sold seperately, but you can find the complete top assembly here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32932913640.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.31.1c354wlK4wl ...

If you want to make comparison photos between lenses then at least you should keep the ISO the same for both shots, preferably in good lighting at ISO 100. Do not expect the best results when ...

Try turning off silent shutter.

APT does, search for and download Astro Photography Tool. It does far more than you need but it does the job and is free.

This might happen if you have auto ISO enabled but if you select a fixed ISO then the shutter speed selected by the camera's metering will be the one that gets the exposure correct and this can ...

Looks like a camera fault then, I suppose it could be memory card but unlikely.

Definitely not a lens issue, could be sensor, board or software fault. Could even be your processing/editing/viewing software Presumably this is a jpg file, do you get the same effect from a raw file ?

I use a macro lens with extension tube but I also have a slide/negative holder that secures to the front of the lens, this makes the setting up easy because the slide/negative distance is then ...

Your canon battery is rated at a nominal 7.2 Volts, a newly charged battery can start off at around 8.4 V. Inside Canon DSLRs is a DC to DC converter chip that reduces the voltage down to the ...

Extension tubes with an existing lens can work well, they can be a little awkward to use in comparison to a dedicated macro lens and usually work better with a prime lens as opposed to a zoom. The ...

I can see some limitations with it: 1. Non-focusing mount means it will only focus at one distance, depending on the length of the tube 2. Microscope lenses have quite small and non-adjustable ...

Close up lenses that screw onto the front of your existing lens are not much use, they give a limited range of use which means you will need various lenses of different powers to cover all situations.

I remember reading somewhere that the green boxes are just based on the number of times the battery has been recharged and although this can indicate the estimated remaining battery life it ...