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Sell your lens, get the whole new kit. It's always easy spending someone else's money.

With those conditions I would turn VR off.  What lens did you shoot that with? Sigma? First gen Tamron? Tamron G2? If the Tamron, have you updated the firmware in the lens?

Adorama is also offering a 32gb card if you're buying from them.

looks similar to the overly plastic skin tones and textures we saw from Canon a decade ago.

@MikeRan, adding a diffuser to a regular flash obviously reduces the light output. The A1 series has an 11 sq/in face, so it's like having a tiny 3x4" softbox. Better than a 1.75x3" of a standard...

The Godox equivalent is a 75 w/s compared to the Profoto of 76 w/s, and the Godox is rated at 42m @ISO 100 (50mm), and most top level traditional shoemount flashes from Nikon/Canon/Godox are...

Let's not act like going from 1.2s to 1s is going to be all that useful in the real world.

@KyleSlamchez, regular alkaline AA are pretty slow, but either rechargables or energizer lithiums cut...

@sirhawkeye64, you can make the open as object a permanent thing by clicking the hyperlink in the bottom/middle of the raw window and checking the box for "Open in Photoshop as Smart Object". Also...

The highlight peaking/zebra numbers are 8 bit values, https://youtu.be/7xWV3Wmvtms?t=336 has a rundown of where they correspond with IRE values.

Have you done the firmware update from a month or so ago? It dealt with flash overexposure and white screen problems. https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/fw/315.html

The red af assist isn't read by the on-sensors af, which is why the green light is used.  Until Nikon/others come out with a flash that uses an af assist grid that can be read properly by the ...

Many schools still have testing that uses terms, tools, and controls that go back several versions and until the state approved testing agency updates all of their stuff to at least the 2018...

iTTL is the base ttl programming that replaced d-ttl that was used on the early dslrs up through the d100 and d1x. You're thinking of ttl-bl, a setting that balanced flash and ambient light like ...

You need an sb800 or newer to ttl with the z cameras or any other nikon dslr from the d70 onward.  You can use the sb28 in m or a mode, or buy a new flash that is i-ttl compatible.