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Nikon D600 • Sigma 35/1.4 Nikon D600 • Sigma 35/1.4 Nikon D600 • Nikon 180/2.8 AF

This new forum software is pretty awful. Unfortunately you cannot show a URL in a hyperlink, it's insisting on pulling the title which is atrocious from an archival standpoint. Anyways, Adobe lists which versions of Lightroom/ACR support which cameras here: helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html The non-gimmick-licensed version of Lightroom has been abandoned at version 6.14, but that should be enough for the D7000 and D7100. If you don't mind renting your software (we're all made of money, right?) Adobe maintains rental versions of Lightroom "Classic" and Lightroom UberGimmick. From my end, the only meaningful difference between Lightroom 4 and 6 was that 6 supported the D750 I was using for a few weeks. There are plenty of free options as well. Versions of Apple's OSX released after the D7000/7100 should be able to parse NEFs just fine with the Preview app Nikon used to have free software available for download (ViewNX2?). Nikon used to have a more full featured offering which you could buy (secret file format and paid software? awesome!). Google Photos should support NEFs from your cameras. There's also a variety of open source stuff that should work on Windows like GIMP (not really photo oriented, really archaic interface, but should work in a pinch), darktable (a great combination of the worst features of proprietary quality and open source support, and it's comically unstable), ufraw (both from the command line and as a GUI), RawStudio, and RawTherapee.

No. Sandisk says 1MB=1,000,000 bytes, or very roughly eight times faster than that ancient ethernet gear on the UT-1. I bet 1000BASE-T/TX use too much power for a little camera dongle so we're probably not going to see faster wired dongles from Nikon anytime soon. The built-in WiFi on the D750 is laughable at best, be careful what you wish for. While the WT-5A lists 5 GHz 802.11n support, it's not clear what speeds it will operate at. You'll have a much better time skipping that nonsense and just copying the files over to your computer with a dedicated card reader.

My two cents -- I've recently been reviewing the past decade of concert shots and for the type of concert stuff I do most of my favorite shots have come from a 35mm lens. That said, I've gotten plenty of good concert shots with my longer manual focus and AF-D lenses (58 - 105 mm). The sorts of venues I frequent won't necessarily have the room to use such long lenses. If you're not sure what focal length you want I would start by doing two things: 1.) reviewing your photos and see where you set your zoom lens at and 2.) renting a few candidates and see what suits you. As Shun pointed out, getting good glass for the D750 is a really good idea (otherwise why buy such an expensive camera). I skimmed the responses but didn't see focus speed mentioned. Nikon's ƒ/1.4 primes simply do not focus quickly. Even though the extra light capturing capability is a win, the lower cost ƒ/1.8 primes may be a much better proposition here simply because you'll be more likely to nail the focus. I cheaped out and went with the Sigma 35/1.4 ART. It's quite sharp wide open and much better built than earlier Sigma lenses, but like any ƒ/1.4 lens it's bulky and slow to focus. The Nikon 35/2 really only has the size/weight advantage in its favor. I can't think of a single good reason to pay $400 for a new one as there are plenty of used copies around. While your D750 will focus the AF-D lenses, the newer lenses with built-in motors (S/G/E lenes) will typically focus faster. If you care about video, the built-in motors are much quieter while focusing. Focus shift is typically more of a problem with the ƒ/1.4 vs ƒ/1.8 lenses, and the worst in my bag has been Nikon's 85/1.4 AF-D. For concerts you probably won't care too much, for everything else it'll probably drive you nuts. But if you're shooting something where you can take your time using live view will sidestep that problem.

The lupine managed to be really the most photogenic of all the flowers D600 • ISO 2500 • Micro-Nikkor 105/4 Ai • ƒ/32 • 1/250th

Got a new-to-me Micro-Nikkor 105/4 Ai and went for a short hike. True to form, the D600's replacement shutter continues to splatter oil all over the sensor.

Yeah, no. If the scammers have figured out how to make their message deliverable and the photo.net admins have not, there are bigger problems than just looking in your spam folder. For the record, I've looked in my spam folder and mail logs and haven't seen anything from photo.net.

I haven't received anything other than the two phishing messages. Going back, the last legit email I got from photo.net was a password reset message on July 30th. That password reset message is quite easy to mistake for spam or phishing as you guys don't have DKIM, SPF, or even a reverse DNS entry that would make your mail server look like a legit part of photo.net set up. Seriously, your legit mail comes from buydomains.com.

Yeah it's pretty clear the photo.net user database has been compromised (otherwise how are you pairing names and photo.net specific email addresses). Photo.net admins should not be sending out an email suggesting people ignore the phishing messages. Instead they should be focusing on how they were compromised, and once remedied they should require password resets for all users.

Got back last week from a couple weeks in Cuba. While it's still significantly easier to visit than it was in years past, you still have to fit into explicitly allowed categories. In my case, I went on a "support for the Cuban people" visa designed to promote cultural understanding and exchange. In my case the culture was punk rock. Unfortunately the local cops still aren't 100% okay with this (and neither was the weather, apparently). So here's one of the guys from one of the American bands that played. Caught this on the bus to Havana. Pretty sure Health and Safety would have a fit. One of the things that surprised me was how many American tourists we encountered, even in the smaller towns. Santa Clara is home to a well known, and one of the only, drag shows in Cuba. The 85/1.4 AF-D is not really what you'd call a great choice for low light, fast moving photography. But even wide open it does pretty well.

<p>That looks like a more or less standard barrel connector to me. If you can measure the dimensions, that's a good start. The Wikipedia page also covers the common variations as well as part numbers you could plug into an electronics supply vendor (DigiKey, Mouser, Farnell/Newark, etc.).</p> <p><a href="http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/59595/how-can-i-tell-the-size-of-a-barrel-power-connector">http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/59595/how-can-i-tell-the-size-of-a-barrel-power-connector</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_power_connector">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_power_connector</a></p>

<p>Sometimes I question the wisdom of lugging around a large prime with me. On this trip especially I've found myself reaching for the camera phone before the big camera. But last week I got a chance to check out a concert in Kōenji and of course I had to drag the D600 and Sigma 35 along.</p> <p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7383/27072202550_7f03f4b018_b.jpg" alt="" /><br /> D600 • ISO 5000 • Sigma 35/1.4 • ƒ/2.0 • 1/160th</p> <p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7724/27276652631_d97326d280_b.jpg" alt="" /><br /> D600 • ISO 2500 • Sigma 35/1.4 • ƒ/1.4 • 1/80th</p> <p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7786/27302890621_f5989a4ef1_b.jpg" alt="" /><br /> D600 • ISO 5000 • Sigma 35/1.4 • ƒ/2.0 • 1/1600th</p>