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  1. It's a nicely composed picture, but the shadows are definitely blocked. I don't know if you can raise the values, but I think it would help.
  2. CAF is a Good Thing™. If I put a focus point over an eye, or a squirrel or something, and then I move my hand or the subject leans a little, the focus will remain.
  3. I see this, obviously, every time I am online. For my part, I couldn't care a whit about video; I do not "create content". Yes, I've seen some amazing videos, but have not shot any of them. I do like face/eye detection, even on my Fujis which find faces everywhere--rocks, trees, shirts--but I don't need 80% of the various focus options. I am not interested in having the camera tell me what the subject is. Some tracking can be useful, but I need to pick what gets tracked. I have a Nikon D810, which has 36MP, and it's way more than enough. There are workarounds for a lot of this, and I know that manufacturers have to keep up with the Canons, but I would still love a digital F100. I would also like to see manufacturers create "basic" menus with a sane number of options, and the ability to reset to original version if I add the wrong option.
  4. It has a Cat; it is therefore good. 😀 It also has beautiful light and shadow.
  5. First of all, hello. Long time away. I find that Topaz Denoise and Topaz Sharpen do very well. Topaz Photo AI leaves me cold. It fails to sharpen images that need it. The "Enhance" function in LR is good, but slooooow on my computer.
  6. I got one for $32 with shipping. Took me a day to get it to remember where it was, now it's working. I'd still like to fix the old one.
  7. Tried that several times. It's not the contacts. 😞
  8. Hello! I took out my old N90s the other day, put fresh batteries in it and checked it out. Autofocus is missing. Does not show up on screen, nor does it work with known-good AF Nikkors. No soap in AF-S or AF-C. Manual focus is fine, as are all other functions. I expect it could be the AF motor, except with a broken or weak motor, it should still show up on the screen? Anyone with an idea, or remember a similar problem? I know it was an "out" camera, but I like it. Thanks Les
  9. Long time; no post. SCSI is not extinct. New or used cards are available on eBay, etc. It is necessary to force-load drivers on Win 10 and 11. I am currently using a Polaroid SprintScan 120 for 35mm and MF. Vuescan software works with this model and a million others. Results are excellent, although some minimal spotting is needed, since the scanner has no IR channel. Is it fast? NO! Can I do lots of other stuff while the scanner is running? YES!
  10. Actually that is correct; however, the person who used GIMP believes their "half" to be equivalent, which it isn't.
  11. The GIMP sharpening looks very overdone and crunchy.
  12. I have nothing whatsoever to do with this software, but I can recommend it. Left side is sharpened, right side is "SOOC". Fuji X-E1, Nikkor 55 f1.2 at about 1.4
  13. I actually have the Tammy 500mm (sorry). Now I must go off somewhere and use it. I'm really impressed with some of the shots in this thread.
  14. I know this will be removed. I don't care. Julianne Nicole AoutsaprfmriSl 2n4 saponctc ssnsot9:49ral PMersed · Public I am a Covid ICU nurse in New York City, and yesterday, like many other days lately, I couldn’t fix my patient. Sure, that happens all the time in the ICU. It definitely wasn’t the first time. It certainly won’t be the last. What makes this patient noteworthy? A few things, actually. He was infected with Covid 19, and he will lose his battle with Covid 19. He is only 23 years old. I was destroyed by his clinical course in a way that has only happened a few times in my nursing career. It wasn’t his presentation. I’ve seen that before. It wasn’t his complications. I’ve seen that too. It was the grief. It was his parents. The grief I witnessed yesterday, was grief that I haven’t allowed myself to recognize since this runaway train got rolling here in early March. I could sense it. It was lingering in the periphery of my mind, but yesterday something in me gave way, and that grief rushed in. I think I was struck by a lot of emotions and realities yesterday. Emotions that have been brewing for weeks, and realities that I have been stifling because I had to in order to do my job effectively. My therapist tells me weekly via facetime that it’s impossible to process trauma when the trauma is still occurring. It just keeps building. I get home from work, take my trusty companion Apollo immediately out to pee, he’s been home for 14 hours at a time. I have to keep my dog walker safe. No one can come into my apartment. I’ve already been very sick from my work exposure, and I’m heavily exposed every day that I work since I returned after being 72 hours afebrile, the new standard for healthcare workers. That was after a week of running a fever of 104 even with Tylenol around the clock, but thankfully without respiratory symptoms. I was lucky. Like every other healthcare worker on the planet right now, I strip inside the door, throw all the scrubs in the wash, bleach wipe all of my every day carry supplies, shoes and work bag stay at the bottom of the stairs. You see, there’s a descending level of Covid contamination as you ascend the stairs just inside my apartment door. Work bag and shoes stay at the bottom. Dog walking shoes next step up, then dog leash, then running shoes. I dodge my excited and doofy German shepherd, who is bringing me every toy he has to play with, and I go and scald myself for 20 minutes in a hot shower. Washing off the germs, metaphorically washing off the weight of the day. We play fetch after the shower. Once he’s tired, I lay on the floor with him, holding him tight, until I’m ready to get up and eat, but sometimes I just go straight to bed. Quite honestly, I’m so tired of the death. With three days off from what has been two months of literal hell on earth as a Covid ICU nurse in NYC, I’m having an evening glass of wine, and munching on the twizzlers my dear aunt sent me from Upstate NY, while my dog is bouncing off the walls because I still don’t have the energy to run every day with him. There's lots more. Moderator Note The off topic latitudes sometimes allowed in the Casual Photo Conversations Forum are wearing thin. (absolutely terrible mixed metaphors) Back onto Photography related comments, please. Thanks. William
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