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Hello all, Glad the site certificate got updated. I was concerned. Anyway, I have used a Sony XQD USB adapter since 2018 when I got my nikon D850. Never a problem using it to transfer images to my computer. When I got back from atrip in early September, I found that the computer does not even acknowledge my plugging it into the USB port. Nothing. Looking into the File Manager, the device does not show up. Being a pack rat, I bought two back in 2018 so got the new, unused one. Same behavior, not acknowledged at all. Anyone else seen this? Maybe a Windows update altered XQD card reader recognition? I can buy a new card reader, but it seems silly. Thx.

Incredibly nice save. I have had trouble deciding which direction of movement is needing repair. Spinning the compass around has worked a few times, but not as nicely as your example.

Thanks all. I agree that the final output is what matters. Good is good, and ugly is ugly. I do have some interest in what is happening under the hood, though.

For the record, I went in thru the listed link above and went around in circles again..... BUT I found the way to set my defaults again. In the latest ACR at the bottom of the tool options (top right) is "...". Click that after setting the default settings you want. Then click "Save Settings". That will take you to a file for saved settings- name it what you like. THEN go into the "Set Raw Defaults" out of the same "..." menu. That dialog box then lets you set the camera and the default setting. This time you will choose "Choose Preset" then "User Preset" out of drop down boxes (same "..." choice on the far right). Choose the one you just saved and you are good. For now. I think.

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Dog...., thanks for the link. I will dig in when I have time. I have been in that dialog box before and could not work out how to save my preferences. In the past there was a simple check box in a pulldown of an ACR panel to "Save Preferences" or something to that effect. A few versions back it got more complicated, which is when this question arose.

As above. When I think about it, I blow the image up to 100% over a dark area, turn the slider sown to zero, and then put back whatever noise reduction is needed. At base iso that is commonly zero, and usually less than 15. I am guessing that less manipulation of the data is better.

Hmm, thanks. I've found that Adobe ACR now sets a default color noise reduction of 25, far higher than most images need when shot at base iso. I sometimes forget to reset it, and am trying to decide how much I care about that.

Without getting too technical (It's a long time since my college physics) what is the tradeoff in resolution as we apply increasing color noise reduction in an image. If it's as simple as "increasing noise reduction reduces resolution linearly", then say so. Thanks.

OK, it's been said above but I will amplify. I see radial waves spreading out from the child, like a rock into water. The peaks of the waves cause variations in color, all natural and part of the image. It looks good to me as is.

Still paddling along with the Canon i9900. eight inks, including green. Replaced one printer head about 3 years ago. It's about 15 years old, I think.

I move my auto focus function off the shutter button, to the AF-ON button. Then I focus and re-compose the frame before taking the image. With that process I don't recall wanting the focus point locked. Different strokes.....

Zeiss 135 f2.0 is nice if you don't mind manual focus. Heavy.

Hello. The metering is accurate with the FTZ and Ai lenses but the aperture is not recorded in the metadata. A little annoying when looking back at images, but exposure is fine.

I went D700 to D800. Big improvement, although the D700 was very good. In 2018 I went from D800 to D850. It is nowhere near the incremental improvement of D700 to D800. It did give more pixels that are just as good (thanks to Thom Hogan for that statement). so more resolution, but in hindsight I could have stayed with the D800. It would still be a great camera for my landscape purposes today. The move to a Z7 was strictly to reduce weight for backpacking/hiking. The IQ to me is the same as the D850, in a smaller package. The FTZ adapter is I think about 9oz, so that weight has to be factored in. I do not find the length of the adapter to be a problem say with the 70-200 f4 AFS VR zoom I still have. On a trip in Zion a few weeks ago I backpacked in with only the 14-24 f2.8 and the 24-70 f2.8 and did not miss the longer focal lengths. Didn't need the adapter.

It's been a while. Wasn't a sale point that highlight recovery was good with the D700? Then, expose more to the right would make sense. It seems like sensor technology advance since has been in shadow recovery. Maybe that is some of the exposure difference. Again, the answer is to get to know your camera. Look at the histogram.

I moved from D850 to Z7. The weight saving is significant, and the IQ is pretty much identical. Add in in body image stabilization for my old manual lenses (through FTZ adapter) and it has been a real plus. I did go to the Z 24-70 f2.8, for more weight saving. It has been a good switch.