Matt Laur

Ugh. My S/N reports back as "affected." I'm torn. The lens release SEEMS to be working flawlessly and shows no dodgy spring behavior or anything. I've got projects over the next few weeks, so the last thing I want to do is ship the body off and risk UPS losing/damaging it and having to get into a protracted back and forth with Nikon. Likewise, their web site is completely silent on whether this will take a few days to turn around, or a few months, or what. I didn't buy it to have it out of action for a completely indeterminate period. I know they can't promise anything, but it would be nice if they updated the related web page to say something like, "As of late December, repairs and return shipments are averaging 60 days" just to manage expectations. I won't bother calling because I'm sure they won't let me pin them down - that's just how CS works these days. So, how much to gamble on this failure happening through moderate use on some upcoming projects? Hang on to the body and use it for a spell, then ship it - or ship it now, and beg them to try to turn it around in a few days so I can check it out all over again before relying on it with a customer? Not my only camera body, obviously. But I need all those pixels for a particular client. Grrr!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. You know that long session - especially now with these Z bodies - where you have to "move in" to the camera, getting menus set up and trying to cram into your head where everything is menu-wise and what you want to have show up on function buttons, which default file and behavior settings you like? Yeah, I'm still in that mode with the Z9. Sat in the chair next to the Christmas Tree while the wife watched a show, and - of course - ran a couple of shots of the tree while I was getting this new body's lay of the land. What a beast! Careful, or you'll end up with large strings of identical images because it can shoot them at about six billion frames/second. Anyway, my slow crawl into this new camera means you are treated to yet another lazy snapshot this week. So be it! Real project work coming soon. In the meantime, share some photos that look like you actually meant to take them! Z9 with a 24-70/2.8, testing focus lock and whatnot. Sure enough!

Hey, one budget-killing item at a time! I always seem to make use of that 14-24/2.8 - it's one of my favorite (or, most useful for various tasks) lenses. It would indeed be nice to have a tidier solution for the Z9, so I'll be weighing that Z version up against some other necessities. A fresher 70-200, 24-70, and a couple of very long lenses are the list, too, so we'll see. I've got a lot of nice F-mount glass around, and so far the FTZ widget is letting me take advantage, including with the in-body stabilization. We'll get there!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. Sure, it's a quick snapshot using another Nikon body. That's because I'm too busy reading up on how to use this just-unpacked (can you make out the B&H box in the background?) addition to my camera family. Must say, it feels great in the hand, and most things are just where a lifetime Nikon user would expect them to be. Can't wait to get it out on a project. Welcome, Z9, to your new home!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. Still working my way through a project from earlier in the month. Among a series of dozens in the space, here's one that would mean something to the engineers working on the lab effort, but to most of us is just an impressive collection of displays. I was crammed up against a wall, and thankful as ever for the day years ago I purchased that Nikon 14-24/2.8 (on a D810 in this case) - it remains one of my favorite and most useful lenses when doing documentary type stuff. Go, Nikon people, let's Wednesday some photos.

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. Not a moment with a camera in my hand this past week, so you know what that means: a fresh edition of Wayback Wednesday! This week's utterly random file selection is a snapshot of the row of loblolly pines that have been growing on our property for 50 years. They're actually a pretty annoying tree, as pines go. But in this case, there was a lovely orangier-than-orange sunset to distract, and turn them into silhouettes. Looking forward to some looking back, so let's see some images!

People say, "Wow, so you get to use cameras and do photography for a living?" And I say, "No. I recharge batteries for a living. Twenty different kinds of batteries. I'm a batteryographer."

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. A good Nikon Wednesday to all. I'm still unpacking from my recent location shoot for a commercial client. We were working out in a parking lot as Hurricane Nicole was bearing down, so winds were 20-40mph. Below is about half the gear involved as I was still setting up base camp. A gimbal mounted Nikon Z body, the trusty D810 in hand, a large video rig, a couple of GoPros, a new drone with a serious camera, and what amounts to a decent theatrical lighting rig. And lots of IT gear, power distribution, c-stands, weights, flags, and other supporting equipment. The days when I could head out with a camera and a couple of lenses in a bag sure feel different! We shot for 12 hours straight, well past sunset, and delivered the goods this morning. All the prep and hard work paid off, and we'll be back for a sequel in the coming months.

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. Sorry for the late start on this Nikon Wednesday - up late with a client shooting a piece of naval radar being tested. You just never know where you’ll find yourself when another client says, “Hey, I know a guy …”

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. Not much traditional foot traffic this Halloween, so we grabbed some portable RGB-adjustable LED lighting modules, our pumpkin, and went around the corner to the old (now empty) farmhouse to get some shots of their garden shed before it's torn down. Sure, it's theatrical, but that was sorta the point. Used the same Z6/24-70 to keep the shutter open a bit while goosing a log on our cozy fire. Nothing like a long exposure to see that the hardwood coals and sparks have their own way of being. A good Nikon Wednesday to all, and share some photos!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. I was going through some 2007 shots from Italy, taken with the ol' D200 and a 70-200/2.8 VR1. Shot a bunch from a high-altitude switchback climbing out of the Veneto plain up the foothills of the Dolomites towards the kinda-Alpine town of Asiago. Yes, the cheese originated there. We spoke almost no Italian, and if the folks in town spoke much English, it wasn't obvious. Happily, my wife's German played better up in those mountains than our other struggles (so, we got a nice lunch). Never the less, I was looking at this shot down into one of the valleys, and in Where's Waldo mode, spotted a home all alone up on a chunk of mountain that I'd never before noticed. It's fun to find surprises. Share some, this Nikon Wednesday! A 100% crop tells the tale:

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. So I had to explain to a client what can go into placing an object of theirs into a virtual environment - very helpful when there's a no-good background or scene where we have to shoot, or where the environment you're ultimately going to have to portray isn't even close to accessible or practical for the product shoot. To help convey the idea, I threw together these three images from a previous project to get the idea across. Shoot (sometimes with a green screen), key out the background (or clip, depends), and then work the image into an backdrop that might be shot separately, or could be licensed stock, etc. Here's hoping nobody else is doing THAT this Nikon Wednesday, it can be a lot of work.

I could have SWORN I posted this a week ago, but now I don't even see last week's Nikon Wednesday ... so I suspect I'm not hallucinating, and it got evaporated during The Great Migration (about which don't get me started). So, some Pumpkin Deja Vu, I suppose, while I figure out The New Way Of Being. If you can, share some photos as we've been doing all these years!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. My inner teenager was once again finding a way to let some Nikon image-capturing hardware intersect with some fun back-40-acres plinking with friends. While that would normally involve old cans or paper plates, this decades old vegetable steamer was irretrievably rattly and falling apart. It was the perfect sacrificial target. A Z6 was on a tripod rolling video at its highest frame rate and with a high shutter speed (normally not a very cinematic recipe!) and brought us these two frames. The first shows how much energy is exchanged as a 12 gauge slug going roughly 1100 feet per second interacts with the steamer's thin steel. Some of the steel is instantly vaporized, as seen in that bright orange metallic glow, and you can actually see the spinning slug's progress across the entire frame as a whiteish lateral blur. The second frame (literally, the very next recorded frame 120 frames per second) shows the slug long gone, and some of the steamer's anatomy defying the 1/1000th shutter speed. Good wholesome fun. Going to try this again at four times the frame rate next time the opportunity comes up, but that will require a different camera body. OK, enough Mythbusters-inspired shenanigans. Share some photos on this Nikon Wednesday! And if you're in Florida, please take care of yourself as Ian crashes through.

So, no Z tilt-shift on the horizon :-)

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. Anyone ever play a good old fashioned game of D&D? Remember creating characters by rolling dice with large ranges of numbers, and setting the character's various physical and personality attributes through chance? So, imagine doing that with the processing slider values in Camera Raw, instead. Hah. I wound up with a mug full of dehaze, but so be it. It was a morning of patchy fog out in the yonder, and my coffee didn't even have the decency to give off photogenic steam. Next time! For now, it's a Nikon Wednesday in the spirit of: whatever. Go!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. Thanks to Shun for kicking things off last week. I was hip deep in revisiting the files from an earlier shoot. I wonder sometimes at the gargantuan amount of storage and backup space I consume just so I can have stuff I shot some time in the past right at my fingertips. And then, a client says they're working on their annual report and can I render a bunch of images in a different way/shape/etc. Of course! What's another few TB of layered PSD files lurking around forever, right? A good Nikon Wednesday to all while I go back to a series of factory shots. Share some photos!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. I really should clean out those storage bins a little more often. One never knows what will turn up. Behold! The prehistoric, nearly mythological Photo.Net Swag Embroidered Knit Beanie Hat, made from the finest of unknown synthetic fibers. The hat has outlived multiple PN regimes since it came into being, that's for sure. Any other archeological finds out there? Go!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. Over the weekend, the missus got in a couple hundred rounds of practice with a new tool. Small hands, so some things are just a bad fit. Despite stiff competition from Austrians, Germans, Italians and Czechs, this one went to Ruger, made in Prescott, AZ. A keeper! So I had the camera out shooting some shooting - what was everyone else up to? Go!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. A throwback from a project a few years ago. You know what that means: Wayback Wednesday. Go!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. Some young grapes, this Nikon Wednesday, basking in the summer sun at Horton Vineyards. These will make a flinty dry white with a bit of a citrus spark. The image, on the other hand, was made with a D810 and a Sigma 35/1.4. Cheers! Share some photos.

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. And yet MORE Wayback Wednesday for this guy who's still got other irons in the fire. My camera misses me! So here's one from D200 days, using a Sigma 10-20, if I recall.

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. Yet another week where my IT hat never left my head, so it's back once more into Wayback Wednesday. Here's a random selection that's actually interesting because ice-coated pine needles offer some relief from the week's high heat. In this case it was 8 years ago and I was flying a little ol' D5100 with a kit lens under an older DJI hex drone, and on the way up for the horizon shot, got a look at some frozen pines at roughly 75 feet. Man, is it easier to get stuff like that working these days. And less dangerous! Won't see a scene like this for several months, but with luck next week I won't be doing any time traveling. Share some stuff!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. I know, I know, I was supposed to swear off air show images for a bit. But I didn't get in any fresh work this last week, and I saw in the news that the Blue Angels just assigned their first ever female demo team member. Lt Amanda Lee joins the team and will be flying one of those shiny blue Super Hornets with the very best. So, just for fun, here's a recent shot of #6 getting VERY close to super sonic over Annapolis. Careful there, number six! So I guess this is technically another Wayback Wednesday, always optional!

Note: In the interests of balancing performance and quality, the topic of image file size and dimensions as normally posted to this recurring thread is under discussion elsewhere in the Nikon forum (the topic is obvious when you look) - please check in there and comment if you have thoughts to share! That's the best place to talk about that particular topic. For now, consider keeping uploads no larger than 1600 pixels on the long side when it matters, and sticking with 1000 pixels when the image feels no pain at that resolution. On data size/compression, try to keep things under 1mb, shooting for 600kb when you can stop there. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here: Guidelines for Nikon Forum Wednesday Image Threads. For now, we're sticking with 1, 2, or 3 images per week as you see fit. What's that saying? "Knee high by the 4th of July." At least at my latitude, that's supposed to indicate a healthy corn crop. We were WAY past knee high last week, and hopefully that's a good thing for local farmers. This is a frame grab from some video shot on a Z6 with a 24-70/4 against a blindingly bright sky - just some B-roll with the camera on a gimble. A good Nikon Wednesday to everyone, and looking forward to the week's image trove.