Jerry Wilson

7 hours ago, mike_halliwell said:

Z6ii + 500mm PF + TC1.4eii.  ISO 9000 1/400 f9.  Hegde Sparrow.

 

 

Wow!

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Nikkor AIs 20 on D700

 

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Great Shots!

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Wow! So beautiful.

Midway during my nightsky trip, my Z7 automatic monitor switch suddenly became erratic, to a point I thought the camera was broken due to the rough tumble of hiking with it hanging from my shoulder or neck. It bothered me a great deal because I wanted to be able to look through both the EVF and the monitor while fumbling in the dark with the settings - not to mention I also worried that something else might also be wrong that had caused this problem. I tried the switch back and forth, checked the menu again and again, resetting the camera etc., all to no avail. I am not sure how much these anxieties had negatively affected my photographic results.

 

Anyhow, I searched for an answer when I got back to the hotel and, thank goodness, again, for YouTube. So all I needed to do was to clean the contact at the front of the viewfinder. Then I took the Z6 out of the bag, tested with it close to my eye and back and forth. It didn't take long for it to begin to exhibit the same problem. So I solved it again by cleaning the contact with a QTip.

 

See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L6OukJsdg&ab_channel=SmartPhotoReviews

 

Now would you call this a design problem, or at least an oversight, that begs for an adjustment in their II version? I have used Olympus M43 (went through several camera models and bodies) and never encountered this issue.

I was having the same problem. Your suggestion to watch the youtube video solved the problem for me - at least so far. Thank you.

I finally got around to doing what I've wanted to do for a while, i.e. to set up a website to document photos of various travel opportunities. Retirement is good for something! The website is at www.neurotraveler.com and it is definitely still a work in progress. Any comments, critiques and comments would be much appreciated.

Wonderful photos - interesting and very high quality. Can I ask what camera and lenses you used to photograph your island winter home and other locations?

Was there for a month just last year.

Click this link for inspiration and ideas: Myanmar

Mrauk U is safe and under touristed as people have stayed away - it is far from any of the border troubles between gov't and Rohingya groups.

I am blown away by your photos! Wonderful eye for beautiful compositions.

They do make a decent, very decent, combo Uhooru. It's a good shot. I could almost reach out and touch the waves. Excellent clarity, winsome, evocative, as Heidegger would say, it calls. We here are getting into (with a brief flourish of temperate weather) winter. So a couple of shots from last week (work has been a bit of a bother this week - quite dramatically intruded on my life). They are of further denizens of rural arcadia in the hinterland antipodes. Rural arcadia means rural poverty. A small group of impoverished people (who can't afford heating) take refuge in the air-con of our local Returned Servicemens (sic) Leagues club quite regularly, usually setting up around 3.00 - 4.00 in the afternoon and staying till closing. The gentleman has a cataract. We have, in oz, what is regarded as a free public health system, funded through an income tax levy, called medicare. It really works for catastrophic illnesses (what Stephen King would call 'captain trips') and for accident and emergencies. But for other things, like hips and knees, and cataracts, you go on a waiting list. He's still got one functional eye, so he's not high up on the waiting list. Isn't life the strangest thing you've ever seen. The final is of one of the good staff at the club who allow this to happen. They are gems and treasures. All done with an M6, FP4, cooked in ilfosol 3, heavily doctored (grit in the tap water following rain), with a tricked up Jupiter 50mm lens I purchased off ebay from the Ukraine, and a cheap flash. Regards, Arthur. Looking forward to your images.

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Absolutely fabulous photos. Congratulations!

The detail and texture is beyond amazing. I wish my medium format film camera could capture as much detail.

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Wow.