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  1. Greetings, as per the title, I am looking for some reviews for the Fringer Nikon F to FUJIFILM GFX Lens Adapter. I can find lots on Canon lens use with the Fringer on the GFX but not much with Nikon F mount lenses. Any ideas for a good review? Thanks, Kevin
  2. University of British Columbia endowment lands, from my kitchen window. BIF ... Iona Beach bird sanctuary Quiraing, Isle of Skye BNIF. Lost Lagoon, Vancouver Introvert's delight
  3. Phew ... I had no idea how much data was resident in a NEF file. Just digging through all the data and interesting to see EXIF Tool also captures the regular camera menu settings as well as things like this: Some reading is going to be needed but I guess it captures all of the XYZ positions of the camera as I can deduct on first blush. And finally a program that surfaces all the GPS data I capture on the DI-GPS!!
  4. I tried this a few times now and it still does not give me the same result as doing it manually, which is to say, I shoot a step wedge on a tripod and immediately review the result on a 65 inch 4K TV, adjust the AF Fine Tune manually by changing the + or - values and try again. Still get better results that way. But it does take a lot longer... I tether shoot through Capture One, which is my editing software.
  5. Well I have only checked a few setting comparisons but have not had the chance to do a thorough side by side. In all of this, I did set up a few lenses with the D850 built-in AF fine-tune and that seems quite off from what I had from memory, both in numbers and looking at the output. Since I have a few f/1.4 manual lenses, my AF fine-tune process incorporates those as well (you can use the AF settings to ensure the lens is sharp right at the edge of the green dot) so it's been a fair bit of work. But no pre and post comparisons also because the subjects are obviously not the same.
  6. Hi @CvhKaar you are correct. It seemed a bit odd that this data would not be part of the EXIF. I tried ExifPro and Irfanview but neither had the info. I installed Nikon's software NX Studio and it did show it there! Could have saved me a lot of time 🙂 Cheers, Kevin
  7. Sandy, unless there is a process I'm unaware of, the "save settings" process does not include the AF Fine-tune settings, sadly.
  8. Well, after a day and a half of fine-tuning lenses, I dare say things are back to normal. This is a shot with the 300 VRII and the D850. Only needed -3 to get this good at f/2.8 @ 100ISO and 1/500s. Perspective shot through the window with the phone.
  9. Weirdly enough, as I am in the process right now of fine tuning the lenses, one side of the display is 100% ok again.
  10. The values disappeared when I reset the camera via the menu (after first backing up through the same menu). Sadly, most if not all of the settings were restored, the AF fine-tune values are not part of that. It does restore the list of non-CPU lenses, oddly enough, so you'd expect it to do the AF values as well. It even says in the manual it doesn't back these up 🙂 RTFM I guess before doing stuff like this. I was trying to chase (although with little hope of success) the fact that some of the horizontal pieces of the lettering inside the viewfinder don't light up anymore. Not very many reports on this on the web and one guy in Germany sent his D850 to get it fixed for 160 Euro. It doesn't impact the workings of the camera. I guess a pressed-in LED board has come a bit loose. I was hoping it be power/battery related but no.
  11. I have 4 or so manual ais lenses too. Those take the longest but I figured out a way to use the green dot for fine tune for those as well. The auto fine tune never worked well for me. I do it with a 75 inch OLED TV and shoot tethered to a step wedge, compare, adjust, compare... It works well.
  12. Oof.. having helped a friend dial in an FI conversion on an old BMW 2002, I feel your pain. That took all summer to work properly... My problems are none-existent in comparison. But after today .... Excel sheet.
  13. I guess I should have looked it up. It doesn't. FMR ... A day's work ahead. Definitely will make a spreadsheet for the D850 and the Df now... https://onlinemanual.nikonimglib.com/d850/en/18_menu_guide_06_33.html
  14. I have (had) about 13 lenses with AF-Fine tune settings in my D850. I wanted to reset the camera to chase a bug and saved the values (Save/load settings) yesterday. Reset the camera, took the battery out and let it sit for 24H. Didn't fix the issue so I reloaded the settings. All the settings came back, except the AF-Fine tune values. Am I totally skunked? Am I missing something else? A day's work if I can't recover it somehow ... sigh. Any ideas appreciated.
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