Category Archives: Conversation

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Mercury Transit Details

(This post is from an email conversation with a friend. I thought the content might be useful for others.) [Updated 12/31/19 – Typos and clarifications.] For the Mercury transit, I didn’t use any special equipment except […]

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Shooting Slot Canyons – Part II

(This is a continuation of the conversation from the previous post.) I went back and checked the time of day of both of my visits to Canyon X and notice that the shots from the […]

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Shooting Slot Canyons Around Page, AZ

(This post is from an email conversation with a friend. I thought the content might be useful for others.) The last two times I was in the area I saw the packed parking lot at Upper […]

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Capture One Review – One Year In

(This post is from an email conversation with a friend. I thought the content might be useful for others.) TL;DR – Last paragraph I have posted over the last few years about my disappointment with Aperture’s […]

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Z7 vs. D850

(This post is from an email conversation with a friend. I thought the content might be useful for others.) I like the Z7 pretty well, but it’s no D850.  I love the size and the EVF […]

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Lunar Eclipse Photo

Total Lunar Eclipse 2019 (This post is from an email conversation with a friend. I thought the content might be useful for others.) I shot this with a Nikon Z7 through an 800/5.6 with the matched […]

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Nikon Full Frame Camera Recommendation

(This post is from an email conversation with a friend. I thought the content might be useful for others.) I certainly agree with your decision to move to full frame.  Wide angle flexibility and bigger and/or […]

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D850 Details

(This post is from an email conversation with a friend. I thought the content might be useful for others.) Great to hear from you, and very excited about your new D850!  I know you are going […]

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4K Video of Total Solar Eclipse

I spent about 10 hours this weekend turning the 1k photos that my D500 took of the eclipse mounted on the iOptron into a video. Part of the 10 hours was caused by this being the […]

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300 f/2.8 or f/4 Prime Lens?

(This post is from an email conversation with a friend. I thought the content might be useful for others.) I have two Nikkor 300/2.8 lenses, the VR I and the older AF-S Mk 1, and agree […]

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