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Your lenses (and the N6006 / F-601 body) use the Nikon F-mount, one of the longest-lived and supported lens mounts ever. It has gone through a few updates over the decades, in order to support feat...
How are the modern instant camera technologies achieved? Is it pigment transfer, laser sensitized paper or what? Are they optical or digital technologies?
When I take pictures of (lit) candles in otherwise-darkened rooms, the flames always come out nondescript (blurry?) as in the following example: I took this picture with a hand-held cell phone. T...
Moon over saguaro 16 Aug 2011, in the White Tank Mountains just west of Phoenix Arizona, 300 mm lens, 6:47 local time. The moon was nearly full, and low in the west around dawn. I wanted the moon...
What do I need to know to successfully operate a fancier camera? You must know thyself, young padawan. The key principle that muse be employed for any photographic equipment purchase is this: be ...
I recently bought a large projector at auction and it came with a 133mm diameter lens but no caps or covers. Where do I find lens covers for such a large lens? The universal lens covers I've seen d...
I've seen people talking about shutter speed, ISO, and f-stop. What are those? It really confuses me. What is the advantage in adjusting these manually, when you can just have your camera decide ...
Rules that are always applicable are as follows: One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest. Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you. All entries should inclu...
Rules that are always applicable are as follows: One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest. Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you. All entries should inclu...
Possible problems, with their solutions, are: Inability to focus properly in the dark. Put the camera on a tripod. Focus and compose with the lights on. Depending on the camera, you may have to s...
Lunar eclipse 2018-07-27*; shot from Valencia, Spain. Nikon D5300, 70-300mm AF-S @300mm, f/5.6, 1/400 s. If I recall correctly, this was shot hand-held, or possibly with a monopod, because my heav...
There are likely at least two issues at play here. First, look at the other elements in the photo. The candelabra, the window behind it, the edge of the windowsill. All of those are fairly sharp, w...
The problems The basic problem is that the flames are small bright things in what is otherwise a dark scene. The automatic exposure system then messes up because it strives to make the average com...
Should we have a link or a Post in Contests to connect with the Photo Contests in outdoors.codidact.com?
Since this site is going to have a Gear Recommendations category, I would like to know what types of questions would be considered on-topic. These are types I can think of, Where can I buy this ...
I'm a moderator for Hardware Recommendations on SE, so I have some experience (and some strong opinions...) on this one. Let's go through your suggestions. Where can I buy this particular camera?...
I am looking for a tripod that I can take hiking/backpacking. Features I would be looking for would be Light and compact. Steady enough to do hour-long time-lapses with. Does not need to be re...
Now that this site exists, how do we inspire activity? We've had one post each in Q&A and Gear Recommendations. Are there site-configuration changes that people are waiting for? (If so, just...
Rules that are always applicable are as follows: One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest. Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you. All entries should i...
July 10th, 2021 Parc Jean-Talon, Montreal, QC It's very rare for me to wake up early enough to get a picture of a sunrise (sunsets are a completely different story), but every once in a while t...
I am not sure if this question is off-topic here or not (probably it is and if so please help me find the correct network site, if there is one) What was the first film with subtitles in the histo...
I'm looking for a digital camera, not anything particularly fancy but probably not the cheapest one can get (though maybe some really low-end would be good enough?) Some context I am one of the f...
Location: Grand Canyon, South Rim Subject: Condensed water vapor in midday sun Date: November 10, 2015
If your subjects are privy to what you are doing you could also add a large neutral grey board with a high contrast focus target at the same distance as your subjects that will be cut away from bo...
