Recent content by Dornfield

Hi, Still assembling the toys I think I need for basic macro work, and I'm looking to buy a slider next to mount my reversed lens on a D7000 body on a sturdy tripod and then adjust the distance to the subject stepwise to allow assembly of the images captured in Photoshop or similar (is there a...

Answering my own question, I note that YouTube is burgeoning with videos on how to fine tune the AF on the D7000, including one that makes the point that "I hope you haven't waited a year to watch how to correct this trivial problem" Ha! No fool me...... I've waited three...

I have not attempted that, so thanks for the suggestion. I'll go and investigate: is their an instructional video anywhere that you know of? Other variable here is that at as I approach the 5.0 (not the Vanilla Ice variety), my eyesight is not what it once was!! I spoke to Nikon on their...

Hi. I joined today mainly to seek advice on the focus of my D7000. With both the kit 18-105 and a nice 85mm 1.4D Prime, I do not get really sharp focused images. My 'rule of thumb' on this is to zoom in on eyelashes on portraits (on camera) and see if they look sharp: they are almost without...

Hi, I'm Dornfield. Not 'Cornfield', as the autocorrect seems to prefer.... I'm a Nikon D7000 user (upgraded from F-90X Pro analogue - shooting Fuji Provia 100 mainly - format with a degree of reservation). I'm here to learn what I'm doing wrong with my camera, as I've not been hugely...