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I have run a bunch of time-lapse cameras for various work projects - mostly photographing level boards in rivers every 30 mins, for months at a time. We have used a range of no name trail cameras and a few Brinno 2000s. The Brinno's are well made and very waterproof but the images are saved as...

Have used a lot of Peli cases for fieldwork (not with cameras), not tried the air ones yet. Always preferred the Peli Storm cases as the catches seem more robust. Have also used HPRC cases in some tough places and they seem as good as Peli but not really cheaper.

Yeap, time to have a look under mine…

I have one of these and I really like it. Used on a Benro tripod it makes a for a fairly light combination but framing is really precise and quick. Agreed I don't like the colour.

Does anyone has experience using a infra-red or full spectrum modified Z7? I really miss having a infra-red camera since moving to Nikon Z and thinking about having my Z7 modified to full spectrum and using clip-in filters for both normal photography and infra-red. My only real concern is the...

The drives are probably formated as NTFS and you need some software on the Mac to allow it to read this. I have used https://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/#buy in the past, there are also free software packages that allow Macs to read NTFS but I have not used any of them.

They should work together without issue, putting the drive in takes about 10secs and will be much quicker than a regular external USB SSD.

Depends how fast you want, I get 600-800 mb/s with external Samsung T5 and T7s and similar with a Crucial X9. I get ~3000mb/s with OWC 1m2 external housing using thunderbolt 4 and WD Black NVME drives on a MacStudio and MacBook Pro.

Some are smaller 24-70 f4, 14-30 f4 and the new 24-70 f2.8. But the primes are generally large and the f1.2 are big, but optically spectacular. The 1.4 lens are little smaller and designed with more compromises. Personally I have found moving to Z mount to be a significant upgrade and can live...

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Thanks, I need Lightroom Classic and Photoshop, but nothing else. I am just unsure about changing the license and if this is smooth.

If your subject is moving your generally want as long as focal length as possible 105, 150 or even 200mm. If you want insects adding a close up filter to a zoom lens can work well. I used a canon 500d filter on a Nikon 70-200 zoom for years and it worked really well, as most of the time I was...

I have been using an academic Creative Cloud license for a few years, but I don't need the extra apps anymore. Has anyone changed from a monthly subscription to using an annual Photography subscription, currently £99? I don't use the associated cloud storage, so will not miss it and can't see...

As Peter states using XQD allows the camera to write to the card faster, so it clears the buffer faster and maintains a higher frame rate for longer. If you use XQD with a slow SD card in the 2nd slot some this speed is lost.

I used Lexar XQD cards in my D500 for years with no issues. I only ever used XQD cards, never put a card in the SD slot.