Recent content by sk66

It varies with the ambient light levels... if you have control of the ambient light levels (covered windows/etc) then you can use a single setting reliably. That's probably the biggest weakness in my editing workflow.

I'd be more inclined to call it foreground blur/bokeh... looks like it was primarily cropped off, but maybe after cloning as well.

I do not recommend underexposing; you are always better off collecting as much light as possible. If you underexpose an image like this you will have very little information available, and that will rapidly lead to artifacts (banding/etc) with any edits. You can always reduce the exposure in...

The 120-300 is a great lens on it's own, but it is a bit short for a lot of uses. And it doesn't perform particularly well with TC's; especially the 2x (at least my copies). Also be aware that Nikon and Sigma TC's do not interchange... I have no idea why not. When I got the Sigma 60-600 I...

The ones with plastic 3 way heads? :oops: :$

Select the first image, and then shift-click the last image to select a range of images, then file > export. You can also use cmd/cntrl-click to add individual images to the selection.

post #6: testing shows that isn't really the case

I did, I didn't find that... they've got it buried pretty deep in the FAQ's.

We still have several "authorized" repair shops; they still have their specialized equipment and trained service personnel. But they aren't getting parts or training anymore, and Nikon isn't referring any repairs to them. It seems Nikon cut off any further involvement, but didn't revoke anything...

I've become a convert to using spikes for all situations outdoors; the only time I put the rubber feet on is for use indoors where it will damage my floors. I used to believe that using them on harder surfaces where they couldn't penetrate much would reduce stability/performance, but testing...

It is to me as well... because there is no difference between those two entries; they refer to the same model lens. They also list the 80-200 as being serviceable, but Nikon doesn't... kind of goes with my idea of "remaining parts inventory."

A few years ago Nikon decided to stop working with third party shops; they probably just ran out of parts inventory. The 70-200 VRII is still on Nikon's list of supported lenses.

Thanks all! I do believe this will be be getting printed pretty large...

I couldn't decide how to arrange it so as to make it interesting and not overly huge... this is what I came up with. We weren't near the middle of the path; I didn't realize what difference that would make (we were at 99.999%).

Pretty happy. I was really hoping to get pics of the corona like I've seen online (NASA?) but didn't even really see any; I'm thinking that was due to the thin overcast we had.