Hi Y’all,

I just got done shooting the Suzuka Grand Prix and I had a weird experience where in the middle of shooting my camera just suddenly went dead. No low battery warning or anything and it wouldn’t turn back on. I thankfully had a few spare batteries and the moment I popped a new one in it started working again. Should I be worried about this battery?

Nikon Z30, this is only my second day with the camera. I only have a little experience with cameras from my Audio Visual class.

After a decade spent enjoying my inherited F3s and assorted lenses, I decided that I wanted to enjoy my G lenses on a film body and a local camera shop just got in this clean F100.

These lenses are pretty big. I want to carry them with the hoods, and especially the 85mm is thick and chunky, and with the hood reversed, it's about 5" wide and about 6.5" long.

I'm thinking about using lens cases in any bag instead of whatever camera bag solutions I have used before, which aren't really fitting a lens with this kind of width.

Have any of you found any lens cases that fit either or both of these well? Preferably with the hoods reversed.

Nikon z5 40mm f.2 lens 1/500 sec exposure F7.1 Iso 450

Gonna shoot on my d5100 with a 300mm f5.6 lens. Freind gonna lend me a filter early in the morning. What should be my settings

In my area we will be 95% totality

Picked up a "like new" condition 50mm 1.8 S today through a popular online retailer. Not sure if this is just me with overly high expectations on the sharpness of the 1.8 S based on all reviews I've read, but the images I've captured are ridiculously soft, even at the center at f/1.8-2.2 and only seem to get better at f/2.8. 

Compared side by side to my 40m f2 Z lens shooting at the same subject in same conditions back to back, it is noticeably worse at f2-2.8 which doesn't seem right to me.

Here is a series of very crude test photos I took showing the softness of the 50mm 1.8 S at wide apertures.

Here is the full zoomed out photo of the 50mm f1.8 S @ f1.8 compared to the 40mm f2 @ f2. First photo is the 50mm and second is the 40mm. 

And here are the center cropped images:

50mm 1.8 S cropped with images in order of f 1.8, 2, 2.8, and 4.

40mm f2 cropped with images in order of f 2, 2.8, and 4.

The lens arrived in well packaged and didn't seem to have any outer wear or signs of use upon examination. But my hunch is that the lens was somehow damaged internally - was reading about decentered lenses where a corner or part of the image is softer, usually at wider apertures - but in this case it seems like the entire image is soft at the wider apertures. But just because there's no sign outer damage doesn't mean it couldn't have been dropped and landed on a lens hood for example. 

Any other thoughts on the softness? And apologies for the poor upload quality in Imgur I can re-upload the full resolution files elsewhere if anyone needs.

Blown out sky lol.

Has anyone had this camera before? Why is everything so dark when I take photos? And how can I fix the brightness and not be zoomed in 100x

I currently have a Z6 with all Z lens. I love it!! I primarily shoot sports and events. I’m looking to add a second body and I’m torn between a Z8 or Z9. Most of my sports are indoors so lighting is always an issue. Any help is appreciated.

Pretty beginner. But I take photos of the things I knit, and it's easiest for me to just take a video then take still off later. I've watched a hundred tutorials on how to set the AF but nothing is working. Any help is appreciated

Hey everyone, I’ve seen great reviews on this adapter but was wondering if there’s any issues on the zf? I’m guessing there wouldn’t be but since it’s the newest Nikon camera our right now, just wanted to be sure anyways.

My partner did some photos today using d7200 with AF-S 35mm 1:1.8g lense on the sport scene setting. Problem is this was an outside shot and when the sun came out it made the photos go very white like the one attached. What can be done for this not to happened.

Thank you in advance for your help

Z 9, 24–70S@60mm, f/2.8, ISO640

I bought my D3400 a bit over 6 years ago and it came with the kit 18-55mm. While it was a good starting lense, I feel like I kinda “outgrew” it and I’m looking for an upgrade. Besides that I have a Tamron 70-300mm F4.5-6 (which will also be upgraded eventually) and 35mm F1.8. Ideally around 500-600€ however willing to look a bit above at the cost of Lower aperture.

Hi! I am looking for advice. I currently have a nikon d5100 but I would like to Upgrade my camera to take better pictures also for weddings (I have to objectives: 18-105 mm, 50 mm f1.8) I tried out the nikon z 6 || and I am impressed by the Resolution, but the downside is that my objectives won't fit the camera and the camera is quite heavy. I was also thinking about trying out the nikon z5 and z50/30 Do you have any advice? What would you do?

Thanks!

Hey guys...I'm based in Qatar..recently bought a D850 new for a decent price.

I am going to Malaysia in June . Are lenses available there on a 2nd hand market?

Here in Qatar there are some available but people selling at 80% of New value with even being over 4 years old sometimes.

Your advice is appreciated Also what is the recommendations for buying a 2nd hand lense etc.

Thoughts?

I'm a professional event photographer, but was looking into a teleconverter for casual shoots that may require more reach, specifically photographing dragon boat racing. Of course I'd be able to use it on professional shoots as well.

I originally wanted to buy a 300mm F/4, but couldn't justify the cost with how little I may actually use the lens alongside needing to buy/carry another bag or case for it. Although I've seen some good prices for $500-$750 and it's very light and fast.

So I figure a Teleconverter would be the next best thing since it's much more portable and less expensive. I was looking at a TC-17E II for a little less than $180.

What are your thoughts on Teleconverters and what has your experience been? Any feedback/comments would be helpful!

Thank you