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How to Remove Fungus from a Lens

2016-09-30T07:15:00.001+08:00

Petapixel just came up with this article.

Nice reading. Most importantly, it lists the tools need to crack open your lens.

Bracketing on D7100

2016-01-05T08:55:00.000+08:00

Copy-and-pasted from http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00dfCnD7100
Auto Burst Exposure Bracketing David Triplett
SubscriberFrequent poster, Jan 01, 2016; 07:22 p.m.

Friends, as explained, poorly, on page 136 of the D7100 manual, you can use the Self Timer mode in combination with auto bracketing to obtain an automatically exposed and bracketed burst of 3 or 5 images with each push of the shutter release. The CL and CH modes also work, but you must hold down the shutter release, with concomitant potential for camera shake. I discovered this after seeing a similar functionality on a Canon body being used to photograph one of my completed building projects. After observing the professional, I came away convinced my new camera MUST have similar functionality, which it does. Surprisingly, my good friend's D700 does not, nor did my D5100, so far as I can tell. The D750 is very similar to the D7100, as is the D600/610 and D800/810. I haven't investigated other Nikon bodies. For landscape, architectural, and HDR photographs, this functionality is extraordinarily useful. The Nikon manual does not explain very well, but you access this function as follows:

Push and hold the external BKT button.
While holding the BKT button, rotate the Main Command (rear) Dial to select the quantity of bracketed exposures.
While holding the BKT button, rotate the Sub Command (front) Dial to select the EV offset between exposures.
In the Custom Setting Menu, sub-setting e6, select the type of exposure setting to be bracketed, such as Auto Exposure, Flash, White Balance, or ADL.
In the Custom Setting Menu, sub-setting e7, select the offset and order of the bracketed shots from the best exposure as determined by the camera. You can place best in the middle, or offset by a number of exposures towards either end of the scale. For example, if you want the "best" exposure to be first, and increasing EV's from that point, then offset the best exposure to the left, beginning of the exposure sequence. With a 5 exposure burst, you can choose to go either 2 or 3 frames either direction. With 3 exposure burst, you can only go one frame either way.
Set the Release Mode Dial to Self Timer.
Push and release the Shutter Release. After the delay set for the Self Timer (I use 2 seconds), allowing any camera shake to settle, the shutter will automatically expose 3 or 5 bracketed images in a burst, without you having to touch the camera again.

I have used this function successfully for landscape and architectural shots, bracketing for shutter speed only. So far I have only used this in Aperture Priority (A) mode, but I believe it will work also in Manual (M), Shutter Priority (S), and Program (P) modes. You can also use Exposure Compensation to offset the bracketed frame set. Good luck and have fun. Be aware that you'll make a lot of exposures. There are also a number of useful videos available on the Internet. I hope this is helpful, David.

Affordable Birding

2015-08-23T14:36:00.002+08:00

Lens	Weight	Length	Filter	Price
Nikon 300mm f4	1.44 kg	8.8 in	ø77	5150
Nikon 200-500	2.3 kg	10.5 in	ø95	5830
Nikon 300mm PF	0.755 kg	5.8 in	ø77	6149
Tamron 150-600	1.95 kg	10.1 in	ø95	3910
Sigma 150-600	1.95 kg	10.2 in	ø95	4240
Nikon 300 f2.8	2.9 kg	10.5 in	ø52	20000

Kg Sg Melayu, March '14

2014-03-15T22:00:00.000+08:00

Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker

Asian Glossy Starling

Parit Jawa, March '14

2014-03-14T09:12:00.001+08:00

Challenging photo conditions. Falling light, backlight and distant subjects.

Great Egret

Lesser Sand Plover

Terek Sandpiper

Sawah Ring, March '14

2014-03-14T08:58:00.000+08:00

Red-Wattled Lapwing

Purple Heron

RAW Imaging Pipeline

2012-11-20T19:44:00.000+08:00

Birds of Sungai Skudai, Set #1

2012-10-14T17:48:00.001+08:00

Common Tailorbird.

Redshank.

Pacific Golden Plover.

Danga Bay Birds

2012-10-06T22:39:00.000+08:00

Burung-burung yang terjejas apabila pembangunan Danga Bay disiapkan.

Painted Stork.

Little Egret.

Barn Swallow.

Collared Kingfisher.

Grey Heron.

Grey-Capped Woodpecker.

Pixel vs mm2 for some Nikons

2012-10-01T21:05:00.001+08:00

Listed are the pixel densities of some Nikons and a Canon. Why is this important? When birding, cropping is often done when the telephoto lens could not quite reach the bird. By cropping, we have "digital zoom". The denser the sensor, the more information is captured, hence a picture that more closely resemble the real bird.

Birds of UTM - Ramadan Edition 2

2012-08-05T08:09:00.000+08:00

Common Flameback Woodpecker, female

Red Junglefowl, female

Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike

Birds of UTM - Ramadan Edition 1

2012-08-04T08:08:00.000+08:00

Paddyfield Pipit

Pin-striped Tit-babbler

Little Spiderhunter

Ashy Tailorbird

2012-07-31T15:21:00.002+08:00

Ashy Tailorbird

(Orthotomus ruficeps)

[Prenjak kelabu]

DSLR vs EVIL

2012-07-15T00:11:00.001+08:00

Fauna of Gunung Pulai 3rd Series

2012-01-27T00:24:00.000+08:00

Merbah Mata Putih

Merbah Abu.

Belatuk Mas.

Ketam di mata air.

Merbah Bulu.

Prenjak Leher Hitam, anak.

Sejenis Cenuk.

Ungka?

Teratai di kolam ikan.

Sewah Bulan.

Birds of Gunung Pulai Trip #2

2012-01-14T16:39:00.008+08:00

No IDea for half of the species shot. For next time, I must change several camera settings, and be better prepared. For example ISO 200 just was not right.

Purple-Naped Sunbird. Again, can't see the purple nape.

[Kelicap Rimba]

Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo.
[Cecawi Anting-Anting]

Yelow-Vented Flowerpecker
[Sepah Puteri Rimba]

Pin-Striped Tit-Babbler

[Rimba Berjalur]

[Merbah Bulu]

Hairy-Backed Bulbul.

[Kelicap Rimba]

Purple-Naped Sunbird

Birds of Gunung Pulai

2012-01-05T17:50:00.005+08:00

Cream-vented bulbul.

(Pycnonotus simplex)

[Merbah mata putih.]

Cream-vented bulbul.

(Pycnonotus simplex)

[Merbah mata putih.]

Cream-vented bulbul.

(Pycnonotus simplex)

[Merbah mata putih.]

Asian Brown Flycatcher.

(Muscicapa dauurica)

[Sambar Asia.]

Purple-Naped Sunbird.

(Hypogramma hypogrammcium)

[Kelicap Rimba.]

Blue-winged leafbird.

(Chloropsis cochinchinensis)

[Daun Sayap Biru]

Introduction to Documentary-Style People Photography

2012-01-04T14:18:00.005+08:00

Documentary and commercial photographer Giora Dan shares his tips for shooting human subjects in a documentary style. He covers three basic techniques - unplanned, spontaneous shooting, planned shots, and 'confrontational' photography.

Berek-Berek

2011-12-14T20:19:00.005+08:00

Juvenile blue-throated bee-eater.

[Beberek Tadah Hujan]

Date shot: Dec 11, 2011

Location: Taman Impian Emas, Skudai

Juvenile blue-tailed bee-eater.

[Beberek Carik Dada]

Date shot: Dec 11, 2011

Location: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai

Asian Brown Flycatcher

2011-11-17T11:19:00.001+08:00

[Sambar Asia]

(Muscicapa dauurica)

Date: 2011-01-23

Loc: Hutan Bandar Mutiara Rini, Skudai, Johor

Date: 2011-11-10

Loc: Taman Impian Emas, Skudai, Johor

Date: 2011-11-17

Loc: Taman Impian Emas, Skudai, Johor

Sigma 150-500 lembut pada 500mm

2011-11-16T07:21:00.001+08:00

Memang dijangka lensa zoom memang kurang tajam berbanding dengan prime. Sahabat saya Nazarudin Basirun telah menguji lensa Sigma 150-500/f6.3 pada jarak dari 12kaki..1/4s, f8, Iso400..pic di'crop' kepada saiz yg sama..

Rumusannya, lebih baik setkan lensa pada 300mm kemudian dicrop, berbanding zoom ke 500mm.

Lebih baik dari lensa ini ialah lensa prime 300mm f/4! Versi Nikon ialah Nikkor 300mm f/4 AFS manakala versi Canon ialah Canon 300 f/4 IS USM. Harga Canon lebih sedikit sahaja tetapi ia ada stabilizer. Pada pemburung yang belum membuat keputusan Canon atau Nikon, carilah body Canon 18 megapixel dan gabungkan dengan lensa ini.

Tempua

2011-11-03T17:33:00.000+08:00

Baya Weaver, female

(Ploceus philippinus)

[Tempua, betina]

Taman Impian Emas, Skudai

11.11.02

Belatuk Belacan

2011-11-03T17:30:00.000+08:00

Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker

(Dendrocopos canicapillus)

[Belatuk Belacan Kecil]

Taman Impian Emas, Skudai

2011.11.03

Tirjup Tanah

2011-11-03T17:27:00.001+08:00

Brown Shrike

(Lanius cristatus)

[Tirjup Tanah]

Taman Impian Emas, Skudai

2011.11.03

Fraser's Hill 29 Oct '11 - Part IV

2011-11-02T10:13:00.003+08:00

White-Throated Fantail

(Rhipidura albicollis)

[Murai Gila Gunung]

Sultan Tit.

(Melanochlora Sultanea)

[Serai Rajah]

Blue-winged Minla.

(Siva cyanouroptera)
[Rimba Murai Sayap Biru]