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Nikon's Fiscal Year Results. DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Site Work Ahead. What To Expect. The Best All-Around Cameras. The Messaging is All Wrong. Catching Up. May I ask that you start your photographic-related shopping by clicking on any of the B&H links on this site. B&H is this site's exclusive advertiser.

ABOUT BYTHOM

About byThom. Welcome everyone. I've been on the Internet pretty much from day one, and have had this Web site for well over eighteen years now. As part of making sense of my sprawling Web presence, I split my work into multiple Web sites: dslrbodies.com — coverage of all

TRIPODS TODAY

Tripods are useful for many types of photography, particularly if you're into any kind of HDR or image stitching, but for other things, as well. If you use an ND filter when shooting moving water, for instance, or when you want to be in the picture yourself, or are taking astrophotography images, for example.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

So let's put the camera body and one lens cost at US$1650 including shipping, sales tax, and the Christmas wrapping paper you went to the trouble to add to the box to help mentally justify your purchase. That gives us so far: Camera body and kit lens: US$1500. Shipping and tax: US$150. You probably need other lenses, of course. NIKON'S PRODUCTION MOVE Nikon's Production Move. In mid-December Nikon revealed to the Japanese business press that it was planning to move all domestic camera production to its Thailand plant by the end of 2021. That effectively means that the long-serving manufacturing facility in Sendai Japan (Apple Maps photo, above) will no longer make cameras. DSLR LENS DISCONTINUATION CONTINUES DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Canon and Nikon seem to be in a race to see who can discontinue the most DSLR lenses. The latest being Nikon's rumored discontinuation of the 16-35mm f/4G FX and 16-80mm f/2.8-4E DX lenses (plus several others). Note I wrote "rumored."

HOPE VERSUS FEAR

The hope comes from study of the subject and anticipation of what I'm shooting. The fear can add a bit of adrenalin and concentration to help me capture it, as long as I don't get carried away with it. But hope and fear shouldn't be the things you rely upon to improve. The thing will help you improve the most is THE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELER The camera is small—smaller than crop-sensor DSLRs—and only about a pound. The two lenses, one really small, and one much larger, only add another pound and a third. Yet, this system is highly capable, richly featured, and very flexible. Other current options that are similar would include the Canon M6 Mark II, the Fujifilm X-S10 or

X-T30

NIKON LAUNCHES NEW SOFTWARE Nikon today announced a new software product, NX Studio. NX Studio is an integrated program that can view, annotate, process, and edit images and video taken with Nikon cameras. Note that the installer says that NX Studio will remove View NX-I, but it doesn't remove some artifacts of that program (e.g. Dock icon on macOS). 11 — BIRDS IN FLIGHT (BIF) 11 — Birds in Flight (BIF) D7100, 240mm, f/8. I wanted to follow up on several things I wrote last month about focus when I came back from the Galapagos. This full frame from a D7100 is very illustrative of the focus issues that come up with birds in flight (BIF). First, let me describe the situation: this blue-footed booby is flying NEW CAMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY ARTICLES, NIKON DSLR CAMERA ANDAFRICAWORKSHOPSTHE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELERWEIGHTY

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Nikon's Fiscal Year Results. DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Site Work Ahead. What To Expect. The Best All-Around Cameras. The Messaging is All Wrong. Catching Up. May I ask that you start your photographic-related shopping by clicking on any of the B&H links on this site. B&H is this site's exclusive advertiser.

ABOUT BYTHOM

About byThom. Welcome everyone. I've been on the Internet pretty much from day one, and have had this Web site for well over eighteen years now. As part of making sense of my sprawling Web presence, I split my work into multiple Web sites: dslrbodies.com — coverage of all

TRIPODS TODAY

Tripods are useful for many types of photography, particularly if you're into any kind of HDR or image stitching, but for other things, as well. If you use an ND filter when shooting moving water, for instance, or when you want to be in the picture yourself, or are taking astrophotography images, for example.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

So let's put the camera body and one lens cost at US$1650 including shipping, sales tax, and the Christmas wrapping paper you went to the trouble to add to the box to help mentally justify your purchase. That gives us so far: Camera body and kit lens: US$1500. Shipping and tax: US$150. You probably need other lenses, of course. NIKON'S PRODUCTION MOVE Nikon's Production Move. In mid-December Nikon revealed to the Japanese business press that it was planning to move all domestic camera production to its Thailand plant by the end of 2021. That effectively means that the long-serving manufacturing facility in Sendai Japan (Apple Maps photo, above) will no longer make cameras. DSLR LENS DISCONTINUATION CONTINUES DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Canon and Nikon seem to be in a race to see who can discontinue the most DSLR lenses. The latest being Nikon's rumored discontinuation of the 16-35mm f/4G FX and 16-80mm f/2.8-4E DX lenses (plus several others). Note I wrote "rumored."

HOPE VERSUS FEAR

The hope comes from study of the subject and anticipation of what I'm shooting. The fear can add a bit of adrenalin and concentration to help me capture it, as long as I don't get carried away with it. But hope and fear shouldn't be the things you rely upon to improve. The thing will help you improve the most is THE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELER The camera is small—smaller than crop-sensor DSLRs—and only about a pound. The two lenses, one really small, and one much larger, only add another pound and a third. Yet, this system is highly capable, richly featured, and very flexible. Other current options that are similar would include the Canon M6 Mark II, the Fujifilm X-S10 or

X-T30

NIKON LAUNCHES NEW SOFTWARE Nikon today announced a new software product, NX Studio. NX Studio is an integrated program that can view, annotate, process, and edit images and video taken with Nikon cameras. Note that the installer says that NX Studio will remove View NX-I, but it doesn't remove some artifacts of that program (e.g. Dock icon on macOS). 11 — BIRDS IN FLIGHT (BIF) 11 — Birds in Flight (BIF) D7100, 240mm, f/8. I wanted to follow up on several things I wrote last month about focus when I came back from the Galapagos. This full frame from a D7100 is very illustrative of the focus issues that come up with birds in flight (BIF). First, let me describe the situation: this blue-footed booby is flying

ABOUT BYTHOM

About byThom. Welcome everyone. I've been on the Internet pretty much from day one, and have had this Web site for well over eighteen years now. As part of making sense of my sprawling Web presence, I split my work into multiple Web sites: dslrbodies.com — coverage of all NEWS/VIEWS | CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXPLAINED | THOM HOGAN ILC market share is forecast at 12.9% (750k units). Lens market share forecast at 13.4% (1.3m units). The all-vendors ILC unit volume is expected to be 5% higher (Canon estimated 10%). Additional cost reductions forecast of 11b yen in the fiscal year for Imaging, which will bring the planned cost reductions to an end.

SAFE CHOICES

It’s that time of year when students are graduating, and this triggers a fair amount of camera buying, both as gifts as well as for

oneself.

DOES IT SELL?

Nikon was under 25% in the late 1990's, bounced around reaching a high of 39% in the DSLR era, and is currently down to 15%. Nikon has several times in their history pursued a consumer camera rush only to pull back to primarily the enthusiast/pro market. It seems that they keep finding they can't sustain a true mass consumer-focused effort MIRRORLESS LENS REVIEWS Other Mirrorless Lens Reviews. Lenses for Canon EOS M. 11-22mm f/4-5.6. 22mm f/2. Lenses for Canon EOS RF. 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L.

Lenses

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

So let's put the camera body and one lens cost at US$1650 including shipping, sales tax, and the Christmas wrapping paper you went to the trouble to add to the box to help mentally justify your purchase. That gives us so far: Camera body and kit lens: US$1500. Shipping and tax: US$150. You probably need other lenses, of course. THE CONSUMERS ARE RESTLESS The Consumers Are Restless. First some facts. In 2021 so far (3.5 months in): Canon — one future camera (R3), three future lenses (100mm, 400mm, 600mm) Fujifilm — two cameras (GFX100s, X-E4), four lenses (18mm, 27mm, 80mm, 70-300mm) Nikon — one future camera (Z9), no lens announcements. Panasonic — no camera, one lens (70-300mm) NIKON LAUNCHES NEW SOFTWARE Nikon today announced a new software product, NX Studio. NX Studio is an integrated program that can view, annotate, process, and edit images and video taken with Nikon cameras. Note that the installer says that NX Studio will remove View NX-I, but it doesn't remove some artifacts of that program (e.g. Dock icon on macOS). NIKON ENDS INTERNATIONAL WARRANTIES Nikon corporate today issued a formal notice of something that had been rumored and pending for some time: Nikon will no longer provide International Warranties for lenses and accessories (cameras long ago dropped the International Warranty). I've updated my "gray market page" accordingly.In some ways, this is good, but in most ways customers will think it bad. 2013 BOTSWANA PHOTO WORKSHOP BLOG In 2013 Thom Hogan and Anthony Medici again led a photo workshop through the Okavango Delta system in Botswana. This is Thom’s blog

of that trip.

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Nikon's Fiscal Year Results. DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Site Work Ahead. What To Expect. The Best All-Around Cameras. The Messaging is All Wrong. Catching Up. May I ask that you start your photographic-related shopping by clicking on any of the B&H links on this site. B&H is this site's exclusive advertiser.

ABOUT BYTHOM

About byThom. Welcome everyone. I've been on the Internet pretty much from day one, and have had this Web site for well over eighteen years now. As part of making sense of my sprawling Web presence, I split my work into multiple Web sites: dslrbodies.com — coverage of all

TRIPODS TODAY

Tripods are useful for many types of photography, particularly if you're into any kind of HDR or image stitching, but for other things, as well. If you use an ND filter when shooting moving water, for instance, or when you want to be in the picture yourself, or are taking astrophotography images, for example.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

So let's put the camera body and one lens cost at US$1650 including shipping, sales tax, and the Christmas wrapping paper you went to the trouble to add to the box to help mentally justify your purchase. That gives us so far: Camera body and kit lens: US$1500. Shipping and tax: US$150. You probably need other lenses, of course. NIKON'S PRODUCTION MOVE Nikon's Production Move. In mid-December Nikon revealed to the Japanese business press that it was planning to move all domestic camera production to its Thailand plant by the end of 2021. That effectively means that the long-serving manufacturing facility in Sendai Japan (Apple Maps photo, above) will no longer make cameras. DSLR LENS DISCONTINUATION CONTINUES DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Canon and Nikon seem to be in a race to see who can discontinue the most DSLR lenses. The latest being Nikon's rumored discontinuation of the 16-35mm f/4G FX and 16-80mm f/2.8-4E DX lenses (plus several others). Note I wrote "rumored."

HOPE VERSUS FEAR

The hope comes from study of the subject and anticipation of what I'm shooting. The fear can add a bit of adrenalin and concentration to help me capture it, as long as I don't get carried away with it. But hope and fear shouldn't be the things you rely upon to improve. The thing will help you improve the most is THE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELER The camera is small—smaller than crop-sensor DSLRs—and only about a pound. The two lenses, one really small, and one much larger, only add another pound and a third. Yet, this system is highly capable, richly featured, and very flexible. Other current options that are similar would include the Canon M6 Mark II, the Fujifilm X-S10 or

X-T30

NIKON LAUNCHES NEW SOFTWARE Nikon today announced a new software product, NX Studio. NX Studio is an integrated program that can view, annotate, process, and edit images and video taken with Nikon cameras. Note that the installer says that NX Studio will remove View NX-I, but it doesn't remove some artifacts of that program (e.g. Dock icon on macOS). 11 — BIRDS IN FLIGHT (BIF) 11 — Birds in Flight (BIF) D7100, 240mm, f/8. I wanted to follow up on several things I wrote last month about focus when I came back from the Galapagos. This full frame from a D7100 is very illustrative of the focus issues that come up with birds in flight (BIF). First, let me describe the situation: this blue-footed booby is flying NEW CAMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY ARTICLES, NIKON DSLR CAMERA ANDAFRICAWORKSHOPSTHE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELERWEIGHTY

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Nikon's Fiscal Year Results. DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Site Work Ahead. What To Expect. The Best All-Around Cameras. The Messaging is All Wrong. Catching Up. May I ask that you start your photographic-related shopping by clicking on any of the B&H links on this site. B&H is this site's exclusive advertiser.

ABOUT BYTHOM

About byThom. Welcome everyone. I've been on the Internet pretty much from day one, and have had this Web site for well over eighteen years now. As part of making sense of my sprawling Web presence, I split my work into multiple Web sites: dslrbodies.com — coverage of all

TRIPODS TODAY

Tripods are useful for many types of photography, particularly if you're into any kind of HDR or image stitching, but for other things, as well. If you use an ND filter when shooting moving water, for instance, or when you want to be in the picture yourself, or are taking astrophotography images, for example.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

So let's put the camera body and one lens cost at US$1650 including shipping, sales tax, and the Christmas wrapping paper you went to the trouble to add to the box to help mentally justify your purchase. That gives us so far: Camera body and kit lens: US$1500. Shipping and tax: US$150. You probably need other lenses, of course. NIKON'S PRODUCTION MOVE Nikon's Production Move. In mid-December Nikon revealed to the Japanese business press that it was planning to move all domestic camera production to its Thailand plant by the end of 2021. That effectively means that the long-serving manufacturing facility in Sendai Japan (Apple Maps photo, above) will no longer make cameras. DSLR LENS DISCONTINUATION CONTINUES DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Canon and Nikon seem to be in a race to see who can discontinue the most DSLR lenses. The latest being Nikon's rumored discontinuation of the 16-35mm f/4G FX and 16-80mm f/2.8-4E DX lenses (plus several others). Note I wrote "rumored."

HOPE VERSUS FEAR

The hope comes from study of the subject and anticipation of what I'm shooting. The fear can add a bit of adrenalin and concentration to help me capture it, as long as I don't get carried away with it. But hope and fear shouldn't be the things you rely upon to improve. The thing will help you improve the most is THE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELER The camera is small—smaller than crop-sensor DSLRs—and only about a pound. The two lenses, one really small, and one much larger, only add another pound and a third. Yet, this system is highly capable, richly featured, and very flexible. Other current options that are similar would include the Canon M6 Mark II, the Fujifilm X-S10 or

X-T30

NIKON LAUNCHES NEW SOFTWARE Nikon today announced a new software product, NX Studio. NX Studio is an integrated program that can view, annotate, process, and edit images and video taken with Nikon cameras. Note that the installer says that NX Studio will remove View NX-I, but it doesn't remove some artifacts of that program (e.g. Dock icon on macOS). 11 — BIRDS IN FLIGHT (BIF) 11 — Birds in Flight (BIF) D7100, 240mm, f/8. I wanted to follow up on several things I wrote last month about focus when I came back from the Galapagos. This full frame from a D7100 is very illustrative of the focus issues that come up with birds in flight (BIF). First, let me describe the situation: this blue-footed booby is flying

ABOUT BYTHOM

About byThom. Welcome everyone. I've been on the Internet pretty much from day one, and have had this Web site for well over eighteen years now. As part of making sense of my sprawling Web presence, I split my work into multiple Web sites: dslrbodies.com — coverage of all NEWS/VIEWS | CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXPLAINED | THOM HOGAN ILC market share is forecast at 12.9% (750k units). Lens market share forecast at 13.4% (1.3m units). The all-vendors ILC unit volume is expected to be 5% higher (Canon estimated 10%). Additional cost reductions forecast of 11b yen in the fiscal year for Imaging, which will bring the planned cost reductions to an end.

SAFE CHOICES

It’s that time of year when students are graduating, and this triggers a fair amount of camera buying, both as gifts as well as for

oneself.

DOES IT SELL?

Nikon was under 25% in the late 1990's, bounced around reaching a high of 39% in the DSLR era, and is currently down to 15%. Nikon has several times in their history pursued a consumer camera rush only to pull back to primarily the enthusiast/pro market. It seems that they keep finding they can't sustain a true mass consumer-focused effort MIRRORLESS LENS REVIEWS Other Mirrorless Lens Reviews. Lenses for Canon EOS M. 11-22mm f/4-5.6. 22mm f/2. Lenses for Canon EOS RF. 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L.

Lenses

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

So let's put the camera body and one lens cost at US$1650 including shipping, sales tax, and the Christmas wrapping paper you went to the trouble to add to the box to help mentally justify your purchase. That gives us so far: Camera body and kit lens: US$1500. Shipping and tax: US$150. You probably need other lenses, of course. THE CONSUMERS ARE RESTLESS The Consumers Are Restless. First some facts. In 2021 so far (3.5 months in): Canon — one future camera (R3), three future lenses (100mm, 400mm, 600mm) Fujifilm — two cameras (GFX100s, X-E4), four lenses (18mm, 27mm, 80mm, 70-300mm) Nikon — one future camera (Z9), no lens announcements. Panasonic — no camera, one lens (70-300mm) NIKON LAUNCHES NEW SOFTWARE Nikon today announced a new software product, NX Studio. NX Studio is an integrated program that can view, annotate, process, and edit images and video taken with Nikon cameras. Note that the installer says that NX Studio will remove View NX-I, but it doesn't remove some artifacts of that program (e.g. Dock icon on macOS). NIKON ENDS INTERNATIONAL WARRANTIES Nikon corporate today issued a formal notice of something that had been rumored and pending for some time: Nikon will no longer provide International Warranties for lenses and accessories (cameras long ago dropped the International Warranty). I've updated my "gray market page" accordingly.In some ways, this is good, but in most ways customers will think it bad. 2013 BOTSWANA PHOTO WORKSHOP BLOG In 2013 Thom Hogan and Anthony Medici again led a photo workshop through the Okavango Delta system in Botswana. This is Thom’s blog

of that trip.

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ADVICEBYTHOM FAQ

Nikon's Fiscal Year Results. DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Site Work Ahead. What To Expect. The Best All-Around Cameras. The Messaging is All Wrong. Catching Up. May I ask that you start your photographic-related shopping by clicking on any of the B&H links on this site. B&H is this site's exclusive advertiser.

TRIPODS TODAY

Tripods are useful for many types of photography, particularly if you're into any kind of HDR or image stitching, but for other things, as well. If you use an ND filter when shooting moving water, for instance, or when you want to be in the picture yourself, or are taking astrophotography images, for example.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

So let's put the camera body and one lens cost at US$1650 including shipping, sales tax, and the Christmas wrapping paper you went to the trouble to add to the box to help mentally justify your purchase. That gives us so far: Camera body and kit lens: US$1500. Shipping and tax: US$150. You probably need other lenses, of course.

THE RAW FALLACY

Camera settings were ignored. This is probably the biggest raw fallacy of all: that you don't have to pay any attention to camera settings if you're shooting raw. You should, because the advice you get from the camera—histograms and highlights, for example—is derived from the embedded JPEG that was recorded in NIKON LAUNCHES NEW SOFTWARE Nikon today announced a new software product, NX Studio. NX Studio is an integrated program that can view, annotate, process, and edit images and video taken with Nikon cameras. Note that the installer says that NX Studio will remove View NX-I, but it doesn't remove some artifacts of that program (e.g. Dock icon on macOS). NIKON'S PRODUCTION MOVE Nikon's Production Move. In mid-December Nikon revealed to the Japanese business press that it was planning to move all domestic camera production to its Thailand plant by the end of 2021. That effectively means that the long-serving manufacturing facility in Sendai Japan (Apple Maps photo, above) will no longer make cameras.

COLOR ME CONFUSED

Okay, some oldmansplaining: One of the tests us technical folk run is to shoot a known target (e.g. ColorChecker) under known light (e.g. measured Kelvin) and compare what the camera produced for each patch's RGB value versus what it should have. That’s called color delta. Nikon’s Neutral Picture Control has had a low color delta since it THE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELER The camera is small—smaller than crop-sensor DSLRs—and only about a pound. The two lenses, one really small, and one much larger, only add another pound and a third. Yet, this system is highly capable, richly featured, and very flexible. Other current options that are similar would include the Canon M6 Mark II, the Fujifilm X-S10 or

X-T30

HOPE VERSUS FEAR

The hope comes from study of the subject and anticipation of what I'm shooting. The fear can add a bit of adrenalin and concentration to help me capture it, as long as I don't get carried away with it. But hope and fear shouldn't be the things you rely upon to improve. The thing will help you improve the most is 11 — BIRDS IN FLIGHT (BIF) 11 — Birds in Flight (BIF) D7100, 240mm, f/8. I wanted to follow up on several things I wrote last month about focus when I came back from the Galapagos. This full frame from a D7100 is very illustrative of the focus issues that come up with birds in flight (BIF). First, let me describe the situation: this blue-footed booby is flying NEW CAMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY ARTICLES, NIKON DSLR CAMERA ANDAFRICAWORKSHOPSTHE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELERWEIGHTY

ADVICEBYTHOM FAQ

Nikon's Fiscal Year Results. DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Site Work Ahead. What To Expect. The Best All-Around Cameras. The Messaging is All Wrong. Catching Up. May I ask that you start your photographic-related shopping by clicking on any of the B&H links on this site. B&H is this site's exclusive advertiser.

TRIPODS TODAY

Tripods are useful for many types of photography, particularly if you're into any kind of HDR or image stitching, but for other things, as well. If you use an ND filter when shooting moving water, for instance, or when you want to be in the picture yourself, or are taking astrophotography images, for example.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

So let's put the camera body and one lens cost at US$1650 including shipping, sales tax, and the Christmas wrapping paper you went to the trouble to add to the box to help mentally justify your purchase. That gives us so far: Camera body and kit lens: US$1500. Shipping and tax: US$150. You probably need other lenses, of course.

THE RAW FALLACY

Camera settings were ignored. This is probably the biggest raw fallacy of all: that you don't have to pay any attention to camera settings if you're shooting raw. You should, because the advice you get from the camera—histograms and highlights, for example—is derived from the embedded JPEG that was recorded in NIKON LAUNCHES NEW SOFTWARE Nikon today announced a new software product, NX Studio. NX Studio is an integrated program that can view, annotate, process, and edit images and video taken with Nikon cameras. Note that the installer says that NX Studio will remove View NX-I, but it doesn't remove some artifacts of that program (e.g. Dock icon on macOS). NIKON'S PRODUCTION MOVE Nikon's Production Move. In mid-December Nikon revealed to the Japanese business press that it was planning to move all domestic camera production to its Thailand plant by the end of 2021. That effectively means that the long-serving manufacturing facility in Sendai Japan (Apple Maps photo, above) will no longer make cameras.

COLOR ME CONFUSED

Okay, some oldmansplaining: One of the tests us technical folk run is to shoot a known target (e.g. ColorChecker) under known light (e.g. measured Kelvin) and compare what the camera produced for each patch's RGB value versus what it should have. That’s called color delta. Nikon’s Neutral Picture Control has had a low color delta since it THE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELER The camera is small—smaller than crop-sensor DSLRs—and only about a pound. The two lenses, one really small, and one much larger, only add another pound and a third. Yet, this system is highly capable, richly featured, and very flexible. Other current options that are similar would include the Canon M6 Mark II, the Fujifilm X-S10 or

X-T30

HOPE VERSUS FEAR

The hope comes from study of the subject and anticipation of what I'm shooting. The fear can add a bit of adrenalin and concentration to help me capture it, as long as I don't get carried away with it. But hope and fear shouldn't be the things you rely upon to improve. The thing will help you improve the most is 11 — BIRDS IN FLIGHT (BIF) 11 — Birds in Flight (BIF) D7100, 240mm, f/8. I wanted to follow up on several things I wrote last month about focus when I came back from the Galapagos. This full frame from a D7100 is very illustrative of the focus issues that come up with birds in flight (BIF). First, let me describe the situation: this blue-footed booby is flying

SAFE CHOICES

It’s that time of year when students are graduating, and this triggers a fair amount of camera buying, both as gifts as well as for

oneself.

ESSAYS | CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXPLAINED | THOM HOGAN Essays. This section of the site is for articles that aren't specifically about particular cameras, accessories, or technique. Sort of a catch-all for the more general photographic content, if you will. Establish Your Own Standards, But Photography: Craft or

PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAVEL

Photographic Travel. This section includes articles on traveling for photography and some of the places you might travel to. It's the result of over 30 years of traveling to exotic places with a camera, and by no means a complete recounting of my experiences. What you'll find in this section is an ongoing set of experiences I've had, some

DOES IT SELL?

Nikon was under 25% in the late 1990's, bounced around reaching a high of 39% in the DSLR era, and is currently down to 15%. Nikon has several times in their history pursued a consumer camera rush only to pull back to primarily the enthusiast/pro market. It seems that they keep finding they can't sustain a true mass consumer-focused effort BEST LANDSCAPE CAMERA? Is the Z7 II the best landscape camera as dpreview suggests? MIRRORLESS LENS REVIEWS Other Mirrorless Lens Reviews. Lenses for Canon EOS M. 11-22mm f/4-5.6. 22mm f/2. Lenses for Canon EOS RF. 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L.

Lenses

MIRRORLESS CAMERA REVIEWS & BOOKS Mirrorless Camera Reviews & Books. Camera gear, and thus reviews, is typically handled on Thom's sites specific to the type of gear (mirrorless, DSLR, film). Mirrorless camera reviews appear on the sansmirror.com Web site, and for Nikon mirrorless, also on the zsystemuser.com Web site. This page is mostly a pointer to all those

reviews.

SITE UPDATES IN PROGRESS Now that I'm back in the editing chair, I'm updating my other sites. And yes, you may have noticed that the "missing image" problem is now

fixed.

PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE GALAPAGOS That day didn't come for almost 30 years, but when it did, I was so fascinated I kept going back. Touring the Galapagos is like spending a week on the other side of the bars in a zoo. In other words, a photographer's dream. Of course, there aren’t any lions and tigers and bears. Instead, just boobies and lizards and turtles, oh my!

WHAT YOU'LL SEE

What You'll See. The Galapagos Islands are a freak of nature. They are so far off South America (500+ miles) that they are isolated ecologically (except for man's influence). Yet they reside at a confluence of warm and cold waters that makes for a rich underwater ecosystem, which in turn serves as the engine that drives the above-water ecosystem. NEW CAMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY ARTICLES, NIKON DSLR CAMERA ANDAFRICAWORKSHOPSTHE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELERWEIGHTY

ADVICEBYTHOM FAQ

Nikon's Fiscal Year Results. DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Site Work Ahead. What To Expect. The Best All-Around Cameras. The Messaging is All Wrong. Catching Up. May I ask that you start your photographic-related shopping by clicking on any of the B&H links on this site. B&H is this site's exclusive advertiser. NEWS/VIEWS | CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXPLAINED | THOM HOGAN ILC market share is forecast at 12.9% (750k units). Lens market share forecast at 13.4% (1.3m units). The all-vendors ILC unit volume is expected to be 5% higher (Canon estimated 10%). Additional cost reductions forecast of 11b yen in the fiscal year for Imaging, which will bring the planned cost reductions to an end.

TRIPODS TODAY

Tripods are useful for many types of photography, particularly if you're into any kind of HDR or image stitching, but for other things, as well. If you use an ND filter when shooting moving water, for instance, or when you want to be in the picture yourself, or are taking astrophotography images, for example. SITE UPDATES IN PROGRESS Now that I'm back in the editing chair, I'm updating my other sites. And yes, you may have noticed that the "missing image" problem is now

fixed.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

So let's put the camera body and one lens cost at US$1650 including shipping, sales tax, and the Christmas wrapping paper you went to the trouble to add to the box to help mentally justify your purchase. That gives us so far: Camera body and kit lens: US$1500. Shipping and tax: US$150. You probably need other lenses, of course. THOM'S PRODUCT PLANS FOR THE CAMERA COMPANIES Total lineup — DSLR: D570, D780, D880, D6; Mirrorless: Z30, Z50 II, Z70, Z5, Z6 II, Z7 II, Z8. 11 cameras, two mounts (F and Z). Biggest problem — Timing and communication. Every Nikon launch or announcement these days is read by hundreds of thousands of palm readers trying to figure out what it SHARPENING | CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXPLAINED | THOM HOGANTHOM HOGAN NIKONTHOM HOGAN PHOTOGRAPHYSHARPENING IMAGESSHARPENING IN CAPTURE ONE Get the image ready for sharpening. Choose View->Show->Hide Edges (Cmd/Ctrl-H) to make the selection invisible, then choose View->Actual Pixels and scroll the image to an area with which you want to evaluate the sharpening. Finally, we're ready to sharpen. Select Filter->Sharpen->Unsharp Mask and

COLOR ME CONFUSED

Okay, some oldmansplaining: One of the tests us technical folk run is to shoot a known target (e.g. ColorChecker) under known light (e.g. measured Kelvin) and compare what the camera produced for each patch's RGB value versus what it should have. That’s called color delta. Nikon’s Neutral Picture Control has had a low color delta since it THE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELER The camera is small—smaller than crop-sensor DSLRs—and only about a pound. The two lenses, one really small, and one much larger, only add another pound and a third. Yet, this system is highly capable, richly featured, and very flexible. Other current options that are similar would include the Canon M6 Mark II, the Fujifilm X-S10 or

X-T30

HOPE VERSUS FEAR

The hope comes from study of the subject and anticipation of what I'm shooting. The fear can add a bit of adrenalin and concentration to help me capture it, as long as I don't get carried away with it. But hope and fear shouldn't be the things you rely upon to improve. The thing will help you improve the most is NEW CAMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY ARTICLES, NIKON DSLR CAMERA ANDAFRICAWORKSHOPSTHE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELERWEIGHTY

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Nikon's Fiscal Year Results. DSLR Lens Discontinuation Continues. Site Work Ahead. What To Expect. The Best All-Around Cameras. The Messaging is All Wrong. Catching Up. May I ask that you start your photographic-related shopping by clicking on any of the B&H links on this site. B&H is this site's exclusive advertiser. NEWS/VIEWS | CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXPLAINED | THOM HOGAN ILC market share is forecast at 12.9% (750k units). Lens market share forecast at 13.4% (1.3m units). The all-vendors ILC unit volume is expected to be 5% higher (Canon estimated 10%). Additional cost reductions forecast of 11b yen in the fiscal year for Imaging, which will bring the planned cost reductions to an end.

TRIPODS TODAY

Tripods are useful for many types of photography, particularly if you're into any kind of HDR or image stitching, but for other things, as well. If you use an ND filter when shooting moving water, for instance, or when you want to be in the picture yourself, or are taking astrophotography images, for example. SITE UPDATES IN PROGRESS Now that I'm back in the editing chair, I'm updating my other sites. And yes, you may have noticed that the "missing image" problem is now

fixed.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

So let's put the camera body and one lens cost at US$1650 including shipping, sales tax, and the Christmas wrapping paper you went to the trouble to add to the box to help mentally justify your purchase. That gives us so far: Camera body and kit lens: US$1500. Shipping and tax: US$150. You probably need other lenses, of course. THOM'S PRODUCT PLANS FOR THE CAMERA COMPANIES Total lineup — DSLR: D570, D780, D880, D6; Mirrorless: Z30, Z50 II, Z70, Z5, Z6 II, Z7 II, Z8. 11 cameras, two mounts (F and Z). Biggest problem — Timing and communication. Every Nikon launch or announcement these days is read by hundreds of thousands of palm readers trying to figure out what it SHARPENING | CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXPLAINED | THOM HOGANTHOM HOGAN NIKONTHOM HOGAN PHOTOGRAPHYSHARPENING IMAGESSHARPENING IN CAPTURE ONE Get the image ready for sharpening. Choose View->Show->Hide Edges (Cmd/Ctrl-H) to make the selection invisible, then choose View->Actual Pixels and scroll the image to an area with which you want to evaluate the sharpening. Finally, we're ready to sharpen. Select Filter->Sharpen->Unsharp Mask and

COLOR ME CONFUSED

Okay, some oldmansplaining: One of the tests us technical folk run is to shoot a known target (e.g. ColorChecker) under known light (e.g. measured Kelvin) and compare what the camera produced for each patch's RGB value versus what it should have. That’s called color delta. Nikon’s Neutral Picture Control has had a low color delta since it THE ONE-BAG PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD TRAVELER The camera is small—smaller than crop-sensor DSLRs—and only about a pound. The two lenses, one really small, and one much larger, only add another pound and a third. Yet, this system is highly capable, richly featured, and very flexible. Other current options that are similar would include the Canon M6 Mark II, the Fujifilm X-S10 or

X-T30

HOPE VERSUS FEAR

The hope comes from study of the subject and anticipation of what I'm shooting. The fear can add a bit of adrenalin and concentration to help me capture it, as long as I don't get carried away with it. But hope and fear shouldn't be the things you rely upon to improve. The thing will help you improve the most is NEWS/VIEWS | CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXPLAINED | THOM HOGAN ILC market share is forecast at 12.9% (750k units). Lens market share forecast at 13.4% (1.3m units). The all-vendors ILC unit volume is expected to be 5% higher (Canon estimated 10%). Additional cost reductions forecast of 11b yen in the fiscal year for Imaging, which will bring the planned cost reductions to an end.

CARRYING 101

To take a picture you must have your camera in your hands, not locked inside a case inside of a case inside of a protective wrapper. I'll compromise almost every other aspect if it means I get the shot versus I don't. Comfort is an important second goal. If you're not comfortable carrying your gear, you don't carry it. MIRRORLESS LENS REVIEWS Other Mirrorless Lens Reviews. Lenses for Canon EOS M. 11-22mm f/4-5.6. 22mm f/2. Lenses for Canon EOS RF. 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L.

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WHILE I WAS AWAY

Time to catch you up on a few things that happened while I was offline. 7Artisans announced the II versions of the 10mm f/2.8 fisheye, 55mm f/1.4, and 60mm f/2.8 macro lenses, including now bringing them to the Nikon Z mount.; Strangely, the Pentax 560mm f/5.6 lens has been discontinued. AFRICA | CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXPLAINED | THOM HOGAN Many centuries ago, our ancestors wandered and hunted the African landscape amongst an overwhelming abundance of wild animals. In each of us is a primal urge to experience Africa for ourselves, even if it is from the safety of a Land Rover and the luxury of private, room-sized tents. Now that we've got cable channels providing us with

a steady

BEST LANDSCAPE CAMERA? Is the Z7 II the best landscape camera as dpreview suggests? THOM'S PRODUCT PLANS FOR THE CAMERA COMPANIES Total lineup — DSLR: D570, D780, D880, D6; Mirrorless: Z30, Z50 II, Z70, Z5, Z6 II, Z7 II, Z8. 11 cameras, two mounts (F and Z). Biggest problem — Timing and communication. Every Nikon launch or announcement these days is read by hundreds of thousands of palm readers trying to figure out what it SITE UPDATES IN PROGRESS Now that I'm back in the editing chair, I'm updating my other sites. And yes, you may have noticed that the "missing image" problem is now

fixed.

DOES IT SELL?

Nikon was under 25% in the late 1990's, bounced around reaching a high of 39% in the DSLR era, and is currently down to 15%. Nikon has several times in their history pursued a consumer camera rush only to pull back to primarily the enthusiast/pro market. It seems that they keep finding they can't sustain a true mass consumer-focused effort PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE GALAPAGOS That day didn't come for almost 30 years, but when it did, I was so fascinated I kept going back. Touring the Galapagos is like spending a week on the other side of the bars in a zoo. In other words, a photographer's dream. Of course, there aren’t any lions and tigers and bears. Instead, just boobies and lizards and turtles, oh my!

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