Photo of the Day - March 2021

Hughmac · Mar 30, 2021

Buck987 said:
What I am not keen about with the Z50 is the so-so battery life and it is so small my hands overpower it. ( I checked out one at BestBuy) I can get a used D7500 for about $500 less than the Z50 2-lens kit and I don't need to pay another $250 for the Z adaptor. I also like that the controls of the D7500 are pretty similar to the D3300. I think the D500 is a very good camera but overkill for my needs. Also, I believe the Z50 will be replaced in 2021. So right now I lean towards a used D7500 as a nice step up from the D3300 with more controls, better ISO, better build and weather proofing. (Im not a pro so the one SD card slot is not an issue for me.)

If anything the Z50 has a worse battery life than claimed, so I have two spares which should see me through a day's shooting, and of course they aren't cheap to buy since they are specific to the one camera.
If you like the D7500, go for it. There's still nothing wrong with mirrored cameras, just that manufacturers are gravitating towards mirrorless.

Cheers

Hugh

Apple fanboy · Mar 30, 2021

mollyc said:
I actually got the Z6ii. I prefer the smaller file sizes and value ISO performance over megapixels. My previous camera to my Z6 was the 36mp D800 and I have zero desire to have more megapixels than that. I was originally worried about dropping down to 24mp of the Z6, but it was actually really delightful. The largest I have ever printed with any camera is 24x36, and I've done that from my first camera, the Canon 30D, which was 8mp. 24mp is like the perfect size for me in terms of resolution as I am fairly careful with composition in camera and only ever need to straighten a little bit (okay, maybe a lot sometimes ?).

My primary goal wasn't an upgrade per se but rather just a second body. For all of last year I would have been happy with a second Z6 and to work with identical bodies. In fact, if the button layout would have been different on the ii I would have gotten a second Z6. I worked with a D700 and D800 in tandem for a while and it was a pain because the ISO and WB buttons were swapped and I never could remember which camera I was using, so neither were ever intuitive.

But at this point I figured I might as well go for the second iteration. Right now my primary work is all manual focus so the new focusing system isn't a big selling point for me. And honestly with AF I shoot single point AF-C and track manually by actually moving my camera with the subject old school style. But, soon enough my kids will be back in sports and we have a dog now that we didn't have when I got the original Z6, so having some of those updated tracking systems should benefit me over time.

I am just really happy to have two bodies again. I will likely dedicate one to being a full Z mount and the other as a full F mount by just keeping the adapter connected, but right now I'm mostly using the ii, just because I can. I've only had it a few weeks as my husband told me I could get one for my birthday, but then I had to wait to find one. I stalked District Camera's website and the Friday after my birthday one came into stock at the Arlington store, so I ran down there to pick it up. ?

Two bodies with the same layout was why I chose the D750 to partner my D7100 rather than the D500.
But I’ll be honest I don’t like the ISO button position, so I reprogram the record button next to the shutter as I don’t do video.

OldMacs4Me · Mar 30, 2021

This gal insisted on posing for me this morning. Should probably have grabbed the Kodak, but made do with the Fuji XP 90. By the way all those supersized power poles are no doubt intended for 5G. Power company claimed they had to be taller as they were increasing the line voltage, but the power lines themselves are at exactly the same height as before the 'upgrade'. Regardless of the reason they sure are ugly.

MBAir2010 · Mar 30, 2021

i took this photo, had no idea a dragon fly was part of the scene!

dragon fly bird by expo bill, on Flickr

MBAir2010 · Mar 30, 2021

OldMacs4Me said:
This gal insisted on posing for me this morning. Should probably have grabbed the Kodak, but made do with the Fuji XP 90. By the way all those supersized power poles are no doubt intended for 5G. Power company claimed they had to be taller as they were increasing the line voltage, but the power lines themselves are at exactly the same height as before the 'upgrade'. Regardless of the reason they sure are ugly.

this is amazing!
are these deer (or Carabou) everyday guest in your yard?

Apple fanboy · Mar 30, 2021

OldMacs4Me · Mar 30, 2021

MtLoin2020 said:
this is amazing!
are these deer (or Carabou) everyday guest in your yard?

Just ordinary white tail deer. Frequent but not daily. They're way too tame for their own good. She was 6-7 metres away.

We see the occasional elk herd and sometimes spot a moose as well. Can't recall seeing caribou in this part of the world.

Applefan2015 · Mar 30, 2021

OldMacs4Me said:
Just ordinary white tail deer. Frequent but not daily. They're way too tame for their own good. She was 6-7 metres away.

We see the occasional elk herd and sometimes spot a moose as well. Can't recall seeing caribou in this part of the world.

Where are you from?

jz0309 · Mar 30, 2021

he loves laying in the morning sun ...

Allyance · Mar 30, 2021

I know Bear like to sleep on my clothes, but this ridiculous.

mollyc · Mar 30, 2021

AlaskaMoose · Mar 30, 2021

Buck987 said:
What I am not keen about with the Z50 is the so-so battery life and it is so small my hands overpower it. ( I checked out one at BestBuy) I can get a used D7500 for about $500 less than the Z50 2-lens kit and I don't need to pay another $250 for the Z adaptor. I also like that the controls of the D7500 are pretty similar to the D3300. I think the D500 is a very good camera but overkill for my needs. Also, I believe the Z50 will be replaced in 2021. So right now I lean towards a used D7500 as a nice step up from the D3300 with more controls, better ISO, better build and weather proofing. (Im not a pro so the one SD card slot is not an issue for me.)

There are advantages and disadvantages for both mirrorless and SLR cameras. For example a lot of the DSLR camera functions can be chosen manually, and this in turn saves battery power. Mirrorless cameras use more battery power, unless one can turn the display off. And yes, one can customize the buttons in numerous ways with both types of cameras, but the mirrorless one still uses more power because of the the display and the viewfinder.

The default mode for the viewfinder versus display on my R6 is as follows: if I look through the viewfinder the display turns off automatically, and if I separate my eye from the viewfinder's eyepiece, the screen or display turns on. Still, the switching back and forth still uses battery power.

mollyc · Mar 30, 2021

AlaskaMoose said:
There are advantages and disadvantages for both mirrorless and SLR cameras. For example a lot of the DSLR camera functions can be chosen manually, and this in turn saves battery power. Mirrorless cameras use more battery power, unless one can turn the display off. And yes, one can customize the buttons in numerous ways with both types of cameras, but the mirrorless one still uses more power because of the the display and the viewfinder.

The default mode for the viewfinder versus display on my R6 is as follows: if I look through the viewfinder the display turns off automatically, and if I separate my eye from the viewfinder's eyepiece, the screen or display turns on. Still, the switching back and forth still uses battery power.

yes and using airplane mode helps. I don't get quite the battery life as I did with my dSLRs but I have spare batteries and it's never been a huge issue. I do notice that the battery in the Z6ii is better than the Z6 battery (it's a newer version).