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I have the Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 (not the G2) in Nikon format. It's a great lens but not the sharpest at f/2.8 and suffers a bit of vignette there too. Stop it down to f/3.2 or f/3.5 and things get much better on both fronts there. I've never used any other 24-70mm so can't compare. As for...

Personally I do the first cull before importing to Lightroom - get the shots off the card onto the computer then just use Windows image viewer app and scroll through them and just delete anything unusable for whatever reason. I remember reading something a while back that said it was much...

Hi Kevin, so I eventually ditched the official Datacolor software and used a third party tool called DisplayCAL. It works with various calibration tools and gives more features than the Spyder5Express (basically you get the features you'd have to pay extra for the better Spyder versions as the...

Yep, seems fine again, I sent a short URL to someone tonight and it seems to work again, guess it was just a spaniel in the works...

The short URL links they give you when you click the share (arrow) icon on a photo or album seemed to break sometime Monday night/Tuesday morning (UK time). I mailed an album link through to someone on Monday evening and it worked fine, passed it to someone at work on Tuesday morning and it...

This, certainly the Android app is free as well but you don't get stuff like 3D view etc. For planning that "2 day per year" shot above though it would be useful. I've used it a lot for that sort of thing. Equally useful is mooncalc.org - in fact possibly even more so, as the moon isn't in...

Thanks for that. I hadn't appreciated that the macro version (certainly the one in question) didn't have OS. Re. Sigma compatibility, I already had my 105mm macro when I got my D610, when I upgraded the firmware on the camera I found the autofocus on the Sigma stopped working so I downgraded...

I have a possible opportunity to buy a Sigma 70-200mm ex dg hsm II lens which I believe is one of the "macro" versions (whether that's correct or just marketing speak is another matter) for a good price. This lens and other examples of the macro versions do seem to be priced significantly...

I've yet to try this but I recently heard of an application called Sequator which apparently makes stacking astro shots much more straightforward. The website gives some guidance on how to effectively capture exposures to work well with the software. It suggests to take some dark frames with...

Just tried to sign up, it won't let me use anything I can think of as a password. It's worse than the password complexity stuff on the network where I work!

My eldest son turns four in a few weeks' time and has said a couple of times he'd like a camera of his own so he can take photos. We're keen to encourage him to explore his interests in a way that can get his head around but I guess at the same time to hold his interest it'll need to produce a...

Ah ok, thanks for that - good to know.

Ah I see, thanks for that. How can they claim that as a feature?!

I had the same problem with 1.02 on my D610, the AF stopped working on my Sigma 105mm macro. Reverted to 1.01 and all fixed again. Looking at the release notes for latest firmware for a few different Nikons, seems they're implementing the AF-P support across the range, so that's likely...