Recent content by richard uk

I'm guessing this is a 3rd party battery, they are all rubbish and most of the ones I have gotten over the years died in about 6 months with the same symptoms. They show they are charged in the charger but give zero output. Finally enough the ancient Nikon battery that came with the camera...

As is this; https://www.nikonimgsupport.com/eu/BV_article?articleNo=000046818&configured=1&lang=en_GB

This is useful; https://www.graysofwestminster.co.uk/pdf/products/NIKKOR-lens-compatibility-chart.pdf

You can learn as much about composition from a good book and an art gallery as you could from lessons. That said, take a look at your local collage, quite a few offer adult education courses for cheep or free.

I would second the 24-120 f4 vr

Both are good, however both might be like learning to drive in a sports car. If you want video and photos then both would be good, I personally would go with the Z6ii but you might want to consider what type of photos and videos you want to take. One option might be one device for video and...

Maybe shoot raw with your camera, gives you much more of a chance to adjust brightness and exposure.

Yep. Each to their own. MFT can be great for a lot of shots, I like portraits and that's why I use my full frame. For street and travel then MFT ticks a lot of boxes

Totally. But it is good to have a camera that helps you learn the basics, you don't learn to drive in a million pound super car

I was shooting at some rules of thumb rather than hard and fast rules Generally, in my experience, people who 'want to learn photography' have different aims than someone who wants a camera to 'capture family memories', and that then also splits into arty photos, wedding photos, portraits...

You can get small power banks with solar inputs and mains outputs or maybe buy one out there. I would doubt that they are unavailable in the country, even if you need to get Amazon or something similar to deliver.

If it were me I would get a Bluetti power bank. They have the connections and smarts to get the best out of a solar panel, can charge up in the day while you are away and then charge up your kit up at night when you are back. Nice but a bit expensive.

Lots of people ask what first camera to get, well, here is my advice for what it is worth. 1. Don't buy new. You will get fat more bang for the buck if you go second hand. However that comes with a few caviats 2. Buy from a good dealer, I have used MPB but other dealers exist. They take away...

I had a look in the manual and there are a few pages about focusing on there. One thing to note with auto focus is that if you have the focus point set to a point or small area and that area doesn't have anything with high contrast in it the focus will have problems. Try focusing on a plain...

If it's in single then it should not be looking for focus when your not pressing or half pressing the focus button Are you trying to make stills pictures or video?