Dan_K

The next chapter in my social-distancing, get-out-of-the-house photo project. "Reflecting Pool." Rutgers Gardens, New Brunswick, NJ. 2020. 

In the interest of getting out of the house while still social distancing, I got out with my camera for the first time in quite a while. This is a black and white photo of the Raritan River Railroad Freight Station, Milltown, New Jersey. 

Here is a friend I met at the park on Sunday. 

On YouTube, Anthony Morganti has an extensive series of tutorials, totally free. 

2 minutes ago, pierces said:

 

Lightroom only supports Nikon and Canon for tethering. There is a note about other cameras perhaps being supported and to contact your manufacturer.

 

 

Thank you for the clarification, Dave. I did not know that LR limits this capability to Nikon/Canon users. Sorry for my misleading and misinformed post. 

Dan 

Vic, if you are already a Lightroom user, it has tethering capability built in. If you are not, I think you can get a week free trial from Adobe. (I am not sure about the free trial, so check out the Adobe Creative Cloud website.) 

1 hour ago, pierces said:

 

I have used Blurb for years. Very pleased with the excellent material quality and options available.

 

 

Dave

Also, if you use Lightroom, the book module in LR exports directly to Blurb for book printing. You set up the book in LR and export directly to Blurb. 

This should be fairly straightforward. (I shoot Nikon, not Sony, but the process should be similar. If I am wrong, Sony people on this board will surely correct me.)

There are several ways to do this. The easiest is if your PC has a card slot. If so, simply remove the memory card from your camera and insert it into the card slot. Then, it should be a simple matter of dragging and dropping files. 

If your PC does not have a card slot, the second way of doing this is to purchase an external card reader, plug it into a USB port and drag and drop. 

Finally, third option, your camera should have come with a USC cable to connect your camera to the PC. Do so, and the PC will see your camera as an external hard drive. Drag and drop. 

Hope this helps. 

I do not know this to be true in your case, but I have found in the past that Abes of Maine was often selling gray goods. Gray goods are real product, but not intended to be imported in the US market. In other words, they are goods that are not authorized to be sold in the US. Although you can sometimes get a good deal on gray goods, you should be aware that the manufacturer will not typically honor any warranty claims. In fact, in many cases, the manufacturer will not repair a defective product, even if you offer to pay for you. 

Again, I do not know that this is true in your case. I do know that I looked into Abes in the past for Nikon products that they were offering to sell, and they were not an authorized Nikon dealer. 

Your choice to purchase gray goods depends on how good a deal you are getting, and your level of comfort with purchasing goods for which the manufacturer may not repair under warranty. 

Suggest you look into a "dry bag." It is basically a bag made from heavy plastic with a roll-up and closable top for maritime use. It is not for submersion. They are available on Amazon in a wide variety of sizes. 

15 hours ago, Mr. Click said:

Dan_K, thanks for the information about Blurb and LR. I am a Photo Mechanic guy more out of habit than anything else but it is good to know about the connection.  My concern with that type of deal would be not being able to manage my own layouts.  I like picking and choosing what what I want to show big and what can be smaller. 

I find LR to be flexible in this regard. I have found no restrictions on the layout, size of photos, number of photos per page, text, fonts, background colors, etc. 

Very nice photos. I too make books using Blurb. For those of you who use Lightroom and don't know, the book module in LR integrates with Blurb. You can create a photo book in LR and upload it directly from LR to Blurb for printing. I have done this in the past and been quite pleased with the quality from Blurb. 

Ken, sorry this happened. May I ask through whom you purchased insurance. This seems like a good idea. (If my question is against forum rules, please feel free to delete.)

Dan 

I am revisiting a photo project I started a year ago on the diners of New Jersey. This is the Colonial Diner in East Brunswick shot at dusk. 

"At the Bar." My vision for this photo had the people in total silhouette. Basically, exposed for the background then further reduced the exposure of the people in post. 

Do photos taken at the zoo count?

Polly. Nikon D750. Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 at 200 mm. ISO 200. 1/200 sec at f 2.8. 

A couple of notes on this topic. I try not to buy gray market goods. Not only is there no US warranty, but as far as I know the US distributor for the goods will not even fix the product if you offer to pay for it. (I am a Nikon shooter, and the last time I checked, this was true for Nikon USA. I assume it is also true for other US distributors.) However, I have found refurbished goods to be a good deal. Everything Nikon product that I purchased refurbished has appeared as if it was brand new, and is sold at a discount. 

On our last NCL cruise, our teenage daughter did not have the dining package. She is also a vegetarian. I went to the specialty restaurant earlier in the day, and asked if they could get the veggie meal sent up from the main dining room. There was no problem with this and no fee.

The Bagel Shack. Beach Haven, NJ. I don't what caught my attention but I just liked the pink and blue.

To the Beach. Long Beach Island, NJ 2018.

I tried S mode several times today. I'm not having any luck with it at all. At 1/1000 there was no picture just a black screen. I kept changing it and it kept saying :subject is too dark". Even at 1/40 the pictures come out darker than I would like and the bird is blurry. ISO is at 100.

You have been given good advice and I will add another piece. Try going into the Nikon menus and setting Auto ISO to 'on'. It is set off by default. Now if you set the camera to S (shutter priority), it will automatically select what it considers to be the proper aperture AND ISO. I know some of the purists will argue this point, but I usually leave Auto ISO on and turn it off when I want it off (e.g. when on a tripod.)

I am a Nikon shooter, but will probably not be buying Nikon mirrorless offerings anytime in the near future. I am heavily invested in Nikon lenses. I certainly would not be willing to go out and purchase new lenses for the mirrorless camera. And the prospect of using an adapter is not appealing to me. Also, my camera is a mid-weight camera (D750). Most of my lenses are significantly heavier than the camera, so using an adapter on a mirrorless with my current lenses won't make a significant change in the amount of weight I am carrying.

"First Light on the Pavilion." Long Beach Island, NJ. 2018

"At the Beach". Long Beach Island, NJ. June 2018.