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As far as I remember it was a ONE-DAY-ONLY sale on refurb D7200 for $800. Off the official NikonUSA web site so I think they had the one year warranty. But sadly it was one day only.

True. Very true. The NikonUSA web site had a "one-day-only-special-deal" on refurb 7200 for $800. I should have snagged one.

Since I use my 200-500 f/5.6E lens at the long end 99% of the time, my new dream, I'll never be able to afford it, lens is this one. Of course it's 4-5x the value of my car. :rotfl::rotfl:

I guess I could have done that, but $18 minus "the hassle/time of doing that" = not worth it. I now have 10x 64 GB SD cards. 6x more than I'd probably ever need. And that is if I shoot in "raid-1" mode where exact same data is written to slot-1 and slot-2 at the same time. Now what will...

Nice boost. You were at 75 mb/s download before correct? You should notice the bump when downloading multiple streams at the same time. But like me, they (ISP) increased the download speed and left the upload at 10 mb/s (which usually tests around 12 mb/s).

A different bird showed up today. He has orange eyes, just like the oranges in the background of the photos.

On sale today the 14th for $35. Typical. I buy something just before it goes on sale. Sigh. If I didn't already have a ridiculous number of 64 GB SD cards I'd probably buy two more.

A few more birder shots. I need to get off my lazy butt and setup some feeders. Seems I am only getting shots of quayles and the one hummingbird whose territory extends to my backyard. I did get a shot of a songbird, on the neighbors roof, but too far away for good detail. This bird also...

Now that I've had the new SanDisk Extreme Pro SD cards for a while I can comment on their performance. I have noticed a nice boost in write speed. From my unscientific tests I noticed the full buffer in my D610 completely empties in 7.x seconds down from the 11-12 seconds with the slower...

Those gifts are definitely a few standard deviations away from the average crap that kids get for X-mas. I hope they will enjoy and appreciate them.

Or, since Amazon blew you off, you could just give us an address and we could send: checks, money orders, cash, first-borns, H&B, etc. I'd much rather just send you $$$ directly than fool with any affiliate program. That way I don't have to spend a huge amount of money on something just for...

Do you use an alarm clock to wake up in the A.M.? Does said alarm clock have a backup battery? Have you checked said battery in the last six months? I had a power loss today due to electric company installing some shite* on our meter and every clock took a shit and was blinking 12:00 on it...

A new awesome toy coming to the Canon world. Rumor blurb here. Looks like Tamron and Sigma, with their 150-600mm and now Nikon with its 200-500mm f/5.6 lenses is taking some business away from Canon. Canon has the body for the entry level birders/wildlife folks, the 7Dii, but only the aging...

Sorry for not getting back sooner. Only happened that one time, so maybe I had a second window open and clicked a search by accident? Don't remember doing that though. No biggie, perhaps a one time glitch.

Pressing the "info" button, that is just below the live view button, while playing back the pics removes the pic you are viewing and just shows all the current camera settings. Coming off an 11-hours shift I though I'd turn the camera on for a second and try again. I figured it out in 4...

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp Lunar. I need you. The Nikon D610 "Playback display options" in the Playback menu specifically. When I go to "Playback display options" I see: - Done Basic photo info - Focus point Additional photo info - None (image only) - Highlights - RGB histogram - Shooting...

If TEOTWAWKI* happens I'll only need a few bags of bird seed to lure the quayle and I'll eat like a king. Tons of big fat quayle running around here. *The End Of The World As We Know It

Glad I could help. I was SLR-dormant for 20 YEARS!!! Enjoy the family get together.

A few additional shots of some quayles. First two are "action" shots of the birds eating some seeds I sprinkled on the block wall. Last two are consecutive shots that look like they are actually in focus. Late afternoon and sun dipped behind the house next door so the ISO was going way up so...

No problem. 40 years from now when you are an internet billionaire send me a box of depends and we'll call it even.

I just got a CAPTCHA check before I could post. I was logged in. Never saw that here before. It wasn't that big. LOL. Snipping tool gone crazy. Just a WTF moment. Time for bed.

Long thread created in Jan 2015 at [H]ard|OCP here. The specs list "HDMI 1.4 (HDMI 2.0 in Q2 2015), DisplayPort 1.2 (DisplayPort 1.3 in Q2 2015)" back in January. Did the newer ports make it into the monitor?

Yeah, you can write RAW+JPG to one card and camera will mirror those to second card. So yeah, 4 image copies per shot. Now that I think about it, that's a bit excessive. I think I'll only mirror the SD cards in vacation/location/bummer-if-a-card-failed situations. I did not do a full...

I'm shooting RAW+JPG to one card. 14-bit lossless compressed RAW + fine-mode JPGs. I'm also mirroring (raid-1) the two SD slots. So I'm setup for the slowest possible write speeds. I've been taking a 2-3 shot bursts, wait a few seconds, then another short burst trying to capture the birdies...

I went ahead and picked up two of those 64 GB Extreme Pro cards for $43/each @ B&H. Adorama, Walmart, Newegg, Amazon, etc were all the same $43/each, while BestBuy, or is it WorseBuy is charging $75/each for the same card?!? Yeah 128 GB is going to be a whole bunch of shots, 1700+, RAW+JPGs...

My bank, Chase, gives out Experian scores as well. Don't know if it's the "real" FICO score or just some number the bank pulls out of its ass. Three credit accounts with only about 14k total credit limit, 120+ months average length and 1% utilization. I pay CC bills on-line way before the...

Per Nikon the close focus distance is 7.2 feet or 2.2 meters for the 200-500mm f/5.6E lens. I'm currently using this SanDisk Extreme SD card which is rated at 40 MB/s. So I may be limited by SD card. I may have to buy one "high speed" SD card to see if I'm card limited or camera limited as...

First thing, MUCH THANKS for the feedback. 1) No printing for now. Cropping is needed for sure. I just posted the JPG out of camera (after increasing the compression in paint.net to get image under 8MB for hosting). So no cropping/post processing yet. 2) Yeah I think f/8 works a bit better...

A few more hummingbird shots. I think it's the same bird as last time. They are social birds. He was preening for me. Opening/closing his eyes. Scratching himself. Long tongue sticking out, etc. I was able to take some shot, slowly move a few feet closer, take some more shots. Repeat. I...

^^ Might have to go outside the YouTube universe to get 2160p60 working correctly. Vimeo maybe?

Michigan does get a bit chilly in the winter so an extra heater won't hurt. :grin::grin:

PM me your address and I'll mail you the 9600 XT gratis.

I've been buying these 40-watt and these 60-watt equivalent 2-pack LED bulbs. $10 for the 40w 2-pack and $15 for the 60w 2-pack from the local Safeway grocery store. The LEDs are replacing the hodge-podge of various different sizes and shapes of compact florescent bulbs. The LED are much...

Some more birdie pics. This time it's a Hummer. S/he was in the shade so ISO is over 2000. Exposure 1/500 @ f/5.6. Lens zoomed to 500mm. First shot lower ISO but also a bit underexposed.

Just 3-4 months too late Sed. I could have sent you this HD 4670 4x/8x AGP card. I recently donated six complete vintage systems (2x PIII, 1x P4, 3x AXP) minus HDDs to a vintage store/recycler. Now for some strange reason I still have an AGP, ATI 9600 XT, 128 MB video card, AND a PCI based...

I'm not 100% sure if the lens is truly outstanding, or just very damn good for the "low" price of $1400. Some reviews/testers as saying it's better than the, twice-the-price nano-coated gold-ringed, 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G. I'll be happy with my 200-500mm as soon as I get my technique down and...

I "pre-ordered" from B&H and waited two weeks. B&H, Adorama, etc, get a batch, they fulfill all the pre-orders, then it goes on back order again. The lens is selling like crazy, and/or supply is reeeeeeeealy low. I really think Nikon could have spend another $30 to add their "nano" coating...

A few birdie pics taken with my 200-500mm tele-zoom: I went to my back porch and snapped these few shots before work. Roof image is 50 feet and tree pics are about 30 feet from camera to birdie. Lens wide open @ f/5.6 and fully zoomed to 500mm . I was thinking I'd have "more reach,"...

A pic of my new monster: The Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6E ED VR Sweet jesus it's big. It's 17" long fully extended to 500mm and with the lens shade installed. It's about 5 lbs. I'll post a few quick pics I took before work yesterday afternoon.

Yeah that 3.3 mbps must suck. I had 3/3 mb cable in 1996. Two DECADES later and people are still stuck at 3.x mbps. And holy-crapola I always figured I was the only person on here that played AC. March '01 thru Sept '07. Two plus years with 2 accts. Is Turbine still running AC or what...

I couldn't tell you. Again I only had about 20-30 minutes to take shots (took about 200) of the car show and some of the cars were parked only 2-3 feet apart so I couldn't always move around to the "better" side for a shot. Unfortunately as I went up the street I was basically shooting into...

"Eizo ColorEdge CG318-4K 31.1" Widescreen LED Backlit IPS Monitor (Black) 4096 x 2160 Resolution" It better be OUTSTANDING for that $5739 price tag. Definitely wait for some reviews.

Not yet. I'll order this weekend.

"We are pleased to inform you that the following order has been shipped." "AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR Lens" My new toy is on the way.....Back-ordered for only two weeks. I was expecting two MONTH.

Yes, my ISP, Cox, offers some kind of free internet security product. The ISP doesn't actively scan your computer, they just offer the CRAP software to do it. We don't have or use it. I believe it's fairly easy to determine who your ISP is simply by IP address or last hop in a TRACERT...

Yarnell, AZ Car Show. Photo gallery here. Check it out. THANKS.

Circular Polarizer. No cropping, that image is straight out of the camera. Just used paint.net to re-save image and alter jpg compression just enough to get image size under 8 MB for image host. Semi-quick story. Driving to my brothers retirement house with him and mom in car we rolled...

I was going to reply in the "photoshop witchcraft" thread, but thought it more appropriate to post my questions in the DSLR thread..... Seems Photoshop is only available for rent. Do you have to rent Lightroom as well? What is/are the best NOT-FOR-RENT application(s) to edit Nikon NEF (raw)...

Test. More car photos to come. Camera set to 14-bit RAW + FINE JPG image capture mode. I then used paint.net to resize JPGs to less than 8MB for free image host site. Click once for "full-screen" sized image, click that image for full 6016x4016 image. Warning free image host site is...

I wonder what the lowest amount you'd have to spend to find something that sounds as good as the 55k one linked?