Birding lenses for the Nikon D850
When we first acquired the new-to-us Nikon D850 body from a local wedding photographer who was upgrading to the Nikon Z, it came with its original accessories—manual, [...]
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Nikon D850 Accessories
The last time we upgraded our Nikon body we went from a D40 to a D90. A LOT of new Nikon bodies have been released since then, but we resisted because the D90 was “good [...]
Opticron USM-2 Mount: FirstLook/FirstUse
We have looked at, played with, and reviewed a lot of smartphone mounts over the years. A LOT. A few years ago we (finally) found one we liked with all the features we [...]
Urban Safari: Finding The Flicker
Early Saturday. 5:30AM to be exact. This text arrives from one of our local RainyDayMagazine readers: "Hey - Let me know if you’d like to see the Flicker’s tree (and [...]
Yesterday’s Tech: the Nikon LS-4000 Slide Scanner
We know, we know: film is dead. However, just because everyone has left film behind doesn’t mean that there aren’t mountains of film worth preserving. We [...]
Yesterday’s Tech: Wacom Cintiq 21UX Setup
After watching Craigslist and FB Marketplace for a few months, we landed a Wacom Cintiq graphics tablet (DTK2100/K, Dec 2010). While no longer supported by Wacom (it [...]
Yesterday’s Tech: Wacom Cintiq 21UX FirstLook
Wacom made a huge splash over two decades ago when they introduced the Cintiq, the graphics tablet that the user interacts with more directly, i.e., no longer needing to [...]
Maroon Bell Weekender : FirstLook/FirstUse
It has been a long time since our Gear & Gadgets folks agreed to review a backpack. It is not that there aren’t good, even great backpacks out there (there are), [...]
Questar : Axial port astrophotography
The Questar Standard 3.5″ telescope is probably the finest production telescope of its size in the, um, cosmos. Old and new units are equally prized by owners the world [...]
Ricoh Theta SC 360º Camera: FirstLook/FirstUse
A lot of cool stuff shows up at the RainyDayMagazine office, but every so often, something has us asking, “What is this?” Probably because (sometimes) the [...]
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