Birding lenses: FirstUse
When we upgraded our Nikon DSLR from the D90 to the D850, we went from a 12MP sensor to a 47MP sensor. That massive increase in sensor size enables us to capture higher [...]
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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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Nikon School : DSLR Video Workshop
We switched from Olympus to Nikon when we went from film to digital more than a decade ago. While the Nikon DSLR gear we have is video-capable, we rarely used it for video [...]
Urban Safari : Herons at Millennium Park
Boston is an urban city with a lot of nature within its boundaries it. Places like the Emerald Necklace and the Arnold Arboretum are well known, but others, like Millennium [...]
Urban Safari: Heron Hunting
Urban safaris are something we started doing when we joined the Franklin Park Zoo a few years ago. Since then, we have had many “adventures,” some of them in [...]
Vanguard Digiscope Setup
A spotting scope is a great piece of equipment for birders. We had a taste of how well it works when we brought one with us on our Snowy Owl outing to Plum Island. The one [...]
Urban Safari: Bald Eagle At Jamaica Pond
A Bald Eagle in Boston? The prospect seemed rather unlikely. After all, this is not Idaho. So when our intrepid copyeditor came back to the office after her morning walk [...]
Zuiko to Nikon adapter FirstLook
When we worked at Kodak’s digital imaging group in the early 90’s, a 1.2MP camera was strictly for professionals. Digital camera technology has changed a lot [...]
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