Orb Weaver

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The manual only uses the term "AF Target Frame" to describe this particular function. I believe it means the AF Target Area. If this is the...

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The dog was in the back yard in the evening barking at something - maybe a neighbours cat, maybe just some imaginary shape in the dark. When I went outside...

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This one stayed around for a couple of hours. Plenty of time to get my kit.

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Glad it worked - I get caught by this quite often.

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Tiger Crane Fly. These look like huge mosquitos but are harmless. Apparently endemic to the Eastern States but turned up in Perth in about 2014....

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Looks like it has had a dip in some beetroot juice

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Wreckdiver Yes the cygnustech is not cheap but it is priced pretty similarly to the AK (without considering shipping costs) and these two diffusers seem...

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Do you use custom modes?
You will need to save the setting on each custom mode I think. There is the mechanism to auto save changes you make to...

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As RedRobin mentions, my Surui head has a tightening clamp that ensures a tight fit. As it turns out, I have not used the tripod with a long lens but...

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Bear in mind, that if you are shooting jpegs, you cannot apply AI noise reduction in DXO or Lightroom. I believe topaz can still apply noise reducti...

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I use to have that problem with the 100-400 (where the switches were a bit sloppier). It gave me the sh*ts as the most frequent change was AF->MF...

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Joe_T I agree, I think it is those two big front eyes.

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A Paper Wasp. Focus bracket stacked in Helicon.



This is the setup I use (a recent update) -



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A Jumping Spider (Genus Helpis, unknown species)

The match stick in the background is 3mm high.



The eyes have...

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A focus stack (bracketed in camera, stacked in Helicon)

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The internet tells me

Global digital camera shipments are experiencing a resurgence, rising to 8.37 million units in 2024, marking the first...

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The OM compatibility table lists some UHS-i cards at 512Gb and 1TB, and UHS-ii cards at 128Gb.
I suspect this difference is just down to what was...

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Dials that don't stick and rubber that doesn't peel.
Improved subject detection and noise (not that either are a great problem at the moment)....

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This is a spot I have had trouble with heat haze before and it was no different this time. Fortunately, some of the birds were close enough to avoid...

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Ian The Maned Duck (previously called woodducks) are probably Australian but I see there are sightings though Western Europe and UK (considered exotic/escapee);...