nice. Ill just wait for a fogging day tho.

Thanks for sharing

I got so frustrated with using generative fill (asking it to remove a person from a scene and putting another in its palce for example) I gave up in the end and went back to doing it manually, I hadn't noticed this tool hidden away so thanks for the heads up.

Great video Robert very informative as always. I have had problems with some things on Lightroom but sometimes I find it works better on Lightroom mobile. Hope you are enjoying the snow I am sure Otis loves it. I am back in Thailand for the winter. 🐕👍👌👏

So I couldn’t get it right in camera as it was blowing a hoolie and persistently raining and a few drops hit the lens whilst shooting a rainbow up at the Butt of Lewis. LR AI removal did a pretty good job but I’ll also have e a go in PS and compare the two - thanks for the info and I’ll let you know how it compares 👍🏻

Why not just go to the Camera Raw Filter and use the generative AI in there? It does a great job in removing unwanted objects .

Hi Robert, I've watched many of your videos, all fantastic! I've had a Nikon D40 with Nikon lenses (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 and 55-200mm f/4-5.6) for many years. I enjoy photographing horses (both portraits and action shots) and this year (maybe taking advantage of Black Friday) I'd like to upgrade my camera, spending around 700 pounds or so. I'm quite undecided-should I buy an entry-level Nikon mirrorless? But then I would need to purchase at least a new lens or an F to Z adapter (which costs at least 250 pounds). Should I buy a more advanced Nikon DSLR so I can use my old lenses? Or should I switch brands entirely? I would be very grateful for your advice. Thanks! Giulia

Great tutorial on blending shots. Is Lightroom and Photoshop only available now on a yearly subscription plan? I have a ten year old edition of Photoshop on my Mac and don't fancy having subscriptions to new software where I have to keep paying year after year. I know there are continual updates, but are older versions on disc or direct download still functional enough to do basic editing? Thanks for your great channel!

I bought the Nikon Z8 and after 2 weeks I started having problems with the view finder. I had it set for auto switching mode and when the screen turned off I turned it back on and I couldn’t see the back screen to review my pictures. I had to change the screen settings back every time. Now I’m getting the Nikon D500 to shoot with. I’m not spending a lot of money again on a camera.

Creating cool wallpapers? I guess that something, what about the rest of the photos you take?

Can l use on iPad with pencil.

Thanks, I just ordered the new Z50ii same beautiful and capable sensor as the d500 but with the same processor as the Z 8 & 9 but lighter and less expensive zooms.

How does this lens compare with the zdx 50-250? I am using this lens with my z30 and an FTZ adapter. I was wondering whether the zdx 50-250 would be an upgrade or not. My comparison points would be sharpness, colour reproduction and how quick and accurate the autofocus is. I dont see anything on youtube or the general internrt comparing these 2 lenses.

Which lance ?..

No ! Vintage lenses are not better ! I have many "vintage" lenses, fx Leica R Canon FDn, Tamron SP and more. It is logic that todays Lenses are better, tecnology have come farther and specially software to calculate the optical Lens design have come far !

I read an interview with a Canon exec a few years ago (probably 10+) on Ken Rothwells site. He answered a question about their 2.8 L series wide angle which had some fall off in the corners. His response was along the lines of 'if the corners need to be perfectly sharp at 16mm then it's because there's nothing interesting in the middle'. It stuck with me because I thought it was rather defensive and arrogant, many years later I realise it was good advice! Canon of course upgraded the model with sharper corners and people forked out the £000's for it, the modern day marketing genius of sharpness at work. Completely agree with you on it though, horses for courses. I have a couple of 25 year old + lenses that have fabulous IQ, I wouldn't use them for a wedding though as the focussing motors aren't quick enough. (Nice to see Padley's still holding onto a bit of colour.)

Hello! Great video. Could you tell me internal measurements of the main compartment? Length, width and depth? Please in advance :)

I love the old 70-200mm as well, it's one of those lenses that doesn't test well, but looks superb in real life. Corner resolution rarely matters with a tele lens, it's usually out of focus anyway. Beware failing AF motors if buying one now though, once they die you can't even manual focus! Mine is on the way out. The only "better" lens I own is an old 105mm f/2.5, but the hit rate is a lot lower without AF.

More than fifty years ago, I worked and lived in Grindleford. However, that's not the real name of the village. Its real name is Padley, and its divided into upper and nether Padley. Grindleford is the name of the bridge.

Now this is one that I have got to find out how I can share it with a person I knew quite well many years ago. He would use nothing other than older lens for just the glass alone. His claim is that many of the newer lens are all plastic. Not sure as I am no expert on that. But it sure can bring up people taking sides pretty quickly! lol Well, now I'm not going to pay attention to the lens at all and take in all the area has to offer and find joy just in seeing good 'ol Otis running free and enjoying his life to the full!

I'm perfectly fine with the lack of scientific rigour in this video. If it was all about photographing those black and white charts, I'd probably click away as soon as I woke up from my coma. 😆 Vintage SLR lenses are a bit before my time, but I was surprised by how much I like the manual aperture and focus process, regardless of quality. I have a small collection of varying quality (nothing absolutely impeccable, i.e. nothing very expensive), was playing about with my latest, a Tokina zoom, in the last shreds of golden hour today. Soft as butter in a summer heatwave, but lovely colours. So much so that I had to switch the photo style from 'vivid' to something duller! Honestly, the worst thing about them, is having to change the IBIS FL settings with old zooms when I'm handholding. Oh, and the fact my M43 cameras turn everything into a telephoto. 😅

Great video Rob, I bought a used G2 version of the 70-200 2.8 Nikkor earlier this year for some Osprey photography and love the performance and images I have been getting from it.

Love some of the vintage lenses I bought during lockdown. Not too fussed about everything being pin sharp, with my eyesight not being what it should be ... Out at Padley Gorge on Tuesday, looking forward to snapping whatever is left of the autumn colour and sunlight on the silver birch trees nearby. Thanks for the vlog, much appreciated.

Quality aside I find vintage lenses more fun to use and that for me is way more important than edge sharpnesses etc. I would however draw the line on the vintage curtains in your van. 😂

I thought you were going to go all Thomas Heaton on us there Robert, and start making your food in the camper van. As for vintage lenses from the SLR era, there are some good and bad lenses out there. Some vintage lenses like the helios 55mm are coveted for their quirks. I think vintiage glass suits mirrorless cameras very well as you often have inbody stabilisation that dslrs didn't have. As long as aren't shooting wildlife or sports or some other subject where you need to use autofocus they offer good image quality for not a lot of money. I think you proved you can get great images from them.

Morning Robert - I have the 70-200 and it’s a cracker ! A few interesting points in here - I have a 35mm prime which I think I’ll try out after you mentioned being good in really low light - I was out on Friday in the woodlands and it was surprisingly dark so well worth a go. When I was out , like you, there was still plenty colour so after Thomas Heatons autumn struggle maybe he should join us in the Peak District or Lancashire 😂 Finally you mentioned focus peaking which I need to check out and see if available on my D5300 !! Great spot and lovely images - it’s been a very still and warm past few days (just missing the mist !) All the best mate 👍🏻

Good thought. " Glass for lenses" has become more and more superior to older glass. Using vintage glass would be fun to get images that say " old".

Own the Z9 and D500 and I still use it occasionally and I’m hard pressed to tell much difference if any. They are holding their price still as are F mount lenses. In fact the Nikon 200-500 used seems to be going up in price. I paid £600 for mine about 4 months ago in excellent condition now they are going for over £850.

For event photography I use my Nikon d500, Nikkor 17-55 and Sigma 18-35, images super sharp no problem at all.

Do you use a photo stacking app/program?

d500 memiliki optic yang jauh lebih bagus, full frame itu lebih bagus?, itu tidak benar..!

I have been researching an upgrade from my d3100 and was thinking of this d500. Everything points to how awesome it is but Nikon is not making it anymore😢. In fact they are moving away from DSLRs. Bummed here!

Thanks for this interesting and informative video, Robert. I have begun a short experiment shooting with the Canon Neutral style, which I then edit lightly in Apple Photos. My reason for doing so is that I have had trials of five mainstream processing apps, but they all render Raw files differently and sometimes not very well for the price. My thinking is that either in camera or Canon DPP for Raw software probably produces the best image quality as a starting point because no one knows more about the files than Canon. However, DPP is really clunky to use. I have also been impressed with Capture One and DXO rendering, but these are premium products at premium prices. I may end up reverting to Raw and using DXO Photolab, but I think this will be an interesting test. I don’t think enough attention is given overall to the initial Raw file rendering quality. What’s the point of lots of bells and whistles in apps if the base rendering is poor?

Mirrorless wins for video. DSLR stills wins for photos. D500 is a beast. I have 3 bodies for youth sports. They are awesome with any of the pro Nikon glass.

I don’t know weather I did the first set up section right I don’t I’m like my first prints

Hi in totally new to editing. Do you have any videos for beginners? I want to learn how to edit and what each different tool/module does to a pic. You have anything which may help? Most tutorials online assume u know how to edit already and coming from another software

Nice photos! The last one is especially fantastic; reminds me a bit of Ansel Adam’s photos in some way. :)

Tried them all, nothing is better the LR/PS

Hi Robert. I’m new to printing out photos but would love to know if you have a video showing how to print a photo onto A3 phot paper on the Epson xp975? Could I do it from Procreate? My other query is that I’m printing out photos from my iPad with my Epson just from my photo gallery on my iPad and the printer seems to be cutting off a chunk of the picture and I don’t know how to rectify this. Could you offer any advice please? Very many thanks. 😊

I think for me it's about capturing serendipitous moments and exercising my creativity.

This was really good and informative! Those editing skills..

TTartisan 32mm f2.8, full frame and autofocus lens for $100usd TTartisan 75mm f2, an incredible bargain, full frame and autofocus for $160usd

I love your channel, Robert. What you're doing here may be art, but it doesn't satisfy the definition of photography that I live by: a moment in time from the real world. It's digital (or computational) image manipulation. Photoshop's editing tools are artificial constructs. When you use layers, cloning, etc., you exit the realm of photography. I strongly object to photographers who, for example, use sky replacement and then pass off what they've done as landscape photography. I have to compete with such people at Getty Images and it's unfair that I don't falsely manipulate my images, yet they do without disclosing it. It's like shooting in a zoo and passing off your photos as if you went on African safari. Zoo photographs are fine if you say your animals are captive. So are all the things you're doing to this image. Just don't claim it's a landscape photo.

If your photography is to showcase a beautiful scene, whether it’s a natural setting or scenery, a portrait of someone (with a shitty background), a building or street with litter, garbage, scaling paint, etc…cropping to improve upon it…..is Kool in my humble opinion!

Hi Robert, like 32 here for you from Newfoundland, Canada!

An interesting debate Robert. Having also watched that smaller channel ;) I believe there is no right or wrong answer. Creativity and artistic intent are down to the photographer and the edit style assist in the final production of what one wants to convey in the final piece of art. AI on the other hand is a different world altogether. Personally I will continue to remove dust spots, unwanted clutter , people sometimes and to use the power of LR and PS to create the final photograph that represents what I saw / imagined / intended. I won't be misleading in my images with AI. Amen

I actually don't mind the "distraction " bro to be honest. I think it adds to a great haunted/mystical wood look

I sometimes remove items from a scene, stray bits of litter, an annoying twig that creeps in from a corner and the occasional unwanted lamppost, etc. Basically, the things that distract you and stop you from enjoying the image. It's a far cry from AI editing and sky replacement, but I can see why some may still call it cheating. It depends on what you want to convey. James Popsys, who I think Thomas referred too enjoys encorporating man made elements into his landscape photography. I often look at some of his work, and as much as I like his photography, I think if I took that photo, people would ask why I left those elements in the composition. A good demonstration of the techniques involved Robert.

Enjoyed your video very informative and I think that with out doubt I agree with you if it is required then clone but do not over clone a good capture. 🐕👍👌👏

a superb lens is the Nikkor 40mm F2.8 Micro AFS DX....Is a real 1 to 1 macro on top of being a super shar equivalent of 60mm crop factor. And is not too expensive I bought mine on eBay for $119 in mint conditions.