but agreed, the Z is a fantastic sensor for landscape at base ISO. Didn’t mean to slam it, it is a fine camera and the ergonomics of the body are really good compared to most other mirrorless IMO.
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I can only image,never shot a dancer. But my fav camera is still the 850, and I still own a few NIkons, the F6. 3HP, D4. 300s, 500. And the one Z7 . I’m just glad down in we can shoot year around and not worry about ice and snow and darn cold glove wearing temps.
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Was gonna say that too, but two jokes in one day is two too many.
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Let me know if you ever want to sell your F6. I still have 3 old manual focus lenses that I’d like to have a film body for. I may get a D500 again since it does not appear Nikon is going to evolve their DX DSLR line. The D500 may be the last of its kind. Agreed on the 850, I had one with my D500, but ended up really wanting the crop factor. The D850 would focus in near darkness, the Z7 does not. I hope Nikon can stay in the mix. And I hope any and all makers build PRO DX bodies for those trying to photograph small and distant things that move.
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I hope not…
I also have a FM2N chrome, a true manual camera for film, my wife used it to learn about photography that could be bought. The D500 is a great workhorse for long distance wildlife. its a keeper
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I’ll PM you about the F2
I have many photos on my phone of Ross Valory at the Journey concerts Barbara had me attend. You rally can’t miss Ross.
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And here are a few. The shot in the art gallery is at Steve Smith’s exhibition “The Fabric of Rhythm” exhibition in Las Vegas in 2017. I have some of the art, which is awesome - time captures of Steve drumming with lighted sticks - and the book with vinyl to hear the drum patterns. The Ross is on the left, and the other guy in the photo is some keyboard player that knows Ross and Steve. 
Below is Ross in Baltimore at the tour they did with Def Leppard.
And finally, think this is from the Allentown concert with Santana. Steve is just behind Ross.
And there you have it!
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Here’s some photos of my tiny humans in the fog. Lens is the 23mm F2 I have on 90% of the time because it’s small and can get rained on. The warmer ones are straight out of the Fuji XT2 using their Kodachrome sim.
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Today’s snapshot is of Elvis Costello at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco, on Nov 16, 1977; this show and the night before were Elvis’ first ever US gigs…
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Elvis Costello’s early shows must have been electric! When you were doing this for a living, did you get to enjoy the music or were you so focused on getting a good shot that you weren’t able to listen properly?
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I never did this for a living, even though I majored in professional photography in college! I ended up going into the record business, which was a pretty wild time in the 70’s and early 80’s. But back then you didn’t need photo passes, so I brought my camera along to many of the shows I went to, and took pictures just for jollies, really. I’d print some out and give them to my friends. But you are right - you cannot concentrate on both pictures and music; it’s one or the other. That’s why I have no pictures of Siouxie and the Banshees, though I’ve seen them around 10 times; I just didn’t want to have to deal with pictures at the show - I just wanted the music! There are other artists where it was a similar thing. But now I wish I’d shot at least ONE gig…
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OK, I can see you being upset about that. I bet they were a great live band though, so at least you have your memories. Were the 10 concerts spaced over a number of years, so you got to see how their sound (and presumably stage show) evolved?
Yes indeed; the first time would have been in the very early 80’s, and the final time somewhere around the mid to late 90’s… I always bought their albums, so I was also able to follow their evolvement that way,too!
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perfect exposure. Wow, pure white, pure black, and everything in between. I love you can just make out the tuning pegs of the guitar. And the moment itself. Great photograph @Lars
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