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Thursday was a crazy day as I tried to get as much back to normal as possible. I was up at 7:20am, and had 2 mugs of coffee to keep me going.
After chores, I began the set-up of the new Nikon D850 and that was an eye-opening experience. I discovered that the D850 does not have an integrated flash and is nowhere like my D5600.
I transferred all my photos and information from the laptop to the PC and that took a long while for the downloads.
WalMart responded by phone to my complaint but were completely useless and unsympathetic to my experience and insulted me with an offer of a $23 refund for the dated salad kits only... I just said "I am done with you" and hung up....
I made a salad for lunch then continued to try to figure out the D850's autofocus, amongst other things. I don't pretend to know everything they say in that thick instruction book!
I dug through my Nikon supply and found an old 70-300mm lens that would not work with the D5600 but works well with the D850... so worth a try. I already have a Tamron 70-300mm on order with good write-ups for clarity and a good price. Starting at 70mm to focus on something when you are used to 18mm to start is a shock...
So I broke down and ordered a 28-300mm Nikon lens, again with good ratings for clarity... It is supposed to show up on Wednesday.
And I got deliveries of a few items including a cheap 420-800mm goofy lens for birdwatchers and such, but it came without a promised mount for the Nikon, so I am in communication with the seller to get the mount. For under $100, it was worth the gamble.
I went down and cleaned up my Gio as well as Bob's. The batteries were still good but need a test run.
I was so pooped, I went to bed at 9pm!
Today I was up at 8am reluctantly but Cristina was after me to check on a couple of Amazon deliveries to her that have not shown up.
After chores I watched a fabulous curling match between my 2 favourite teams, Homan vs Einarson. Homan is 9-0 in the Scotties and was my favourite to win from the start.
Then I actually cooked a bacon and egg lunch before a short nap.
I spent the early afternoon trying to figure out the 2 slave flashes I have to work with the D850. It still has me stumped... I may need to check with Don to figure things out.
Bob's wife Trish was by to visit him and I was brought up for introductions. She is the same age as Cristina and very pretty too. Bob gave her a trunkful of groceries and I helped haul that out to her car.
Later Bob invited me up for some of his always-delicious homemade soup...
Since the weather is supposed to get nastier starting Monday I decided that I better confirm my suspicions about the Nikon 70-300mm lens on the D850. I had already ascertained that my existing 18-300mm from the D5600 is no better on the D850, hence the reason to order the new 28-300mm.
I dressed up and took the Gio to the other end of the High Level Bridge and took photos there and back, a total of 25 pics. The quality is exactly as poor as I expected and the 10 pics below are proof of that. I got the new camera precisely because I am tired of cleaning up "noise" in every darn shot.... Oh, I do hope the new lenses solve that problem... The Gio worked well but the batteries went down as expected so I plugged it in.
Now it is time to watch curling and hockey....
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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