My shoulder is feeling a bit better each day but it continues to bother me after five or so hours of sound sleep. So I get up and ice it and then go back to sleep. I went into town to get my teeth cleaned in the morning and blew up lots of balloons during the rest of the day. My exercise regimen right now includes ten different positions and takes about an hour if I do them back to back to back … I do them two or three times a day. <\/p>\n
My D5 arrives tomorrow so I will be getting started on the Nikon AF Fine-tune Guide. <\/p>\n
Today makes two hundred twenty-seven days in a row with a new educational blog post! This one took about an hour and a half to prepare. With all of my upcoming free time (or not…), the plan right now is to try to break the current record streak of 480 … Good health and good internet connections and my continuing insanity willing.<\/p>\n
If you need a hot photo item that is out of stock at B&H, would enjoy free overnight shipping, and would like a $50 discount on your first purchase, click here<\/a> to order and enter the coupon code BIRDSASART at checkout. If you are looking to strike a deal on Canon or Nikon gear (including the big telephotos) or on a multiple item order, contact Steve Elkins via e-mail<\/a> or on his cell at (479) 381-2592 (Eastern time) and be sure to mention your BIRDSASART coupon code and use it for your online order. Patrick Sparkman saved $350 on a recent purchase!<\/p>\n I will be working on a Nikon D850\/D5 Focus Fine-tune Guide soon as my replacement D5 arrives provided that my shoulder continues to improve. There is lots of mis-information out there on Nikon Automatic AF Fine-tune. Working with Patrick Sparkman, we perfected a method of using the Focus Peaking feature available only on the D850 to quickly and accurately micro-adjust all of your lenses and TC-Es with your D-850. Both Nikon Automatic AF Fine-tune<\/em> and D850 Focus Peaking AF Fine-tune<\/em> require a LensAlign Mark II kit so that you can obtain accurate results. I learned recently that the Nikon D500 DSLR <\/a> does offer Automatic AF Fine-tune.<\/p>\n Folks who use one of my links<\/em><\/strong> to purchase a Nikon D850,<\/a> a Nikon D5 DSLR Camera (Body Only, Dual XQD Slots)<\/a>, a Nikon D500 DSLR <\/a>, or any Nikon gear totaling more than $2,000 will receive the new guide free. I hope to have it finished in two weeks but don’t hold me to it \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n Action on the Used Gear Page recently has been fantastic. You can see all current listings here.<\/a><\/p>\n Katherine Tryon is offering a Canon EOS-1D X in excellent condition (with less than 16,000 shutter actuations) and a Canon EF 50mm f\/1.8 II lens for the very fair price of $2324.00. The sale includes the lens strap, an extra LP-E4N battery (new-in-box), the battery charger, the manuals, the protective battery caps, the original box, and insured ground shipping via UPS to US addresses only. Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made.<\/p>\n Please contact Katherine via e-mail<\/a> by phone at 1-904-613-9756 (Eastern time). <\/p>\n Two 1DX bodies severed admirably as my workhorse digital camera bodies for several years when I was using Canon gear. The original 1DX has a superb AF system and produces high quality image files. It is fabulous for photographing birds in flight and in action. Some folks wish that they had kept there 1DX bodies and not upgraded to the 1DX Mark II.<\/em> artie<\/p>\n I received this e-mail from physiotherapist Amy Novotny on March 10:<\/p>\n Artie, You have been one of my favorite patients. It has been a gift to work with you and meet you. Thank you for trusting me enough to follow my guidance. Keep it up. \ud83d\ude42 Amy<\/em><\/p>\n I wrote back and asked her to write up something simple describing my case and my progress. Here is her reply:<\/p>\n When I first met artie in January, he was desperate for help physically. At that time, he walked on his toes very unsteadily. He was not able to touch his knees together and leaned forward at his hips as though he might fall over at any time. He had numerous complaints of pain and limited motion throughout his body–left knee, low back, mid back, right shoulder, tingling in his hands, hip\/buttocks with driving– to name a few. His ribs did not move at all, neither did his hips or pelvis because his back was so locked up. He was not able to squat and was told that he needed a knee replacement. After the first set of eight treatments, he left the clinic able to sit pain free to drive 25-30 minutes, he was able to squat to touch the floor (rather than having to bend over at the waist). He had days with no low back or left knee pain and his shoulder motion improved. He returned for nine more treatments in March and had slight regressions but was able to maintain a lot of his rib and upper body mobility. The focus became on his lower body and unlocking his hips from his low back to allow them to shift and move so as to allow for a normal walking pattern. We achieved that and I taught him how to walk again. He returned home pain free throughout his body. His case is one of my proudest as I could not have done this without his hard work and complete follow through with my instructions. Congratulations Artie!<\/em><\/p>\n Amy Novotny, PT, DPT<\/p>\n DHT Physical Therapy, Chandler, AZ 85224. 480-963-9339<\/p>\n This image was created on the morning of March 5, 2018 with the Induro<\/a> GIT 304L\/Mongoose M3.6<\/a>-mounted Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f\/4E FL ED VR lens,<\/a> the Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E III<\/a>, and the Nikon D850.<\/a> ISO 400. Matrix metering -1 2\/3 stops: 1\/3200 sec. at f\/6.3. AUTO2 WB at 7:42am on a clear day. <\/p>\n 3D-tracking Shutter Button AF. The system activated a single AF point that fell on the bird’s face just below the eye. <\/p>\n AF Focus peaking Fine-tune: +4.<\/p>\nThe Nikon D850\/D5 Focus Fine-tune Guide<\/h3>\n
The Used Gear Page<\/h3>\n
Canon EOS-1D X Professional Digital Camera Body & and a Canon EF 50mm f\/1.8 II Lens<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Amy Says …<\/h3>\n
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