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Thanks. If it wasn't for the thinner pen cramping my hand, I would have waited. Plus I hadn't seen that kind of discount before. Maybe Santa will chip in for part of the purchase If my hand still cramps with the fatter Pro Pen 2, I did see an additional $30 3rd-party ergo cover for the Pro Pen 2 (but not for the thinner pen). Hopefully I won't need it.

Amazon has a Cyber Monday sale for the The Wacom Intuos Pro Medium. $240 instead of $380, Prime delivery, and it's returnable (unused of course). The Wacom board wasn't included in B&H's cyber Monday deals. I didn't want to spend the $$$ right now, but I couldn't resist this discount. I clicked on Damien's link in the article and bought it. Thanks, Brian!

Thanks, Damien. I read your article and I now remember reading it over a year ago. Now to figure out what I want to do.

There isn't a reply field on my last post so I'm not able to reply to your answer to my question? I checked my posts in the Premium Group are there are reply fields. I'm not sure what's happening. I definitely don't need to spend 2k or anything close. Even $200, but it is what it is. I don't recall seeing Damien's Wacom board article. Thanks for the link. I'll take a look at it! Thanks, Brian!

Hi Brian, I have an old One by Wacom board. I was getting the hang of it and liked it, but my hand was really cramping with the thin pen. I'm "old" with too many years of sitting "improperly" in front of a computer, carpel tunnel, etc. I put it the board aside, but I'd like to find a solution as I liked the flexibility of using the Wacom board. I remember how we used to buy cheap covers for our pens, which helped. So far I haven't found anything that might work, but I haven't gone to a brick-and-mortar store to if they have anything. I contacted Wacom and they said the only tablets they have that work with the thicker Pro Pen 2 pen are the Intuos Pro tablets. It looks like the starting price is $250. I know Wacom is probably the best product, but I was wondering if you knew of any competitors that I should consider. Thanks! I just looked at B&H and they have an Intuos Pro Creative Pen Tablet (small) for $218.

THANK YOU!!! I'm not a Geek Squad fan. If I have any serious computer issues I have a computer guy I call who I've used for years, but he's a bit of a drive. I was hoping formatting a drive wasn't rocket science these days. I'll place my orders before the Black Friday weekend sales are gone. I don't think the EHD is on sale but the XQD is. Thanks again!

Hi Brian, lots of family stuff and I've had to be off line. I have a dumb question about the EHD you suggested above. It says that it's formatted for a Mac. I have a custom-built Windows 10 desktop. It has to be reformated. I haven't formatted a drive since the Olden Days. Dos C:\ Format D:\ Are you sure? Y/N Seriously! Lol. How is it done these days? With that large of a drive do I need to partition it? It can't be as easy as plug and play. I could run it down to Geek Squad, but that sounds like a waste if $$. Thanks!

Thanks for the VR reminder. A couple have VR, some don't. I'm looking forward to learning this shooting skill.

Thanks! A tripod would be the smart way to go, wouldn't it? I have one. I went out today for some quick practice shots to see if I could do it. It was windy, I knew that wasn't working for me. I braced myself against the car for some shots and found a fence post to rest my camera on for some others. I can't get to them for a couple of days. When I do I'll let you know how it goes. Get my practice in and find where I need to improve for when I need it. This will be fun! 🙂

I just set up my D850 for bracketing. Your instructions made it so simple! And, as I was rereading that section, I saw this: "One more thing, you lose about 2/3rd of a stop of light when using the Nikon CP. I just bump up my ISO a little to compensate. No big deal." I hadn't remembered that but I was finding myself having to boost the ISO a little. That explains it. Thank you again!

Sorry for the delay. Life happened... I can see why you do bracketing as opposed to ND filters, and your results are beautiful! I will definitely try that next time I shoot. I also use the same Nikon Circular Polarizer you use. The ND filters you provided look very similar to what I used in the film days. They seem to have been lost in the move when we moved up here 9+ years ago. They have to be buried somewhere. I can't believe I would get rid of them. Thank you for the links. If I can't find my old ones I'll have your links when I'm ready to spend more $$ on new ones. Good to know the SB-700 is easier to use than my old SB-600. I've started to use my old flash for now until the SB-700 becomes available. I'm getting there on the learning curve. I'll look for the Enloop batteries and charger. I can't find my old battery charger either, but if I do it'll be interesting to see if it still works. Probably not to be trusted. Thanks again for your time, for answering my questions AND for giving me so much more info!

Wow! My files are 50MB so not fully uncompressed.

(I'm looking at this on my phone right now.) Shooting those extremes is crazy. Your photos are stunning!

Thank you so much! This is really exciting! Glad ACR does it and I don't have to use LR 😁

I want to reply to more than this section, but I need to run off. Thank you for the bracketing suggestion and instructions I used to bracket with film 100 years ago, but never combined the photos. I just picked the best one. I will read this in more detail, but you mentioned that you combine them in ACR? I've never done that but I'm excited to give this a try! I'll reply more later. Thank you!!