diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 7e087ca..fe3ebab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        rust: ["1.74.0", stable, beta, nightly]
+        rust: ["1.85.0", stable, beta, nightly]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
-      if: ${{ matrix.rust == '1.74.0' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.rust == '1.85.0' }}
     - name: Generate Cargo.lock with minimal-version dependencies
-      if: ${{ matrix.rust == '1.74.0' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.rust == '1.85.0' }}
       run: cargo -Zminimal-versions generate-lockfile
 
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@v1
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: build
       run: cargo build -v
     - name: test
-      if: ${{ matrix.rust != '1.74.0' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.rust != '1.85.0' }}
       run: cargo test -v && cargo doc -v
 
   features:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c067ce4..82118fe 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 resolver = "2"
 
 # note: when changed, also update test runner in `.github/workflows/rust.yml`
-rust-version = "1.74.0"
+rust-version = "1.85.0"
 
 license = "MIT"
 description = "TIFF decoding and encoding library in pure Rust"
diff --git a/src/encoder/mod.rs b/src/encoder/mod.rs
index 45024e3..c56c012 100644
--- a/src/encoder/mod.rs
+++ b/src/encoder/mod.rs
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ impl<'a, W: 'a + Write + Seek, T: ColorType, K: TiffKind> ImageEncoder<'a, W, T,
         } else {
             let mut sample_format: Vec<_> = <T>::BITS_PER_SAMPLE.to_vec();
             let replicated =
-                core::iter::repeat(<T>::BITS_PER_SAMPLE[0]).take(self.extra_samples.len());
+                core::iter::repeat_n(<T>::BITS_PER_SAMPLE[0], self.extra_samples.len());
             sample_format.extend(replicated);
 
             self.encoder
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ impl<'a, W: 'a + Write + Seek, T: ColorType, K: TiffKind> ImageEncoder<'a, W, T,
             // extra samples and not provided via a slice used for samples themselves.
             .unwrap_or(SampleFormat::Void.to_u16());
 
-        sample_format.extend(core::iter::repeat(extra_format).take(self.extra_samples.len()));
+        sample_format.extend(core::iter::repeat_n(extra_format, self.extra_samples.len()));
 
         self.encoder
             .write_tag(Tag::SampleFormat, &sample_format[..])?;
diff --git a/src/encoder/tiff_value.rs b/src/encoder/tiff_value.rs
index 57d278d..16ab2c1 100644
--- a/src/encoder/tiff_value.rs
+++ b/src/encoder/tiff_value.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ use crate::{bytecast, tags::Type, TiffError, TiffFormatError, TiffResult};
 use super::writer::TiffWriter;
 
 /// Trait for types that can be encoded in a tiff file
+#[diagnostic::on_unimplemented(
+    message = "the type `{Self}` does not implement `TiffValue`",
+    note = "the trait is implemented for primitive types (`u8`, `i16`, `f32`, etc.)",
+    note = "the trait is implemented for shared references to values",
+    note = "the trait is implemented for slices, pass them by reference (e.g. `&[u8]`)",
+    note = "the trait is implemented for arrays if it is implemented for a slice",
+    note = "values in a `Vec` or `Box` should be dereferenced, e.g. `&vec[..]`"
+)]
 pub trait TiffValue {
     const BYTE_LEN: u8;
     const FIELD_TYPE: Type;
@@ -450,6 +458,14 @@ impl TiffValue for str {
     }
 }
 
+// If you pass `&Vec<_>` then you'd get at first sight the  complaint:
+//
+//  `Vec<T>` does not implement `TiffValue`
+//
+// and a list of implementations of `TiffValue` that are quite unrelated. That is not very helpful.
+// We do not *want* `Vec` to implement the trait as an owning type, instead you should pass a
+// reference to a slice. The error message is further customized in the diagnostics of the trait.
+#[diagnostic::do_not_recommend]
 impl<T: TiffValue + ?Sized> TiffValue for &'_ T {
     const BYTE_LEN: u8 = T::BYTE_LEN;
     const FIELD_TYPE: Type = T::FIELD_TYPE;
@@ -467,6 +483,27 @@ impl<T: TiffValue + ?Sized> TiffValue for &'_ T {
     }
 }
 
+/// An array is treated like a slice of the same length.
+impl<T, const N: usize> TiffValue for [T; N]
+where
+    [T]: TiffValue,
+{
+    const BYTE_LEN: u8 = <[T]>::BYTE_LEN;
+    const FIELD_TYPE: Type = <[T]>::FIELD_TYPE;
+
+    fn count(&self) -> usize {
+        self.as_slice().count()
+    }
+
+    fn write<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut TiffWriter<W>) -> TiffResult<()> {
+        self.as_slice().write(writer)
+    }
+
+    fn data(&self) -> Cow<'_, [u8]> {
+        self.as_slice().data()
+    }
+}
+
 macro_rules! impl_tiff_value_for_contiguous_sequence {
     ($inner_type:ty; $bytes:expr; $field_type:expr) => {
         impl $crate::encoder::TiffValue for [$inner_type] {