Recent content by adamgasson

I went from a pair of 5D II to a pair of 5D III bodies. Best cameras I've ever owned. AF is great (it's not as good as the 1D X but fine unless you're shooting sport in the dark) and noise is surprisingly better than the Mk II - colour is more consistent and detail is better from ISO 800...

Most friends I know have gone for the Sigma over the Canon (both 1.4). The Canon is getting quite long in the tooth and isn't a great lens for the money. It's remembering that the review will be based on a single lens so might not be a great example. Try and get hold of one yourself and do a...

I agree Garry, there's far too much focus on what to buy and not how to use it. It's much better to use a single light source well as this picture proves.

The big issue with your home insurance may be the upper limit. My photographic insurance covers me up to £5m. There was a story in the news a few days ago about a girl how was left unable to walk after being in a car crash, caused by a guy driving dangerously, was awarded a £23m payout. If your...

Peter, you'll get what you pay for. That octobox won't be as good as, say, the ProFoto one that costs £600. That said there are workarounds. If you're getting flaring off the light then you can usually block this with card or boards. Elemental's modifiers are fine for the money - have a look here.

Is it always over-exposing? If so it sounds like the TTL isn't working and it's firing at full power all the time. Is this just an indoor issue? Normally I'd think it might be a pin issue but if the flash is new I'd assume they haven't been damaged. Does the flash do this if you shoot with it...

I agree with Steve's comment above. The 1.2 is a great lens, I use if for most jobs and 80% of my shots at a wedding are from it. But it took me a good few months of shooting with it to be completely comfortable with the focal length (and this comes after using zooms for years).

Unless you need the focusing performance there's always the option of a second hand 5D II. Image quality wise they're great cameras. The 5D III is built better and, in my opinion, feels much more like a pro camera than the mark II, but I used the mark II everyday for a couple of years and never...