Recent content by aliman84

Damn! The London date is fully booked, guess I'll be waiting around outside playing with my..... flash.

How about The Dude? www.jeffbridges.com

I really want to meet the guy, but I don't want to pay £117 when I bought his DVD a way back and can check strobist everyday on the web.... ok enough ranting; I haven't ruled out the London date - I did say I want to meet him :)

Thanks for the link - just waiting for my copy of production premium to arrive in the post, but have been using the trial since yesterday and IT'S BRILL!

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll be using this both for photography (mostly studio based head shots) and for film (primarily digital, but occasionally film). My video cameras are Sony EX1 and EX3 both with letus (extreme and ultimate) and I rent a Red if needed. A real big plus to having a...

I'm going into town today to try and give the cine a try, if not I'll try one of their other models - I'll post any findings later.

Hi, I'm looking for a little bit of help in choosing a light meter. I was looking around the £500(ish, but willing to extend if needs be) range for use with both video/film and stills metering. I seem to be looking at the Sekonic L-758Cine. I was wondering if anyone has used this model or if...

Congratulations Andy! It's great when someone is willing to pay for your work, no one can knock that :) As above, does the image still belong to you?

That should do the trick! Have a great time and I'd love to see some of your pics when your back... And I hope you two have an amazing wedding :)

Oh and when you're getting charged by a male bull elephant you'll want something a little wider - when they get close, they get very close!

Sorry, totally blanked that out when I was writing. As for lens length, I found 400mm was usually just fine for me, but sometimes I wished for a slightly tighter composition. For example Zebras do not like being close to the Land Rover and because of this I didn't manage to get a nice close...