Recent content by Andrew Smith

inhave rented lenses from that company prior to buying so that I can try them out. Great guys and recommended.

I’ve bought a couple of lenses from them and also sold a camera to them. All went OK.

I shoot with a D810 that uses a CF and a SD card. I rarely travel with my laptop and am always worried about losing images if the camera gets stolen or the cards fail when I am travelling. Does anyone know of a back up device that I can stick the card into and it copies to the internal memory or...

The B&W picture of the lady in the white dress on stage looks like Omar’s Portuondo - lucky you getting to see her live, she’s 91 and was a close friend of the legendary Ibrahim Ferrer. I have a couple of her albums, amazing voice.

Sounds much like my experiences when I worked at Parasol Photography in the late 80’s.

Such a shame you encountered these problems. I loved my trip there and had been thinking about a return visit.

Iiyama - great monitors.

I’ve done a couple of trade ins and sales with Greys. I have always been there in person, got a price for cash and then Got them to up it for a trade in. Greys are one of the few places that will take Nikon film cameras. I have also used Camera Jungle and MPB, both offer good prices and they had...

Been to NYC many times, just don’t flash anything valuable and ignore the beggars etc and they will ignore you eventually. 6am is fine on the subway and the Brooklyn end of the bridge is very trendy now. Don’t forget a walk through Williamsburg for some great street shots and go to to B&H Photo...

I have travelled extensively in Cuba. The camera you take will cost the average Cuban 2 years wages so I strongly suggest you don’t flash it around, I carried my Nikon DSLR in a daysac that I strapped to my chest rather than on my back. I also used a neck wallet but I had no problems whatsoever...

I have both sold to and bought from Ffordes. Easy to deal with, money and goods sent promptly. Biggest problem I had was understanding the heavy Scottish accent of a member of staff there! Would certainly use them again.

5 or so years ago I had a biopsy on my left leg. The female Surgeon asked if I wanted the wifi password for the private hospital where I was having it done so that I could live stream it on Facebook or make a recording Of the procedure for YouTube. She didn’t care as long as her face and that of...

To Marcel, thank you for all your work, to the new forum owners, I am behind you 100%.

I did the northern circuit in Tanzania in December 1999 which was wonderful. Followed by a week in Zanzibar. Take a couple Of big lenses, the Sigma 150-600 would be a good lens for a safari trip. And ensure you have good security. I had a gun pulled on me in Dar es Salaam. Thankfully he was...

Am in need of a soft pouch to protect my Nikon 16mm lens. The CL-S1 which is the listed soft pouch for this lens has been discontinued. Any suggestions as to an alternative please or does anyone know who may have a CL-S1 in stock? TIA.