Recent content by andy4tune

I nearly always judge a purchase on how quickly I can do stuff with it without a manual. If you can do the basics, take snaps and preview them without resorting to a manual (try that with some Olymous compacts) the you're halfway there. Of couse a compromise would be a printed quick users...

Thanks folks, most of the posts identifed the obvious solutions (first of which was to read the manual when I got it). I still find the two button shuffle cumbersome and holding down the shutter half way is tricky as I am getting used to the sensitivity. After a few days playing I think I'm...

One observation that I've noticed about the DSLR I've just got (not a Canon) is that the autofocus can be a bit too clever at times and depending on the aperture that's being used you can end up with something that is in focus not quite where you intended. My camera has a method of selecting...

Just got my Nikon D90. Great camera but the autofocus infuriates me. Coming from either old manual everything film SLR or compacts, I find that the autofocus on my DSLR is just a bit too clever. For landscapes at a distance, not a problem but closer and trying to minimise depth of field, I find...

Intertesting topic and one I was thinking about this weekend. Just got my first DSLR although I've used compacts extensively with various exposure modes available. Previously I used film SLRs both fully manual (with and without inbuilt exposure meters) and on aperture priority. Now I have many...

I'm gonna recommend the Canon Powershot A570is again (see the thread on underwater cameras). I've had great results from it. All of the cameras that people recommend will produce great photos, whats more important in my opinion with a compact is how comfortable it is to hold - you will sometimes...

To be honest, I'm enjoying getting back into SLR photography more than anything. The camera model wouldn't matter so much and, if I'd wanted more equipment then I could have gone for a D80 twin lens deal. I'd looked at lots of reviews and test images but I'd always wanted a Nikon - I had Pentax...

If you go to Bryce, be sure to go back at about two in the morning, the night sky is just amazing. Weddinghack - stunning photos!

Here are three that I knocked off while getting used to the controls. http://www.flickr.com/photos/11330486@N06/2908417350/in/photostream/

Depends. If you look at the reviews on the web (and there are some full reviews out there) there is increasing noise at higher ISOs. It's just one of those things you have to put up with. I got fed up of reviewing the highly in depth crops and resolution charts, because these reviews crop so...

In what sense? I just got one, but its my first DSLR so I don't have anything to compare it to. It has lots of features and does all the things that I would hope it to do and more that I probably won't need. From what I've read it seems to be similar to the D80 but with Live view (something I...

This is one article that persuaded me - http://www.oceanoptics.co.uk/mark'sfavourite.html Plus it's a good size to hold in the hand. You will need some weights as the case is very bouyant see the lensflare post above. One problem with the 570is is that it sometimes shows up a low...

Like lots of other things that I have done for pleasure (scuba diving, motorcycling, playing music, kiting) I start too lose interest once I meet people who are more interested in the equipment and seem to have forgotten the pleasure that the activity used to bring them. Just don't get too...