Recent content by Blapto

And the system... works? Took a whole load of photos with my girlfriend's parents when they came to visit. A mixture of photos I took because I had the camera with me and snapshots. Snapshots went on Facebook yesterday and are steadily accruing likes from their friends and family. The one...

Boo! So, I've been away a bit having joined TP just over 6 years ago. I've been taking photos but I've not been sharing - and that's been holding me back a little bit recently. I joined the Royal Navy a few years ago so I've done a bit of travelling but I've just been hoarding photos. Tech...

Liam, good thinking re ND filters! I'm using the data from Ilford's tables. It seems the safest (and has worked for me in the past.) I've gone to the extent of putting a little disclaimer in because I am slightly worried about providing false data and upsetting people. s162216, Ilford don't...

I've not really been about recently, part of the reason is I've decided to start branching out work-wise. Mainly web development and systems stuff, though recently I've decided to have a crack at iOS programming. One side project has been an iOS reciprocity failure calculator app. I've...

To make proper use of that site you really want to use the dropdown to select for Personal Robbery. That puts Butler's Wharf at Average, and the estates surrounding it to Above Average. For Violence, Tooley St is Above Average, as are all the estate areas. I suspect some stats are skewed. I...

Some amount of London is private property, and photographers can be asked to leave, especially if they're setting up tripods. So, trespass isn't a criminal offence (unless it's on Crown property.) It's a civil offence and you'd have to cause some sort of damage/loss to be sued for...

London's sky goes a beautiful shade of muddy brown late at night. Try to get your exposure shortly after sunset when there's still some blue/blackness left.

:D Normally I only set it on my D300 when I'm frequently switching between it and my FM2. Makes it easier to move between them! Exactly! As for lens choice, you can use pretty much whatever you want on the S2. It's basically Nikon F80 with digital gubbins. It can take advantage of D...

D50/70/80/90 all have a built in motor. I'm fairly sure you can use the aperture ring on the D2x. It's custom setting f7 on the D300, look under the f menu on your D2x.

AF-D lenses add the ability to measure distance and provide the information back to the camera. It's used for certain metering and flash modes. It can be useful, but I wouldn't get hung up on it. AF-S lenses are all AF-D lenses as well. They have the distance feature. G lenses are all AF-D...

There are too many variables to make sense of sample pictures. The only way to truly test a lens is to use it how you would use it. Besides, if the manufacturer knew the lens was weak in terms of CA, they'd just avoid scenes which would exhibit it. If they knew the lens was soft in the...

Peak are ace!

Sounds interesting!

Heavy on the selection bias. "As you can see, the general pattern is that more complex cameras take better pictures. Interchangable lens cameras (like digital SLRs) make you look more attractive than your basic point and shoot cameras, and those in turn make you look better than your camera...

A flash will help balance the intensity of the fire with its surroundings - experiment with adjusting the flash strength.