Recent content by buxtonmick

I shall be adding one to my bag. [emoji106]

Haha, yep, four wheel drive doesn't mean four wheel stop. It's amazed me once again in this weather up here in the Peak the speed of the FWDs in the snow and ice.

Dave70D, that's a great endorsement for the 'kit' lens!

He can only be good then if he influenced and inspired you. The couple of vids that I've seen show exactly what it's like trying to get decent landscapes, i.e. hard work, patience, planning and still coming home with nothing, rather than whipping your gear out of the car, setting up and snapping...

Check out 3 legged thing. Their Punk range looks good. I've just bought their Equinox Leo kit which I will be taking out for a twiz in the next week or so.

Hi Pete, leaves and foliage patchy to be honest. Some places are bare already due to the winds, as you mention, but I haven’t been over to the East yet (Padley gorge etc.). Roach end barn: Drive to Roach End either from crossroads near Winking Man pub or Upper Hulme and park in obvious places...

Sounds like something's changed in the software protocol. Have you done any 'tidying up' on it recently?

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Some really good results. the quest for advice paid off!

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The very idea that art has to convey a 'message' absolutely infuriates me. I deplore any kind of art that is aesthetically atrocious but is revered because of the 'message' it conveys, as I deplore an actor or musician using the stage to convey a 'message' (read opinion). There are other...

A couple of weeks ago I read in the Sunday Times some brilliant but hard hitting, quite harrowing pieces about the Paris massacres. In the evening I read 'Twelfth Night'. Was Shakespeare p*****g about? Of course not, it's simply a different, equally brilliant use of a universal medium, and...

Thanks folks, the Tokina is looking favourite for my needs! The Nikon is superb but as it won't be use for making my living is probably a bit OTT.

DX, and I'll probably stick with it tbh.

Thanks chaps, a nice shortlist in next to no time! Now to start evaluating... Cheers, Mick.