Recent content by chrisgeary

Ruth: good idea.. I've added his website. Keith: thanks :)

thanks for the helpful post. If you don't find my post helpful, move along please. I've been ripped off to the tune of £1500 so yes, a little annoyed.

I've had the misfortune to buy a car from Tahir Hussein trading as Heathrow High Performance, Boss Performance UK Ltd and Prestige Motor House. The car developed many faults within the first six months. The trader refused to repair or refund my repair costs. I took him to court and won a CCJ...

Chris: that seems awfully complicated. Why not just: 1. Import everything into Lightroom 2. Rate all your keepers with a 1 then filter on 1s 3. Run through them all again and rate images you will present to your client with a 2. Filter on the 2s. 4. Mark any red, green and blue along the way...

I think the comma is misleading you :) Use 'but' as the separator.

Looks like flare to me. Does it happen if you don't shoot into bright light? I would always use a hood if you have one.

Thanks for trying Richard et al. :thinking: :bonk: :thumbs:

Well I was never very good at theory, physics or maths. I'll just accept what you're saying and be happy with my images :) Confusing stuff nonetheless!

So I tried that in Lightroom. Opened an image and displayed it fully. Then zoomed in 1:1. I didn't see any difference on which areas were sharp and which were out of focus. The apparent DoF doesn't change. I really don't see how it can. When I click the shutter, the sensor sees the areas sharp...

Um. You've lost me. So I shoot a portrait at f1.4. DoF is so shallow that only the tip of the nose is in focus. I shoot at 12mp, so 4200 pixels on the long edge. Are you saying that if I crop to 800 pixels the DoF changes? Or are you saying if I resize the image to 800 pixels that the DoF changes?

forget f11. you're shooting yourself in the foot. light is scarce for most weddings. you need as much of it as possible. i shoot at f2.8 mostly, sometimes f1.8. that isn't the sweet spot for any of my lenses but i'd rather sacrifice a little technical quality than have to resort to flash or not...

If low light is the problem, then you need a fast lens, think 35/1.4 on a crop body or 50/1.4 on a FF. If the body isn't performing well at high ISO, then consider upgrading to something that can shoot cleanish at at least ISO 6400. Flash isn't always the answer and unless used well can look flat.

I have a 70-200 but hardly ever use it. I may even sell it. I have a 24-70/2.8 and 50/1.4 on my D700s. I use them the most.

Ta :) So back to the OP then... the x100 would be ideal for you :D