Recent content by christurbo

Perfect thanks.

Hello! I’ve been a long standing member since around 2008 and love reading through the wealth of knowledge and buying and selling many items of camera gear over the years. I was wondering why I don’t have access to the classifieds anymore? Many thanks Chris

Thanks for your advice. I have now taken delivery of:- Sigma 85mm f1.4 Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 This should cover most bases, I like the compression I will get from the 85mm as long as I get the space to shoot!

It's a constant 2.8 and has great reviews on Flickr for sharpness as well as bokeh quality.

Great shots guys and thank you. You make a good point about the 2.8, to capture the whole car for certain shots I would be using a higher apature. Sounds like for a one lens killer kit the Tamron 2.8 28-75 would be perfect for my needs. To answer the question about what I was trying to...

Hi, I have had a number of cameras and lenses but have been out of the game for years. My last was a Sony A7RII and various lenses, but have been using an iPhone 14 Pro Max for what I mainly shoot = cars (static, non motion). I am getting a bit fed but with the limitations of using a...

I did an iPhone challenge on Flickr and really enjoyed it. My 6 Plus is great. Especially for street or impromptu snaps.

Flicking through some old photos taken with the A7RII and quite like this even though it lost a lot of contrast being shot through a shiny glass cabinet. Press down to clamp by Chris McDonald, on Flickr

I don't waste space with partitions. I run mutiple servers and OS on VMware Fusion so they all run at the same time and I can access them all without disrupting the next.

Yes, but my thin leather strap which is perfect for my A7Rii would not be used on the Nikon with some heavy G glass....

I think it depends on the camera. A D810 with grip and a 24-70 would need a more heavyweight strap to an A7rii with a prime.

I'm thinking about buying a 4,1 or 5,1 Mac Pro and flashing EFI to accept top end Westmere processors (like in 2010+ Mac Pros) which still seems to be top end of Geekbench. I currently rock a Mac Mini Server i7 which punches above its weight at Mac Pro level (9k) single processor. However I...

The only thing I use 1:1 for is to see if I nailed focus.

Yes there is a lag in preview 1:1 - its due to the huge file sizes. A trade off of having such a high megapixel count (A7Rii). Its a trade off I can live with because most of my selection happens in Lightroom. Quick snap of the ground - again - using the articulating screen which is alien to a...

I've done this loads of times and Superduper has been the tool for the job.