Recent content by colonel_mustard

I've just signed up. First impressions are quite good, I much prefer the design to Flickr, but the uploader seems to be a bit buggy; it sometimes takes me multiple attempts to get a photo uploaded. Here's my link: http://500px.com/tjones, and I'm following a few from this thread too.

Cropping won't affect the depth of field. If you were to crop the 50mm so the field of view were the same as a 55mm lens, then the depth of field would also look like that from a 55mm lens. You've just effectively magnified the image. Besides, the difference you're talking about is so small...

Is this a joke? :thinking: If not then I suggest you just crop the images to get the result you want.

I hired a Canon 17-55 f/2.8 for a wedding and used it on a crop body. I found the flexibility of the zoom useful, so I'd go for the Nikon equivalent. On the other hand if lighting will be bad and you don't have a flashgun it may be worth going for a prime.

I've used Lenses For Hire a few times and can recommend them. I know nothing about LensPimp.

Well I placed an order on Wednesday morning for the soft ND grad set at teamworkphoto.com and it arrived on Friday morning.

No Agfa?

If you're doing a long ride such as this then I'd say get a road bike soon and start riding it to get used to the position. If you've not ridden one before then it can take a while to get used to. I don't see why you shouldn't ride in the drops; I find that position quite comfortable.

I do a lot of cycling there at various times of the day and night, and can confirm that the pedestrian gates are open 24/7 all year round, apart from when there's a deer cull (September and February I think). The opening and closing times only apply to cars.

I know of someone who had this problem with a Sony camera (don't recall the model) and it was indeed because of this. It had to go back to Sony for repair.

28mm prime on 1.6 crop is mainly what I use.

I have loads in both eyes, all shapes and sizes, and have had them for as long as I can remember. I used to get very annoyed by them but not so much any more. I went to see an ophthalmologist about them. He had a look with a slit lamp and said he could see I had loads, but it was nothing to...

If you're sharing files internally on the network then it'll be fine. When I was at university we used all sorts like DC++. The network admins only really care if it's using the Internet connection heavily or if it's actually causing problems. I found that out the hard way!

This is true. The following proves it: Manually focus your lens on some text, and then move it out of focus until you get to the point where you can just about read the text. Then take a photo at about f/2.8. When I do this, the text in the photo is far too blurred to make out, but I could...

I've been to both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. It was a while ago and I didn't take a camera, but I don't think you'll be able to take any in the House of Lords.