Recent content by danpen

I generally try to have my tripod with me but it's a bit restricting for a lot of bugs, there's a couple of techniques I use. 1. Set the tripod up but rather than attaching the camera use it to rest your arm on, this is useful for subjects that are moving around over a small area. 2. These...

MyPix, that is a bargain, well done. It's a really fun lens, specially when you take that first shot at 50mm, & then zoom to 500mm and check out the difference. Thanks Matty, you've got some pretty good stuff there yourself.

Terminal Services (RDP) is the best I've used but is only present if the host is WinXP Professional or MediaCenter. VNC is OK for occasional use but is far slower that RDP, I've not got much experience of other alternatives.

A great lens, it's a really useful range. when I had a 20D I used to take the 24-105mm and a 18-50mm Sigma EX in my coat pocket. This was great for walks with the kids etc. where a long lens wasn't needed. It has a reasonably close focus as well which I've found useful when I didn't have a...

I have one, I've had some great shots with it. I've missed many more because I wasn't carrying it. Clearly a lens that size is only ever going to be with you when you know you'll need it but there's nothing in the 400-500mm range that's going to be lightweight. With digital I can always...

I had to get a couple of Sigmas rechipped when I bought my EOS 10D and the service from Sigma was excellent. They had it done very quickly and returned the lenses within a week. So it should not be too onerous a task to get yours sorted. (The fact that the Royal Mail then delivered them to...

I've had one of these on my 20d for a few months now, I doubt you'll be disappointed I think it's a great lens. It's small and lightweight but feels well built, autofocus could be faster but the image quality is good (enough for me and 8*10 anyway) throughout the zoom range. I prefer it at f5.6...