Recent content by dsolds

I have to say that despite the hard work it made a decent change from writing design documents. And the day rate was my normal rate so not too shabby. Mind you, I suspect a Pro would have charged quite a bit more :whistle: But probably more valuable to me was the portrait experience. I should...

Honestly, I don't know how you do it. Much respect I have after today. So the context is that I was asked to photograph 300 staff at work. I'm an amateur outdoor guy, not portraits or close up stuff. I did some a couple of months back but this was the larger office in England and to be brutally...

Yes, which is why I suggested the plus. It's physics really that firmware isn't going to solve. The standard model has only 2 aerials which was fine in single band wireless days but is not fine with dual band. Some others suffered the same issues, notably the 2-Wire things which several ISPs...

Yes, anything the ISP gives away free is usually worth exactly that amount of money to be frank. But, if you want to spend less than the Draytek, the D-Link is getting good reviews. Now I haven't tested this personally but peers and colleagues who do use it say it's very good and the wireless...

Yeah, but I'll bet you're better with a camera than me ;) Dual band wireless. 2 simultaneous wireless signals. Newer stuff tends to do both but 5GHz is handy for smartphones etc. Not essential but nice to have for future proofing. Voice over IP has been around a while and this router can...

The one I supply most of at the moment is a Draytek Vigor 2860n+. The non voice model (no V in the model name) comes with 3 aerials and does dual band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) wi fi with good range. It doesn't do the newer Wireless AC spec though, only 54 or 108 meg throughput. Draytek also make range...

I freely admit to being a very long way off "A good photographer" and all the poor results I get are a direct result of me not understanding something or other yet. But that said I went full frame, not for the sensor size per sé but for the newer technology. Not that my old D200 was particularly...

As I understand it you can only get the higher F number (5.6) when using the longest extent of the zoom. If you wind the lens in to 18mm the F stop should come down to 3.5. Regards Dom.

Precisely. Not a lot of change. 7 works on the existing hardware and doesn't require re-training of the whole workforce. But it is supported and patched. That's what companies like 'cos it keeps cost down.

It's the drill down to what you want feature which makes infinitely more sense than screens of randomly placed tiles I reckon. I use RHEL on servers at work, Windows 7 on the desktop at work and I have a Macbook Pro 15 at home which I swore at for about 4 weeks before I loaded Windows-7 on it...

Well, I thought I'd report back. Having consumed the advice I bought a flash diffuser from e-blag (a fiver inc delivery) and used the SB400 on camera with a 60mm F2.8 Nikkor lens. ISO 800, white balance set for flash, F2.8, 1/250th and manual focus. The above I got from experimenting with my...

I did the same as you, went from a D300 although I bought the D750 as I had no real accessories to consider other than lenses. I'm still struggling as I'm now learning to use it in manual mode but when I do get it right the images are vastly superior. I also bought the 28-300 lens as a "Days...

You've just described my desk perfectly :D Yes, will be staged rather than an ambush. But one or two individuals might need to order skip :rolleyes: So I work in that office. Not much daylight as meeting rooms have the outside windows. Mostly flourescent lighting although one or two desks are...

Hi All, I'm after some advice please. I've been asked to take some photographs of my colleagues at their desks, this is mainly for project newsletters during a time of very turbulent change. The thing is, I'm a real newbie to this kind of environment and I've no clue about lighting and...