Recent content by emboli

The housing is a bit of a pipe dream - and to be honest the compact cameras and housings i've used recently have been OK. Just need to sort out the options for my wife this year - may start looking at options for a camera setup for diving later in the year. Afterall, that for me :D

Wow 2kg, now that’s heavy. She finds the current kit she has just about right which comes in at 1.1kg for both lens and body. With a big lens that would come in somewhere about 3gk - that’s a lot. So perhaps a good quality 70-300mm (or similar) and a 15mp body would give more detail...

I've just had a look at the site StewartR links to - lens hire. Just spoken to my wife and looks like she'll hire a couple of lenses to evaluate. Thanks for the comments. So, really it looks like new lens - then new body, then underwater housing for the old 400D ;)

Thanks for the quick replies - told you i knew little about photography, didn't even get the resolution right. I know the lens in the long run is probably the best option, but as a step in the right direction would a 50% increase in resolution help a lot, or just a little? would she get a...

Hi, please forgive me if this post appears a little bit naive, that could be down to the fact I know little about photography. My wife is in to photographing wildlife, in particular birds. However having to crop her photos to get a reasonable size image obviously degrades the quality. Now...