Recent content by foogy

Forget aluminium and go for a pelicase of some description! they are customizable to suit whatever kit you want to put in them and are as near as makes no difference bombproof, wouldnt go back to an aluminium case after using a pelicase for a while now, yeah they are expensive but worth every...

Was always my intention to upgrade my lenses as well but was hoping to be able to use what I have meantime and up to a point I can as not all my lenses are efs spec, however since starting this thread I've bought a 24-105mm L series which I have to say going by the few snaps I've grabbed with...

Just upgraded to the 5D mark iii from my trusty old 500D and just getting to grips with it, but on my old 500D I used my efs 18-55mm lens loads but the 5D doesn't take efs lenses so was wondering if anyone can suggest a suitable alternative along the same lines as my 18-55mm efs lens that will...

Just waiting on my new 5d mark iii to be delivered and need to get a UDMA card for it so was wondering if anyone has any advice as to which type would best for this camera?

Looking to buy a 10 stop nd filter and I know Lee filters are probably the best out there but find it hard to justify spending the best part of £200 to buy the filter holder, adapter rings and the filter so have seen a Tiffen 10 stop filter on sale at around £30 and it seems to get good reviews...

I've just got a book today all about digital exposure so hopefully that will enlighten me a bit as to a lot of the stuff everyone is talking about, may even explain histogram! I thought histogram was a medical condition until today! lol

Sounds like a bit of trial and error to find out what works best, the pics I put were my first attempt so it it kinda gives me a basis to work on next time I give it a go.

Ok I see what you mean! So would I be correct in thinking that I need to use a darker filter or reduce the exposure time? Or a combination of both?

Need to excuse my inexperience but can you explain what you mean by blown highlights, I'm still a bit wet round the ears with this photography lark! lol

Been out in the Trossachs today and messed about with a bit of long exposure, heres a couple of my pics, would be interested to hear what people think of them, cheers!

Brilliant! that clears that up, no doubt there'll be other queries along the way but thanks again for the good advice!

Read your blog Mark and found it helpful but being a bit of a novice to this theres a couple of points I'd like to ask you about! No.13 on your blog Says "set exposure with bulb" to be honest I haven't a clue what you mean by that so would be much appreciated if you could enlighten me, also...

Thanks Mark! Not sure what I'd like to do yet but have seen quite a few long exposure pics around water and all of them are lovely so probably will experiment a bit once I get started and see what kind of results I get. Already have a tripod and a shutter release cable so will look at getting...

Really would love to get into doin some long exposure pics around water but cant find much information to get me started so was wondering if anyone has any tips and advice for a beginner to this type of photography, Cheers!

Thanks for all the advice! given me some ideas to think about, I cant afford all the expensive glass I would like so will plod on with what I have for now, read some reviews about the 7d and just thought it sounded like a good step from what I have at present but will maybe reconsider and just...