Recent content by frankblackcat

I was in a very similar situation to you and tried a few different ones, all secondhand. The one that gets most use is the 24-120 f4 which tends to stay on there ready for most situations. My first zoom for it, having spent all the money on the body was a cheap as chips Nikon 28-80 3.3-5.6G...

I was in a similar situation a couple of years back, spent my money on a D700 and then made do with cheap lenses from ebay until I could afford better. The G version of this was one of my first, and it's been a keeper even after I'd saved up.

Well, I don't particularly like Bryan Adams music but I would hope that doesn't prejudice my view of his photography.

I've bought several lenses on Ebay (and lots of other stuff) and never had any problems. But I am very careful, i.e. all the basic recommendations, I don't buy from sellers with poor or low feedback, I don't buy if the pictures don't show me enough for me to make a reasonable judgement, and...

Bad luck, the night I was on the weather was perfect (but freezing). We started at Marischal College, moved on to Robert Gordons College, then to His Majestys Theatre. At which point they were running late and I had to leave, but they planned to carry on into Union Terrace Gardens and then...

I've bought and sold lenses (and lots of other stuff) on Ebay with no problems. But I've read plenty of horror stories too, but never suffered from them or know anyone personally that has. I think you do need to be careful in terms of checking the small print (postage, returns etc) and looking...

Right, I attended the course last week on an exceptionally cold Aberdeen night and am reasonably positive about the experience. First thing to clarify is the price, I think £140 must be what he charges per course, and given it was though Group On, it works out a lot less per person, so my...

A couple of things worth bearing in mind, if this is your first year don't give up too early. I came very very close to dropping out of Uni in the middle of my first year but struggled on. It did get incrememntaly better over the subsequent years. Not saying this will be true for you...

Well, I am in Aberdeen, and nothing is free (or even cheap) here. Well, I just hope the price reflects the quality. I'll report back once I've done it, so far the booking process isn't very smooth.

Thanks for the suggestion about your guide to light trails , it's a very useful read. Yeah it means having to invest in a tripod, but I was going to anyway so not a problem. Price was £140 and I think they take 4 people at a time, so a good earner for them, but like I said it was a gift so I...

Has anyone done one of their courses? My girlfriend bought me their night photography course for Xmas, http://www.ritterphotography.co.uk/courses/ and I was just wondering what to expect or if anyone had had experience of them.

Excellent, thanks Scott, that's it working now.

Sorry if this is a dum question, but I'm just getting used to a new D700. Most of my lenses are manual and working fine, the one AF I have (at present) is a 35-80 1.4-5.6D (the plastic one), and I'm getting an FEE message. Having looked at the other current thread about this error message I...

Thanks, that all seems to confirm the direction I was leaning towards. Is the weather sealing not that good on the D700? It was again one of the reasons I was think of it over the D7000.

Apologies if this has already been covered, I couldn't find anything in a search. OK, I'm finally moving from film to DSLR, so trying to decide on a choice. I'm currently using an FE and F4, exclusively for black and white. I only use the F4 with manual lenses. So, I want to be able to use...