Recent content by geebus

Cheers, may well go for yours as given the chance I do prefer to buy from a company with some 'presence'. I'd also be looking for some cheap 'holders' - may even up at Ikea, but if you've got any suggestions... can't justify the 'quad' option you have, however nice it'd be to have a few of...

E36 M3: MNR VORTX R1 (My friend having a go): Mostly going to be around in the Vito however, need to get the winter tyres back on it now that we've got some snow.

There's an awful lot of conspiracy theories and half truths about them. For instance yes, I believe it can be converted to Formaldehyde in your body. Sounds pretty scary!... at least until you find out that 'natural' organge juice also does the same, but even more! I got addicted to Coke...

Looking for some reasonably bright bulbs for taking pictures of various bits for selling on ebay, vehicle and possible for video use for a friend's band (who could really do with some kind of lighting anyway as they often play in dingy pubs without anyway.) 35w with a claimed CRI over 90 -...

Pretty sure Clarkson described how motorcyclists should be murdered with wire strung across where they rode some time ago and only a few eyelids were battered. Wonder how carefully calculated this was - I'm sure it will do a lot more good than harm to sales of his Christmas DVD. More annoying...

I'm away at the moment, but have a 60d (same sensor) - am in Keighley but do pop over to Leeds occasionally. If you do want to have a play, drop me a message a week on Tuesday (when I'm back) if you haven't got anything sorted and I'll see what I can do :).

I like my LX3 for easy portability, 24mm (equivalent) at the wide end and reasonable IQ. However, definitely like the idea of something like the S95 - which is very easy to keep with you where ever you go. Given the choice now that prices have come down a bit, I would also be considering one of...

I have been pretty impressed by the cropability of m 60D so far. However I have wondered about that in the past - compare it to say a 5D MK II, does the 1.6x really mean anything at all, because on the FF camera you can then just actually do a 'crop' and come out with a similar or possibly...

As I often say in relation to motorcycles (on performance grounds) - a good rider will easily go quickly on a cheap, old bike. A less talented rider won't be a better rider on an expensive new bike; but they may well be a quicker rider still. Similarly, while a skilled photographer may get...

Ended up with the Tamron and generally happy with it's performance. Kept forgetting and left VC on while panning, but didn't actually seem to get in the way - though need to check some that didn't come out great to see if it was just my lack of skill with too low a shutter speed. I did consider...

Ended up with the 20mm F1.8 sigma. Pretty happy with it so far, though just got some 'ambient' snaps while at a motorbike trackday for the last couple of days.

I had tried a camera permanently attached to the bike, but for my 690 enduro (654cc single) the vibrations were far too much. What I ended with is an LX3 in a flexible waterproof case on a quick release tripod bracket. I used two keyring self retracting chain things - these meant that if...

What is improving is the high ISO quality. Can see a case of it ending up being 6400 ISO say as your 'standard' setting unless you want some blur some years down the line - because the human eye won't be able to usefully differentiate the difference between that and 100 ISO. Plenty of other...

To continue going in circles, this makes some interesting reading: http://justpaste.it/c8g (Of course we don't know how true it is and I'm glad to say I have no idea about the kid we're talking about - but it goes to show that there are plenty of people who are 'exploited' to a much greater...

Most modern cameras, even a top spec £7k pro camera and lens combo can do pretty well when set on the 'auto' mode. So it's just a case of getting used to the different. For the OP; in some case you can get adaptors, for instance for using Olympus lenses on Canons. Wish I'd known that before...