Recent content by Halfcharged

I watched the bits that made sense without audio... on a work PC here. The general gist seems to be that the UV filter really serves no purpose at all other than to make your pictures worse. As far as damage is concerned, put a lens hood on - that's more likely to save the front element of...

An update for anyone that's interested... So I ended up buying a £3.99 Nikon battery USB charger off ebay. I was concerned about damaging my batteries, but I've been using it since June and it actually seems to work quite well. So well in fact, I hardly ever use the Nikon mains charger...

I've got one of those chargers (albeit with a different brand at the top: technoline). Absolutely brilliant - I use it with Eneloop batteries. Here's the manual link: http://www.technoline-berlin.de/manual/BC700_e.pdf Be aware that if the battery is SERIOUSLY discharged it may just show...

Yes - I heard that programme too. It was quite an interesting perspective on it. I still don't agree with the "sport" on any level, but this commentary on the other side of the argument was enlightening and even for an animal lover like me, it was enough to make me think that perhaps there...

My normal one I use on my bike is a Contour Roam 2. It doesn't take run off external power, but it will do about 3 hours on a full charge in low quality mode. However I just bought a cheap "go-pro rip off" off ebay though for £26 for another purpose. That DOES run off external power. I won't...

I have one of those adaptor things that I bought shortly after buying my first SLR. The only time I ever bring it out is to log decorating progress because I can get a whole room into a frame. I'm afraid I agree with everyone else though. They are pretty woeful. That said, if you just want...

Thank you for the tips - much appreciated! When it comes to pictures I'm taking just for myself then I am very much either keep it or throw it, and I tend to do it on the camera - it doesn't even make it as far as the laptop. I considered I should be more sensitive with pictures that are...

First time... inexperience... The software that comes bundled with the the D7000. I'm learning gimp now 'cos it's free.... I don't mean I actually sat in front of a computer for 8 hours a day for 3 weeks. I meant I kept coming back to it for an hour here, 2 there. Then deciding which ones to...

I did my first wedding last year as a favour for a friend-of-a-friend. They had no budget at all for a photographer. They were originally just going to use their guests pictures and then had second thoughts. I didn't charge anything - the experience was absolutely invaluable and was all I...

There's a council car park opposite wembley arena. It's free for motorbikes - no idea for cars, but probably a little cheaper than the stadium parking. If you're going into london first on the tube, then Westfields in Shepherds bush does £5 all day parking (I think). Shepherds bush central...

Seconded... I'd like to have read someone else's POV on it. I decided I'm rubbish at street photography after a couple of weak and half-arsed attempts. I worry too much about getting caught! I truly admire the people that can shove a camera with a short lens in someone's face in such a way...

I know it's not exactly a full and forensic review, but I did try a Sigma 18-300 in Gatwick airport when I had an hour to kill once, because I couldn't spend another minute sitting in Starbucks. The lens was genuinely terrible, but then it was also ridiculously cheap - you get what you pay for...