Recent content by hobbsidt

Has any one use 7 day shop branded filters? Are they any good? - They are very cheep!

Many thanks guys - Gives me somthing to think about!

I would be grateful of a little advice. Which would make the best Walkabout lens? Sigma 18-200mm F3.5 OS or the newish Canon 18-135mm F3.5. I use a 400d & shoot a variety of subjects. Any thoughts/advice/experience would be most helpful :)

I haven't got a 5D!

Thaks for all the help. I'm now fairly sure I havent fried anything! but will stop using it just in case. Canon should really state the tollernces in the manual! Thanks again.

Just tested as 11.7V Not bothered about using again just want to make sure I haven't damaged anything yet! What do you think? On the net limits seem to be 6v or 250v but theres alot of difference here! Only used about 30 times

Many thanks for you help. I have found on the net someone has tested this unit as haveing a trigger of 11.5V but has also warned that this is no good for EOS cameras. - Doh! In my 400d instruction book it states ' do not attach a high-voltage flash unit on the camerasd hot shoe. It might not...

Hello, I wonder if any of you can help. I am fairly new to using a DSLR and having bought a 400D I have been trying to master the basics. My dad recently gave me an old flash gun (a Miranda CTB 24) which he used to use with his old film SLRs. I have experimented & managed to get some results...