Recent content by Iain Macleod

Sent some kit off to MPB and received a quote update from them today. They've reduced it by £90 claiming there was no battery included, but there definitely was one in the box. Has anyone else had this happen? Did you have any success in resolving the issue?

I carry 500ml of water with me to start and refill as i go throughout the day. At the last water source before camp, i fill up 3 litres to last me through till the next day. I rarely filter my water, but I do carry a MSR trailshot as a back up incase I have to take water from a less than ideal...

I went for the EOS R which I have found to be a good step up from the 80D. It took a bit of getting used to the EVF, but I much prefer it now. The 10-24mm was replaced with an EF 16-35mm f4. Excellent lens, but I have found that I'm mostly using the RF 24-105mm that I got with the camera.

I would recommend James Grant after attending a week long workshop of his in Assynt last year. He's written an excellent peak district photography location guidebook, so you are in good hands if that is your preferred location.

I used MPB for selling this week for the first time. They quoted me on a "like new" condition lens. It was collected from my house on Tuesday afternoon, delivered to MPB by Wednesday morning, inspected and the full quote amount was paid by 5pm the same day. I was very pleasantly surprised by...

I have bought from Panamoz, HDEW and e-infinity. Service was fine and I got a good price with HDEW and e-infinity. I have had no issues with the items I bought from them, so I can't comment on how their customer service is. Panamoz were excellent when I had an issue earlier this year. I bought...

I have started a thread in the classified section. https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/sirui-k-20x-ballhead-3lt-qr11-l-bracket.701769/

I have a spare K20X and a 3LT QR11 L bracket that I would be willing to sell if you are interested?

I was specifically looking at lightweight models with no centre column, so that ruled out the urban range. I couldn't find many reviews either, in the end it was this site that convinced me that the leofoto was worth a punt. https://thecentercolumn.com/rankings/travel-tripod-rankings/

Wex have a very limited range of Leofoto tripods and heads. I recently bought a Leofoto travel tripod and ballhead from eBay (LS-284C & LH-30). The build quality is excellent, I would say better than the Manfrotto (190CF) and Sirui (W2204) tripods that I have. The only problem is that it's too...

My most used lens is currently a tamron 10-24mm HLD on my 80D. It's rarely off my camera. I'm in the process of changing to Canon FF, so I assume the EF 16-35mm f4 L will become my go to lens.

Received my first order from Panamoz this morning and I have to say I found them excellent to deal with. I contacted them early last week to get advice on the best time to order my new camera as I would only have a 3 day window this week when I would be home to receive it (in between a work...

The Landscape winner is Northton on the Isle of Harris. Pleased to get a highly commended image in the Landscape catagory myself.

I'm surprised you've had issues when locking off the K-40x. I use the K-20x and experience no drift at all when locking. Even when using my 70-200mm at an angle it locks of exactly where I want it. If anything, I actually wish I had gone for one of their smaller and lighter ballheads.

Crap paper and the wrong profile will create a horrendous print . My prints were horrendous, as bad as the OP's, until I switched to a better paper with good profiles. All the issues I had been having were instantly fixed with that simple change.