Recent content by jamesroberts

TFC hire them for reasonable amount, i'm eager to try them out and compare them to Batpac's which are for the record, a tad overpriced :shrug:. Ian, From my experience speedlites are good way of learning the tricks of the trade, they'll cope fine in reasonable lighting conditions, they're...

I got outbid on a Canon 28 f1.8 on ebay a little while back, this looks a far better alternative! From the amount of times my Canon 50 f/1.4 has been in repair shop i'm replacing it with the Sigma 50mm... built a hell of a lot more robustly. Terms of build quality there definitely isn't much...

Keep a saved search on ebay on tripods, preferably Manfrotto. People will flog them a lot cheaper in return for collection only. E.g. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Manfrotto-055CL-Tripod-Manfrotto-055CL-Tripod-foam-grip-to-legs-/261185415883?pt=UK_Tripods_Monopods&hash=item3ccfdd2acb Then invest...