Recent content by Jamieconverge

had mine a few weeks, only tested it once so far and was mighty impressed with the results. to be honest i tend not to need to change my flashgun power so much from when i turn it on (im not bragging, i just seem to have pretty good luck when setting the power for the first time..) but that was...

have to say, ive used lowepro bags for most of the last decade (in all sizes) and ive been using the above since feb this year, its the best bag ive ever owned, absolutely fantastic. perfectly made, looks great and i can fit all my flashguns in! thoroughly recommended

other than the af advantages of a camera higher than a d90, if you're shooting at f8-11 with the same lens in a studio you'd be very hard pressed to notice the difference of the images (resolution aside) between a d60, d90 or d300... saying that, if you're looking for a studio camera thats a...

i only really do portraits so i always just select a focus point manually, often going all over the grid! d300 has 51 to choose from and i never have a problem not having one in the right place. to be honest ive never used the tracking or auto point selection modes, i find it plenty quick and...

just to add, the sb25 is great as well, exactly the same as the 26 but without the optical sensor. ive got 3 of them and all cost under £50 each from ebay over the last couple of years (2 of them pouched+boxed and mint, one unboxed and vgc). i bought the last one about 8 months ago, reckon the...

50mm f1.8 for 80% of the time, 18-70mm for the rest only two lenses ive got!

exactly, ive never used lower than iso 200 on my d300 for the reasons of it reducing image quality/contrast. id absolutely love a native iso 50, not sure why an iso 200 seems to be typical minimum now. actually took what may have been my first proper shot at 1/8000th the other week (needed f2...

i agree. their small size means they're much more useful in smaller spaces/ceiling rooms as well.

d3 or d700, 200 f2, 85 f1.4 and a 24-70, plus 3 or 4 sb900s though to be honest id be perfectly happy with a d700 and a 85 f1.8!

will the ambient lighting in the room really affect the exposure that much? have you tried taking a shot at the shutter/aperture speeds you'll want to use without the speedlights firing? i say because whenever im using flashguns indoors i find that at 250th f8the normal 60/100 watt bulbs in...

should be manual and apeture priority that you'll get full metering for, lose program and shutter priority obviously (because it cant change the apeture for you!). and it'd carry full exif. thats with the d300, so i should imagine its the same with the d700 thats what i love about nikon...

depending on the effect it can be whatever you want! to be honest if im after critical sharpness and dof ill always stick between f8-f11 and base my light power on that - i find thats a great starting point and pretty much tends to be the sharpest apetures in a lens, going significantly higher...

as above. im pretty sure you'll 'feel' the end of the zoom (ie just after infinity and at the minimum distance) but it should continue to move and yep, not locking in af is what is correct, and its a good thing!

really? i feel quite embarrassed. when the d2h came out thats exactly what i did a few times. 8fps on a digital was niiiiice!!