Recent content by Jeff

My Manfrotto Neotec tripod has a jammed leg (again) having already sent it back twice to be repaired (at a cost of £115) so it seems I need to buy a new tripod. The Neotec is a great tripod when it works, so fast to set up, but very unreliable. I am thinking of either the Manfrotto 055CXPRO3 or...

Better processor, slight pixel increase to name but 2; there are several other improvements (which I don't really know off hand) but overall I am not convinced that the price difference justifies upgrading, well not for me anyway. If money is not an issue, then go for the newer model, but I am...

I was going to leave Canon behind to return to Nikon and get a D600 (I started out with Nikon and I've always felt like a Nikonian) as it sounds like a great body, but having read lots of reviews complaining about this oil on the sensor issue, i've decided to stay with Canon for a while. Dust...

First the new 24-70mm f2.8 comes out at a staggering £1899 and now we have the option of a 24-70mm F4 (with IS and Macro facility) at a mere £1499. Is it just me or are these prices ridculous? I mean, you could buy two really decent laptops for those prices. Nikons 24-70mm suddenly seems like a...

A 17-40mm is my standard lens; it seems to do for 90% of my shots. I'm considering going to primes though.

I guess it also depends what you shoot for - if its just for personal pleasure and you rarely enlarge beyond A4 then you probably don't really need a DSLR but for professional work and big enlargements, a big sensor will always have an edge over a smaller sensor I would have thought, otherwise...

I realise that, I'm just dreaming!

Fast maximum apertures are not something I need or want as most of my pics are tripod mounted at f11-22; also faster lenses weigh a ton more. Bokeh seems to be something that photographers talk about and everyone else pays not a jot of attention to, and again not really relevant for my area of...

I should have mentioned that I'm talking amateur use here - I guess a pro will abuse their equipment more and in that situation the extra expense for build quuality will be worth it (and tax deductible!) My only issue with entry level bodies (apart from their plasticky feel) is the amount of...

I'll be quick - Canon primes without the L designation - are they considered inferior to Canon zooms which do have the L designation?

Just some recent thoughts: Lets face it, in today's digital world, the DSLR body you use makes very little difference to the quality of your images (assuming you use it correctly), but as always, the lenses do make a difference. So, I'm thinking, forget the latest body and spend your money on...

OK, thanks for the replies. Time to rethink and maybe buy Lightroom (I use Capture One Light at the mo.) I currently get rid of it by switching to Lab colour, blurring channels a and b and then returning to RGB, followed by desaturating the offending colour (if possible) which, as you can...

Hopefully this is the correct forum for this - Is it just me who suffers from colour fringing? I doubt it, but it is a problem which I am finding frequently since using a Canon 5D 11. Vertical objects near the frame edges are the main areas for concern - a definite green and purple fringe on...

I would rather stay at home than shoot landscapes without one. In towns I do get a little self conscious, especially at night, as it seems to say "I have an expensive piece of kit", and I was once accosted in a field by a man on a very fast horse as he thought I had a shotgun. Its also harder to...

I bought a 17-40mm Canon lens from HK - no problems. My father bought a Sigma 70-300 mm lens from there, again with no problems, but I probably would not buy a camera body as its more likely to go wrong than a lens. Can't remember the name of the company but it was on Ebay.