Recent content by jenic

£50 cashback? I thought it was £25.

I took advantage of the Jessops deal with the free 600ex flash a couple of weeks ago. Sold the flash and software and got quidco cash back which totalled £400 after my costs. So I paid £1075 in the end for a new UK 6D body only and bought a 1 year old 24-105mm for £450, total of £1525 so not a...

I'm very tempted by a 6D + 24-105mm kit. Have I missed the best offers? The best I can find is the jessops deal at £1999 with a free 600ex which I could sell for around £300 new. So £1700. What were the best deals last month? Was the Harrisons deal £1700 after cash back plus the free grip?

I've recently purchased a 24-70L for my 550d and the improvement over the kit lens is unbelievable. Wider aperture, sharper images with better colours, fast focus, love it. I will definitely be investing in more quality lens' in the future, and like said, its future proof too as when i upgrade...

Picked up my 350z a few weeks ago, loving it :)

I've got the 4-5.6, got it for christmas least year. Love the lens, my most used. Never felt I needed a wider aperture with it either as I mostly use it in the daytime, outside.

You talk about a flash gun. The 600D has built in wireless flash trigger iirc, so can trigger a speedlite flash for off camera flash work. This alone would make me go for that, I think the accessory for my 550D to do this is about £150 but i'm going to get one as I find my cheap ebay...

I picked it up today, its fantastic. So sharp, had a mess about in the carpark on the way home, loves the bokeh! 24-70mmL test shots by mjenic, on Flickr

I think my minds been put at rest now, thanks. Lets not get started on 24-70 v 24-105, that little decision has been playing on my mind for 2 weeks now but decided the wider aperture is more useful to me than the IS.

I'm on the verge of buying this lens tomorrow, intact I have one put aside at my local shop. I have a small worry though that it may be just a tad too long on my crop 550D. I am wanting to use it as a general walkabout lens. I have the kit lens also, which I hope will be made redundant by...

I think a decent bag is a good shout. I've just upgraded to a flipside 300 and its nice being able to fit all my kit in one bag thats good quality.

I've always left them in personally. Is there a reason your wanting to remove them?

This. Never had issues with the 7 day shop one's :)

I used UV lens' for protection at first but binned them soon after. I suffered from a lot of light spots on the images, especially in low light. I agree with above, use a hood and 'creative' filters when required.

You ideally need a longer lens for motorsport work. There's a few options in the 70-300mm field, both Tamron and Sigma make acceptable budget len's. Have a search around, there is quite a bit of info on the forum on the subject.