Recent content by john.e

Very cool, one of the best time lapses I've seen. The music goes really well too.

You can get the pouch for the 24-105 here: http://www.red-onions.co.uk/index.php?cPath=674_745&sort=2a&page=2

I think the popularity of the 85mm's may be due to the fact that it's a slightly more versatile/ useful focal length for most people.

If you own the 24-70 and a macro prime lens then the sigma 18-50 will only be useful as a wide angle for 18-24.

I'm considering upgrading to the iphone 4 from a 3gs. I have a problem with the 3gs; whenever I turn 3g on, my signal drops to being very low. Are there any iphone 4 users here that know if this problem still exists?

Since the OP is shooting with a 50d, I wouldn't recommend the 28-135 as it's not very wide on a crop camera. The canon 17-85mm IS is comparable in most ways but more suitable for a crop camera IMO.

Switch it off, it will be trying to fight against the panning motion and will be useless.

I've bought from DigitalRev a few times and I've always been happy.

I'm not really in a position to give you advice on the cameras but just a tip; Nikon 50mm 1.8's go for around £80 rather than £100 second hand so this frees your budget up a little.

This might be useful: http://speedlights.net/2010/09/16/nikon-sb-700-flash-specs-vs-sb-600-and-sb-900/ It has a list of the advantages of each.

No but f1.2 isn't that important to me so if this lens performs better overall and is cheaper then it's a no brainer really.

Nice review, thanks. I'm looking for a super wide for my 450d, would you say this lens is worth the premium over the sigma 10-20?

Since you don't have a flash your best option will probably be to use the 50mm at 1.8, choose a reasonable shutter speed and then just adjust ISO to get your exposures. As EOS JD said, the D700 is great at high ISO, and if you still have too much noise you can clean it up a bit in PP.

I've been searching for this too and unfortunately it seems the only real way is to send it to Canon.

Another vote for the 55-250mm. I recently upgraded from this to the 70-200 f4 L expecting a pretty big difference in IQ, there really wasn't much of one and I have to put this down to the quality of the 55-250.