Recent content by johngie

Hi Nikon users, When I bought my D300 body last January I registered it immediately with Nikon to take advantage of the free second year warranty. I heard no more, but was advised by Nikon that all was well but the underwriters (Homeserve) had not yet sent out the letters of confirmation...

Disappointing about your experience with Silverprint. On the odd occasions I've used them they seemed pretty good. RK Photographic is a jewel in the crown though!

I believe that you can use a zinc-air cell of the same physical size as the mercury cell originally used in the OM1. They're sold as hearing aid batteries and have the same nominal voltage as the mercury cell. However once you've removed the tab to activate the cell, the life is rather short...

That's really important! The other issue with the Paterson reel is that the little ball bearings can get stuck in their "ramps". A lovely idea, that Paterson has used for decades, but doesn't always quite work, especially in 120. Modern film bases also seem more flexible (thinner?) than those of...

In north Wales, the jets fly through the Nant Ffrancon pass (the A5 south of Bethesda) at below road level (sometimes!). In the same area (Snowdonia) there are stunning views in lots of places, but try the A4086 westward from Capel Curig (on the A5). Excellent views of Snowdon. When you get to...

Nothing directly to do with this thread, but this fraud warning business can be a PITA. I've even had it buying through Amazon when different vendors are "fronted" (quite legitimately) by Amazon.

Perhaps even in those days there were IQ variations between lens samples! I was very happy indeed with the IQ of my 75-150, as I was with the Zuiko 35-105. But my son had one of the latter too, and I didn't think his was quite as good as mine. I still have quite a collection of Zuiko lenses...

Don't know what drive the OP has but I had similar problems with a Seagate 2.5 inch portable drive, even with a "twin" USB cable. I could never get it to work properly with my Lenovo laptop, although it would work sporadically if I took care which pair of the four USB ports on the computer I...

Panorama Factory

When I first started in digital I shot "jpeg fine". But IMO there's no doubt that RAW's the way to go. And for your Nikon, in my view Capture NX2 does a better job than (say) Adobe Camera Raw, albeit that it's not especially cheap. It even, for example, automatically eliminates CA (chromatic...

I had a very good experience with Skears, too. Cambrian Photography, Colwyn Bay has been mentioned here before. Super shop - just like the old days with highly knowledgeable (and even Welsh speaking :D) staff. And it's just 40 minutes away from me :) johngie

Has anyone dealt with these people? They always seem to come to the top of the list when searching for an item on Google. But a couple of years ago I was looking for a Tokina ATX Pro 28-80mm F2.8 zoom (that had recently been discontinued by Tokina). Microglobe's website showed a new one, Nikon...

Not necessarily. When I chose an A3+ printer this was a consideration for me too. I visited the "Photography at Work" exhibition that happened to be on when I was making my choice. Canon said their A3+ printers would not print longer than 19 inches. HP's B9180 would print up to 44 inches...

I wanted to buy a Tokina 50-135 ATX zoom, so I emailed my two nearest Jacobs stores. Liverpool responded very helpfully and got one from another branch for me. Manchester never even bothered to reply. So a lot depends on the local staff in store. johngie

The OM1 and OM1n are very reliable and of exquisite build quality. I have an OM1 dating back to 1976 that still works perfectly. OM's to avoid include the OM2SP, but the 2n is very nice and reasonably reliable and the electronics are relatively simple compared with the 2SP. They can suffer from...