Recent content by Jolyon Ralph

Now.. I know there's a lot more to buying a tripod and head than just raw stability (weight, fluidity of head movement, etc etc) but when researching tripods to buy for my 5DSR I have been told by many people that I need something heavy and expensive (just heavy won't clearly do). Reading...

I have a Mac Pro 2013, which might be overkill, but then I do have over 200,000 images in my LR library, and it's not too slow. Think about SSD as your main priority, and then ram, and fastest multicore cpu, and then more ram.

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I'd say it's the thing we all take for granted with digital cameras but has totally changed photography - the ability to review the image on the rear screen immediately after you take it.

Ok. I will work on it! And yes, my 5D M3 is somewhat "used" - well over 100k activations but still working fine (as you'd expect).

They said it can't be done! They said it was impossible! Ok, they were mostly right. But I still did it anyway... EF-M (22mm f/2.0 STM) on an EF body (5D Mark III) have a look here: http://www.everyothershot.com/yes-you-can-use-an-ef-m-lens-on-an-ef-body-sort-of/

You didn't specify zoom in your request. Do have a play with the Samyang 14mm lens. It's manual focus (but that's not a big deal for very wide angle lenses) and the focus distance ring is a work of pure fiction, but you can get some really really good shots out of it, it can be very sharp and...

Ok. assuming I had to buy a new camera, and assuming that I didn't already have any camera equipment I'd probably go for an EOS 760d body, EF 17-55 f/2.8 lens and if there is any money left over a 50mm f/1.8 STM

I like the suggestions but I'm definitely not in favour of going to 2x CF slots. One of the big advantages of the dual system for me is that wherever you are it's quite easy to get replacement SD cards but CF cards are few and far between. Add to this that CF slots have a nasty habit of...

Rokinon lenses are all manual-focus only - if that's an issue for you.

I've got both the 8mm and 14mm full-size EF lenses which I have played with on adaptor with EOS and they're pretty good. I haven't tried the EF-M form factor lenses but sure want to...

I fly out of the UK and back again several times a year with my hand carry being my Tamrac bag full to the brim of cameras, lenses, MacBook/iPad, chargers, cables, etc. Invariably I get my bag pulled aside for manual inspection but it's never more than a few minutes extra time. Also I've been...

The 28-70 is quite a good lens, but not as good as the 24-70 and unlike the 24-70 mk 1 it is no longer supported with spares etc, so if it goes wrong you may have a big job getting it fixed. But at that price you'd be better off just buying another one anyway! But for under £250 a 28-70 f/2.8L...

I used the 28-135 for several years with my 500D - it was the first lens I bought other than the kit lens and I really had no idea about lenses at the time. I got some good shots out of it, but it was hit and miss, and it was only when I got the 50mm f/1.8 II that I realised what I had been...

Yes. It's a good idea. I can't do it with the bag I have handy but there's no reason not to try this. If I had some perspex I would have done exactly this. I refer you to my my earlier comment about laziness