Recent content by kayakingRob

Fantastic, thank you very much. Think that pretty much answers all my questions! Sorry for the simple questions!

Thank you Richard. I imagine that for most of the shots I have in mind the distance is likely to be 5-10m (15m at most), and probably shot using a 28-70 f/2.8 rather than the longer lens. Sorry, I'd try and explain the shots I have in mind to try and help, but it would take far too long to try...

Thanks very much, everyone. If I understand correctly, HSS fires the flash for several bursts that approximate to one flash as the shutter opens quickly? (ie, still set the shutter speed to 1/800th or 1/1000th, so the shutter still freezes the action?) What are the requirements to freeze the...

Sorry if this is a really simple question that has been asked many times before, but I'm struggling to find advice that I can understand and that I think is relevant to my requirements. I mainly shoot whitewater kayaking, though like to branch out into other subjects as well, and am looking...

I have recently upgraded my Sony software, but am struggling to do what I want with it! Is it possible in Sony Image Data Converter ver. 3 to batch process? I tend to shoot in RAW, but cant always find the time to process each individual photo and used to get around this by batch processing...

18-70 shouldn't pose any problems. It does sound like it's a problem with the sensor or maybe mirror.

I wish! Sadly I can't help you though!

Thanks for the help! :thumbs: evo456 - this actually sounds promising, especially as I already have a Minolta 50mm f/1.7 Gary.D and HoppyUK - I think that for most of my photography the 55-200mm might be a better choice than a 70-300mm.

On my Sony body I currently use a kit (18-70) and have a zoom (100-300) lens for more reach. I've not been very happy with my zoom lens, and have been thinking of upgrading it, but came across these two lenses which *might* suit my needs enough to replace both lenses and leave me with less to...

Went out this morning and had a play with the A500 in the shop. Tried a few others, but liked the A500 better, and bought it :thumbs: Thanks to you all for your helpful comments.

A pivotable rear screen and live view would be useful for that sort of shot, but it is something that I have been able to live without until now, and so I don't think that it should be something that I actively look for in an upgrade. Also it's quite rare that I find myself holding the camera at...

The biggest point for me is I'd like to get higher ISO for the lower light shots (the A100 will only give me 1600). Also this summer I had a few issues with an error message (think it was #59) which seem to have stopped now, but they were a pain at the time. Also I think the sensor could do with...

I mainly shoot whitewater kayaking, so I guess most of my photos (at least those in the UK) are in dull/flat/low light and with a lot of action. I often use continuous shooting, so need a reasonable fps rate. Other than reasonable lowish light performance, I don't rally have any other specific...

I currently use an A100, which I am looking to upgrade. As I have a few lenses etc already I've been looking at the new Sony bodies. Has anyone used one? Any opinions? I will head into a Sony Centre or something to try one after Christmas, but was hoping someone might have some proper experience...

Excellent, thank you very much! The SLR is an EOS model, so sounds like it might work then, just need to see if they produce the error messages and then maybe get them re-chipped. Now I just have to decide whether to stay with my Sony kit, or move to Canon...