Recent content by KeithW

I have a couple of LowePro Nova camera bags, the 5 and the 2. They may be old (about 15 years) but carry all I want. THe big bag holds everything and I transfer to the smaller bag what I need at the time to carry with me. THe big bag can get pretty heavy

Old Minolta A mount 75-300 lenses are among the best ever, and available at a reasonable price, here in NZ on our main trading site, Trademe, they are around $250 (our $ is worth about 43GB pence right now having dropped from 47pence during the week) On a Sony APS-C sensor, the effective focal...

What you can do is get an old MF prime lens, say a 35mm or 50mm, you can pick them up for a song, and a reversing ring which enables you to screw the prime lens on to the filter ring of your other camera lens. THat will give you excellent macro results.

Even the very best photographers can take crap photos. Out of 40 or 50, there may be one or two worth keeping. At least with current digital photography, you don't have to worry about the cost of processing your shots before you can see what you've actually taken, the LCD screen gives you...

If this sort of thing is common in UK, thank goodness I live in New Zealand!