Recent content by Major Stare

I normaly take photo's of the family/scenery and motorsport but i have recently thought about getting a fish eye/180 lens. Any tips/ your thoughts? Suggestions? Lens choice?

Cheers all, Fitted the grip tonight with fully charged batteris. The camera feels so much better in portrait position and the additional buttons means its easier to use:thumbs:

Cheers. I have purhcased a Canon grip (non cheapo ebay copy) and additional battery. I always charge batteries the night before a shoot and the camera turns off after 30seconds. I'll change the LCD settings so it doesnt auto preview and its turns off. Reason im in this section of the...

Rather than changing batteries (i suspect at an awkward time), would one of these be the better bet with two Cannon batteries?.....

Did my first motorsport event this weekend using TV mode (so you can see im a newbie). My Canon 400D battery didnt last the two days, infact it only just made it till 10.30 this morning:( Should i buy another battery the same, or, i have seen a battery that connnects under the camera??? I...

My father has been in a nursing home for 6 months now and will be staying there. It is his birthday soon and i would like to buy a digital photo frame that my brother and I can put SD (or similar) cards in, to scroll through photo's of his children and grand children. Nothing expensive -...

Immature and possibly old, but i found this rather funny (needs volume)...http://www.stuffucanuse.com/airport/airport-announcement.htm:lol::lol::lol:

Im all for saving energy at home which means i save ££ off my bills. But do you think this works?....http://www.standby-saver.co.uk/energy_wizard:thinking::thinking:

Captain Penguin........... yes im very happy with it........... but im no pro, so try it first and ask on the forum;)

Thanks guys, Will check out MD's threads. Took some pics at the Waddington Air Show a few weeks back, first time ever playing with the manual settings. Having seen the quality of peoples photos, i dont think i'll be posting pics:nono:

Hello all. Decided to join this forum against others on the internet, because having looked through, ive found the support/answers to be honest and friendly. I have the following;- Canon 400D Canon EFS 18-55mm Tamron Di AF 70-300mm Camray UV filter Canon remote control Joined as...