Recent content by mark.roper

John, I know someone who does this, and others who've made their own rain covers out of bin bags taped to the lens etc., I've just never used one and was hoping not to have to, and wondered if anyone here had any real world experience with the R5 ii in the rain. Never been to Knockhill but...

Hello, haven't visited these forums for a good long while, but hope this might be the place to get some advice ... I've recently purchased a Canon R5 ii, having used Olympus cameras for several years, and have a couple of questions: 1. My Olympus EM1-X is / was extremely weather-proof, used it...

Congrats Toby, if only I'd known we were allowed to photoshop our submissions I might have done the same. :D Thing is, I don't think this is your best image, I like the one of JP hitching a ride with Collard, I thought that was more "on theme". :D

^ yep, the EM1 Mk2 would do the trick, I use it for "real" cars rather than radio controlled but it's perfect for the job!

Absolutely, I have the 2 x f/2.8 zooms and the 2 x TC's, and they all go in a relatively small and light shoulder bag, but I still have (FF eq) 24 - 600mm covered.

It does, and if you absolutely must have the reach the PL 100-400 does the trick, I just don't need it, so it's an easy choice for me, I don't use the 40-150 + TC combo because it's better per se, I use it because it suits what I do.

@the black fox not that I could tell, the 40-150mm f/2.8 is lightning fast, and fitting a TC to it seems to make no difference in that regard, but then I'm shooting cars and bikes, they're not so twitchy!! I don't want to sound too disparaging of the Panasonic 100-400mm, I didn't have it for...

I've only really used it in anger at Snetterton, and when you're shooting far away cars / bikes at race circuits then atmospherics tend to play a role, but they would even with a longer lens and no TC I guess? For the short time I had the Panasonic 100-400mm, and used it at Snetterton (and...

I have a few shots on Flickr with the 40-150mm f/2.8 + MC20 -> https://flic.kr/s/aHsmHfwQpm Not sure how representative they are, they're just some photos I took that I wanted to share, as opposed to demonstrate the MC20 specifically. Whilst I'd say it's true the lens isn't as sharp with TC...

Here some photos taken by my rain-soaked EM1.2 at Aldershot yesterday. The amount of spray was a challenge early on:- The 40-150mm f/2.8 still did a good job resolving detail from one end of the track to the other:- I do like to try reflections in puddles when there's so much water...

The EM1.2 was out today at a rain soaked Aldershot. Hard working camera, never lets me down:

Realised I haven't posted anything around here lately, so here's some snaps from September .... This is the MSC Gulsun, apparently the largest container ship in the world, docked at Felixstowe, which is close to me, but taken from Shotley peninsula which is the other side of the river. Don't...

Been wrestling with this question myself lately. Only been doing photography for the last couple of years and never used Lightroom Classic so went straight for the new "cloud" version. Nice simple interface and I like that it uploads my photos to the cloud straight away, although I've set...

Looks like I'm going to Donington on Sunday, a friend competes in a club bike competition, but I've never been and I hear it's not the greatest for photography with lots of safety fencing everywhere. As a Donington newbie, and bearing in mind what the circuit's like now, any advice anyone can...

This to me epitomises m4/3, can you imagine anyone uttering that sentence with the words "EM1x" replaced by "D5", and "300 f4" replaced by "600 f4" ?? o_O