Recent content by PD_BARBS

To be honest, I would just use your phone, I have been to Disney a few times and Universal a few times, and only took the camera out once. You will have enough to carry with water bottles, snacks and stuff and depending on what rides you go on, will be sure to get a soaking. The camera is...

Looks like Christmas came early

I just picked up a Samyang 12mm. I was wondering if anyone else has one, what do they think about it, and any tips to using it. I got it mostly for landscape and astro(which I have never done before)

I haven't missed moving from FF yet, there maybe times I will but we will see. As for the 18 to 55, I think it is as good as the 24 to 105. Although it doesn't have constant aperture, but I'm tempted to get a few primes as well, so maybe just changing my whole style of shooting. I will miss...

I recently made the switch to Fuji from Canon. I got. fed up with all that weight and wanted something lighter for travel so bought an XT1 and 18-55 from Fuji refurbed. I loved it so much I sold all my canon gear to mpb, which consisted of a Canon 5D11, 24-105, 17-40, 70-200 and a sigma 50mm...

I bought an XT1 for a recent trip to Italy and loved it so much I sold all my canon gear. This is one of the reasons why, just need t stock up on all my lenses now. A shot taking of a few gondeliers having a well deserved break by PETER BARBER, on Flickr

If the Lee ones are out of your budget, I'd also look at Hitech filters, I used them in the past and they weren't too bad at all. Teamwork is a good place for these as they tend to be well priced. http://www.teamworkphoto.com/ If you looking to shell out a few hundred quid for Lee's try...

I recently went down this route after I dropped my 7D in the sea. I mainly shoot landscapes and portrait, so thought the 5D II was a worthwhile upgrade and to be fair so far I haven't seen enough difference to justify the expense. I previously had a 7D, Canon 17-55 and Sigma 10-20.70-200 f4...

Thanks for this, I'm going to get a few folks at the camera club to try it on their bodies to see if there any issues. To be fair the reason I bought the Sigma 50mm, is because I had a Sigma 30mm paired with 7D and loved the shots and sharpness of it, so hopefully this one will be easily...

Thanks ill try and play with the MA again and hope for the best

Excellent, that is good to know, so certainly worth a try, I'll let you know how I get on. Peter

I will do, it'll save alot of hassle sending the stuff back.

Thats not too bad, so that maybe an option. Thanks

Thanks, to be fair, its not even pixel peeping sharpness I'm worried about, but sharp eyes would even be nice. I tried a number of tests on text, ruler, lens test sheet and people and I haven't taken a shot with it yet that even comes close to acceptable. I bought it to replace my canon...

Folks I just bought a Sigma 50mm 1.4 from OneStopDigital for my Canon 5D MKII. On running through a few test shots last night, this lens seems to have some signifcant front focus issues. I contacted OneStopDigital who informed me that they will not do replacements on focus issues as the...