Recent content by Peter Loew

Thanks; no I think it's just the body actually but I am waiting for confirmation on this. Right, here is my ignorance. I am an amateur and enjoy street photography and portrait shoots, I use my 450D in this capacity mostly. How would a full frame benefit me over a cropped sensor like my...

Ah of course. Darn, I only have 1 EF lens and that's my nifty fifty. The rest are EF-S! This could be more expensive than I thought!

I have a friend who is selling her Canon 5d for £600... is this a good price for a used 5D and should I jump at the chance? I currently have a 450D so I imagine it will be a big jump... Thanks, P

I see, so do you find you can take night shots blur-free with a monopod?

What exactly is the difference between a monopod and a tripod apart from the obvious 1 legged and 3 legged stand; why own a monopod when you can buy a tripod?

Ahh thanks to all. I get it now!

Hi all! I have two questions that I'd be grateful to get a fuller explanation on by one of you learned members of TP :) Note I have a Canon 450D. 1) In the book Understanding Exposure, the author talks about Mr Green Jeans, and says when faced with a scene that has lots of green in it, to...

Prob best off using manual or Av mode instead and using the DoF preview button to give you an idea of how the exposure will turn out.

Things should be perfect for the price you pay. I would return it and get a new one.

I haven't read the book yet (it's on the way) but it sounds like the author is using the camera on manual mode in this example, since he is adjusting both the aperture and the shutter speed. I think he means he focuses on the subject and takes a light meter reading, adjusting the shutter...

Not sure if it's supposed to be weather proof but this happened to me on my 17-85 and I left it for a couple of hours in a warm room, which cleared it up.

I'm relatively new to photography, and have the following set up: 450D with kit lens, EF-S 17mm-85mm lens for general walk-around shoots, and a new Nifty Fifty which after only having for a day I love and find I can be much more creative with this lens. My question is: Are certain lenses...

Thanks. I will make a full backup of everything (Time Machine) and also of the individual photos that I import. This should be interesting! Nigel, I might fire some questions your way in the next couple of weeks or so.

Sounds interesting, I think a trial version of each will do the trick!

Hi all, I'm an amateur and more or less just starting out. I own a 450d and although my primary focus right now is to concentrate on my photography skills and developing my photographers eye, composition, framing etc skills (what I call raw photography) I want to start looking at post...