Recent content by peterh_602

I treated myself to a Gitzo Traveler GT2545T kit in preparation for a trip to NZ earlier this year (using it with a Nikon D750 and various lenses) and couldn't have been more happy with it. I went back and forth between it, the Traveler GT1545T and the Mountaineer GT2542. In the end, the two...

I went from a D200 to a D700 and then to a D750. The first change was easier because the layout of the controls/buttons was similar. The D750 is different to the D200/D700 in this respect, but not difficult to adapt to. If I were using a D750 alongside a D700, it could be an issue though. I...

Thanks, George! As Rob mentioned above, I think I was fixated with the colour of the water when processing #1 - and #4 was just a bit of messing around under an amazing night sky. I'll post more on my Flickr and maybe one or two others here as I go through the images - I don't want to flood...

Thank you! After pouring down solidly for a couple of hours while I was on a boat trip, the rain suddenly stopped and the clouds broke up a little, so I was lucky with the timing!

Just back from a trip to New Zealand and Hong Kong and have started looking through the images. Here are a few... #1 Lake Pukaki by Peter Hastings, on Flickr #2 Milford Sound by Peter Hastings, on Flickr #3 Eglinton River by Peter Hastings, on Flickr #4 is there anyone out there? by Peter...

Park Cameras are in Rathbone Place (nr Tottenham Court Rd underground station)

I'm in the NPU thing - no diary or USB stick for me, though I did used to get the glossy mag (but not for a couple of years).

From here http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Manfrotto/Manfrotto-Tripods-Legs-And-Kits/Manfrotto-MK190X3-Tripod-with-MHXPRO-Fluid-Head-MK190X3-2W there's a 5% discount using TRIPOD0316 as a discount code

The exposure indicator should be on all the time in M, never in A or P, but it will appear in S if the 'calculated' aperture is wider than your lens can go - so the shutter speed needs changing. Disclaimer: I could be wrong!

I registered my Panamoz D750 in my Nikon EU account as soon as I got it. When I sent it to Nikon UK for the flare issue check, I enclosed the invoice from Panamoz. Ditto when it was returned to Nikon after it failed immediately when I got it back. Not a mention, in emails or phone calls...

There's a little tab to lock the aperture ring in place - it's just under where it says '1:1.8D' on the lens barrel. If it isn't locked, you get the error.

I mentioned it a few pages ago, but it was this: When I got the body back, I took a couple of images, but noticed that some settings had changed, so I went into the menus. I reset some things and then went to look at the firmware version and, at that point, the camera froze/locked. The only...

Definitely worth calling them! I've just got my D750 back from Nikon after a second visit! The first one was for a flare issue check and that took just over the 2 weeks they said. I think I called them and they told me that it had just been looked at, so I didn't see any status other than...

I've never bought anything from here nor have any connection with them, but it came high up in my search results! http://www.terralec.co.uk/flight_cases__bags/padded_bags_and_covers/11499_0c.html

A judicious bit of searching on the part numbers shows that the two items at 14.81 are FPCs (flexible printed circuit boards) for the focus and zoom systems. The sliding frame is a tube that is part of the body of the lens (I guess it carries a lens element and slides when zooming). I've got a...