Recent content by rbrown74

Harsh? Perhaps, but when I spend that much money on a lens which was calibrated to my body 18 months ago and then goes very soft, gets sent to Japan for a month and comes back no better (maybe even worse), then have to send my body and lens back to them again after being told what they seen is...

I really should have tried it on my 700d as well but I was that annoyed I just got straight onto the phone and sent it back to them. If it did work on the 700d that would open a different can of worms but the body and lens is away to Sigma now to see what they can sort. Lost all faith in the...

Just have an old 70-200 which they also calibrated with the body at the same time I bought the 24-70 about 18 months ago. It's pin sharp. Love that lens and it only cost me £250. That's why I'm so disappointed with the 24-70 playing up. :(

Yeah but it really is crazily out of focus most of the time. Be better off with a compact camera! They will be calibrating it in the UK thankfully but I really think it's ridiculous that the lens is so bad as the tolerances are bound to be so small in that price range.

Bit of a rant more than anything else but needed to get it off my chest a bit. Got this lens from Sigma direct about 18 months ago and for the past six months I've been noticing more and more shots being soft whereas my hit rate was previously pretty high. Sent it in to Sigma UK who...

Same here - I find having it offset just that bit makes a nice difference - go too far and it will leave harsh shadows of course, but a little offset helps.

Just checked out the prices at the print space - huge difference in price between them and DSCL. What's the biggest difference you notice in the prints from the two companies?

Good point about triggering the other lights as I will be right beside it!! Will have to make sure I've got triggers on both main lights I'm using and cover the optical trigger. Thanks for that - that could have ended in a bit of a mess if I walked into that blind! :clap: I've a couple of...

I have been asked to rig up a very basic photobooth alongside a formal photo backdrop. Its just for facebook uploads afterwards so nothing fancy required. I was thinking of using a remote flash trigger of some description for guests to click away (I will be right beside them taking...

They'll do the very best - I started with the 3 head kit and backdrop and still use 2 of the heads for the background lighting. The triggers are pants though - I've had two sets fail on me.

I have actually resorted to using one of those small 8 or 9" softboxes on an OCF at a wedding using TTL - it definitely takes away the harshness which a bare flash would have but I do tend to keep the ISO high so that the flash is only contributing to the light rather than creating it! Also...