Recent content by rd6743

Do enjoy a hunt, especially when it goes well... CV Kestrel goat hunt Mar26 1 by Dawns Prey, on Flickr

It's arrived, brand spanking new and as far as I can see is legit. Just have to test it out see how I like it.

Am not sure on your meaning there. My OM1 and 300mm F4 weighs a lot less than the D610 and the 150-600 sigma. I've not felt the need for a power bank.

I big part of it for me to swtich from D610m to mirrorless was the weight saving. Hiking around mountains and hunting wildlife (with camera, spot and stalk) having the extra weight of the DSLR and the bigger lens makes a big different over time and distance.

Any reason why? I was tempted by the 24-120 f4, but felt I could live with 24-70.....then get the 105 macro later and 105 - 120 meh whats' the difference?!

I realise this is likely going to stir up a bit of a hornets nest. I've purchased a camera and lens from them already and they arrived safe and sound. I realise this is an outlandish discount and am happy with the risk reward if I have to do a Paypal claim if I don't receive the lens...

Am sorted now, found these...Benbo spacer but for about half the price. Adds bit extra height to the tripod too! :) Really happy with the set up and is working really well the whole combination.

Am sure I can make it equal based on my own primitiveness. Probably does no good to the ball head that I'm the crank down on it until its seized type. Anything else seems to allow for sag

So what's happening is the bubble level on the left of the levelling base is fixed in that position. The orange knob on the bottom right which is the quick release for freely rotating horizontally can get stuck on it.

Figured might be easier turning the number x times between each shot. And then if doing multi layercan turn the other number for some height and repeat. Plus hoping I'll prefer it over ball head for landscape shots; as flexible as ball heads are, can be a bit of faff getting the framing spot...

:-) yup. Lot of money for one too. With the geared head being screwed down to the leveling base, I can't rotate either to avoid the issue entirely. Was looking to make my life easier not harder!

Hello, need some help on this one. I got a koolehaoda PA-55 tripod levelling base and a k&f concept gearer tripod head for doing pano's with. Frustrates me levelling the tripod as bit of faff and don't like sacrificing height. Both arrived and went on tripod and a nice by product with the...

Had that happen to me during a driving lesson once, instructor told me in the instance whoever takes initiative has priority.

I agree with the earlier mentioned try stitching both halves separately then stick the two together. I've had to do that with LR before. It it was vertical shots, I find LR sometimes struggles, in the past I've had some success by; 1 Changing from to perspective in stead of cylinder or the...

I think an important thing with astrophotography is having the right expectations of what realistic results are for the gear used. There's the milky way photos with the purples and blues etc but whenever I take a photo it looks nothing like it. I was really disappointed with the photos I as...