Recent content by Shumbalicious

Welcome to the forums Weifone! I take loads of landscapes with my D5100 and most of the time I use the kit lens. Here's one I took of St. Pauls recently. St Paul's by Shumbalicious, on Flickr

35mm f1.8!!!! Can't recommend enough!!

I personally use compressed air cans. Then use a lens pen if it's really mucky. Obviously try your best to keep the lens clean in the first place but accidents do happen. The air will blow off all the dust and debris, the lens pen only comes into use if there are finger prints and other...

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Nikon D5100 All cross type AF points

You could get the same effect of a wide angle by shooting a couple of shots and stitching a panoramic in PS

I was referring to how you said you couldn't use it as a walk around, 35mm would be great, you should try it! :D As for the Tamron they say the non VC is actually sharper. I've been looking at upgrading my kit myself and am looking at one of those.

A friend of mine owns the 28mm f1.8 and from what I see, many of his pictures come out quite soft. At first I thought he post processed them until I went on a shoot with him and saw them on his camera that way at 100% crop If you can't get on with a 50mm then I'd highly suggest a 35mm. I was...

Thanks guys for the responses. Happy to read what's been said as I took the plunge and bought the Redsnapper earlier this evening. =) can't wait to go and play with it now!

Bought a refurbed 550D back in March this year, jumped ship and bought a brand new Nikon D5100 in July and I'm already thinking about a D7000 Hahaha

Hi Kirsty! I just recently bought a D5100 too and am loving every moment when using it. Very simple and easy to get to grips with even for a novice such as myself. I also can add that it is a very light camera so it shouldn't be too much of a problem for your father to hold over periods of...

Hi guys, I am currently looking for a new tripod and have around £60 put aside. I've sort of narrowed my search down to either: Velbon Sherpa 600R vs Redsnapper RS 283 and RSH-24 Any advice on these two tripods? Any other recommendations for roughly the same price? I mainly shoot landscape...

A little last minute but does anyone know of any good locations to take pictures of normal London landmarks that's been tarted up for the Olympics. Tower Bridge and the rings for example. Many thanks

This is usually my policy too, I am willing to spend the money on a SB-600 but can't help but wonder if it's possible to save money, you know how it is :D Also as the SB600 is old now I was just wondering if the 3rd party makes could be just as good. Anyone here had any experience with using...

Hi guys, I'm really close to buying myself my first hotshoe flashgun. I've been looking at a used SB-600 as I believe it will suit my needs. I think it's important to have TTL as I want to cover clubs and parties. Off camera flash will be useful too but not essential. Then I stumbled upon...