Recent content by simonkit

Yes, missed the "street" bit... as with all camera techniques there's no magic setting that suits everything, half the fun is finding out what to use, and moreso what not to use, to get the type of shots you like taking

Not more useful as theyre totally different things... one is about capturing wide dynamic range and the other just takes a sequence of the scene at the same settings... if you're having to use drive mode to get a sharp photo either the camera isn't stable (too low shutter speed or hand holding...

He's taken several bracketed shots to make sure he captured the full dynamic range and one with his finger to remove the flare, looks like he then decided he didn't need all the brackets, which is often the case, and he just picked the best 2 to blend to get both the best exposure and remove the...

Bracketing exposures is a really useful technique, depending on the dynamic range of your camera it's not necessary all the time but when shooting challenging lighting it's something I often use in combination with exposure blending... even if you can capture the scene in a single shot if you...

Image quality wise there's probably little to choose between your compact & the phone, infact the phone's probably a little better at comparable focal lengths. The one advantage the camera does have is optical zoom which is preferable to digital zoom quality wise so I'd take both, the camera...

I just have a 3 and the 10 stop.... you can use the polariser + 3stop to get 5 stops and don't forget you can use the Iso a little if you find 10 stops too strong, a couple of extra stops of iso isn't going to produce any noticeable noise on modern cameras Simon

I've sent you a PM Ian

Before spending your money you really need to look at why you're even thinking about upgrading.... is your current camera meaning you miss certain types of shots? Does it not produce image quality you're happy with? Is there something specific where you feel it is lacking?? Another question to...

Actually less "fussy"... this is one area the D850 improves noticeably over the 36mp cameras, I find handholding shots with the D850 much more succesful than the D800 ever was

If by summer you mean during the school holidays then long exposures aren't going to remove the number of people that will be visiting the interior. I remember it being very busy both times we visited. You'll not achieve the shutter speeds you need anyway without a tripod so rather than try to...

I think most people fall into the same trap initially... for me wide angles for landscapes are more a speciality lens, handy to have but only used when the subject matter suits, it's certainly not something I'd leave on the camera all the time. The problem is that by eye we see things at the...

Always difficult to give feedback as IQ etc is often subjective and copy specific but here goes anyway... I owned the 16-35F4 for a while and was never happy with the corners which never really sharpened up on my copy, distortion at 16mm didn't help that either. If you want to use filters...

Worth a watch, some good points made I think View: https://youtu.be/hwWJbvUxxF0 Simon

My view... yes you would be mad. I own the D850 and I can't think of anything where it doesn't perform, it's a brilliant camera. The only reason to consider would be the smaller size/weight but in reality it wouldn't make any difference whatsoever to your photography. Having said that if you've...

I visited Gigrin farm last year, great place for seeing the kites... on the other hand I could have saved the money and just jumped out of the car every 5 minutes or so driving between Aberystwyth and Rhayader, there were kites all over the place Simon