Recent content by spanner28

Yeah I was thinking as much. The 24mm etc are all fairly cheap lenses and seem good quality at the moment, the lenses you mentioned are sadly out of my budget at the moment so I may need to do some saving

Hi, need some lens advice if possible. I'm after a lens for using at the goodwood festival of speed for taking pictures of stationary cars and am not sure what's the best for what I want, a 24mm, 28mm or a 50mm. Space can be limited around cars so I'm leaning towards the 24 or 28mm and the...

yeah guessing so, based in northants

no other lenses work fine and it wont autofocus when its set to af... on manual mode it works ok but you dont appear to be able to control the aperture of the lens

It's an old minolta fit lens so is way out of warranty and it's a 70-200 that you slide to zoom not twist... It works but now only in manual not auto and wont auto focus only manual focus

Sadly not... After having more of a play it worked again but only on manual mode on the camera and with no autofocus so not sure what's going on with it. I'll try other settings incase it's a similar problem

Hi, just bought a used sigma 70-200mm f4-5.6 lens for my Sony a200 and it initially worked took a couple of pics with it and then it stopped and now says shutter locked no lens attached when you try to use it. The lens is attached correctly and the kit lens works fine so any ideas welcome...

im not too fussed about video as i already have a sanyo hd camcorder that i bought last year and i seem to spend more time taking photos than videos anyway... another interesting option has arisen, someone i know is selling a sigma 500mm lens. This could be beneficial for the type of...

im leaning more towards buying new than second hand as for some reason i prefer the idea, plus a s/h a700 seems to be hard to find on the likes of ebay etc (havent looked on here yet). With regards to where my photography will go in the future im unsure to be honest. I dont see me as being...

ive had a play with a mates 40d and found it to be alot more intense than my a200 but thats not a surprise, ill have to do alot more research into them all before i can decide i suppose... mega pixels and all that aint of huge importance as i dont really do alot with my photos other than clog up...

hi i am looking at getting a new camera to replace my sony a200 which i mainly use for airshow or car show/motorsport photography plus a bit of landscapes etc. I am looking to spend around 400 - 500 quid and am looking at the following cameras sony a450 sony a500 sony a550 canon eos 450d...

budget wise it will be a case of the credit card is my friend, ill look into the minolta lenses thank you, any other suggestions anyone

yeah it works now, thanks

unfortunately i dont seem to have access to it

hi i have the above mentioned lens which i bought about a year ago or a little less maybe, its in good condition and cost around £360. What i was wondering was what sort of price it would be worth if i was to sell it on. thanks