Recent content by Tippy

I've had both Sigma 70-300 APO (on a Canon) and currently got the Nikon 70-300 VR on a D90. For me, there's no comparison. The Sigma is generally pretty good, but the sharpness, VR and image quality on the Nikon makes up for extra cost none-end. Now I don't need to carry a tripod round on...

I know someone who used a cut in half white ish 35mm film holder / case on a shoot over a built in flash on a DSLR. Worked quite well as a diffuser. Improvise I guess and see what happens :-) Main thing is av a go and work from there.

A good rule of thumb, not accounting for VR, your shutter speed needs to be faster than 1 / (focal length x crop factor) to account for camera shake on a stationary subject. For example, if you use say 60mm and you're using a D90 (1.6x crop factor), then the shutter speed should be faster than...

I have the 70-300 VR and it's very, very good. I really like it. Sharp and the VR works extremely well, you can see it in the viewfinder.

Hi All Seems to be alot of D90 owners out there! Just found this thread, and only found the site a week or so ago. I bought my D90 back in Nov 08. I sold a Canon 400D + Kit, + 70-300 Signma APO and put a bit extra towards to get it and I've never looked back. I just didn't get on with the...

I find Facebook album's works well. I can share stuff with pals on Facebook and include images in posts here quickly at the right size (I just right click on the image and use copy image location). I've tried FlickR, just didn't get on with it. Photobucket I always found to be extremely slow...

Hello all As requested on the forum, here's my introduction post. Bought my first DSLR 3 years ago when I met my now wife so I could try to take some decent photo's for our memories when she competes on her horse Sam. Still trying to improve and looking for comments, tips and ideas. All...