Recent content by wavefront

If the word 'final' is really ....'final', then what about considering keeping your 17-85, perhaps get it serviced to stop it being so loose, and adding a 10-20 / 10-22 UWA to your line up? When I had my 40D and bought a UWA it opened up so many more photographic opportunities and if it's a...

The one I knew about at Coniston was on the east side of the lake, just a minute or so walk from the Rigg Woods forest car park. If it isn't the same it certainly looks 95% like the one in that shot, which gives you more options. Despite it being photographed many times, have a good think as...

I thought I’d offer my thoughts from a CG point of view as I co-run a studio that designs cars and creates marketing imagery for some of the worlds major automotive brands. Whilst we employ extensive use of CG and have a team of CG artists, I see its use like a camera – it’s...

As J4MIE_P said Iso expansion, and rear focus button are the only two functions that I would set and leave. Most of the other custom functions depend in what you're shooting and the given situation, or your preferences in certain images. Enjoy the new camera.

An interesting thread! I too would have suggested going down the strobe route, as it can be used successfully and become much more than a gimmick, but you do need a 580ex to act as a master to setup the strobe effect. All the other canon flashes can fire strobe light but they need to take...

It's a good all round lens with quite a reach and fairly solidly built. I do use it quite a bit as a walk around lens as its very versatile. It's nice on a 5d2, however I'd never say its my all time favourite lens - there is just something that makes me think it's just a slightly above average...

I'd still be tempted to get a UWA. Years ago we went to NYC for our honeymoon and a friend wouldn't let me go there without lending me his UWA. He was adamant I'd miss too much without it - He wasn't wrong! 17mm on my 35mm film camera was amazing, and I used it constantly. Best wedding gift...

If they are a national chain, then the only other 'legitimate' route could be to go to a couple of stores and speak to their managers in person and ask their permission, heavily playing on the fact its for an art project? If you try a few, one might say yes? Most likely they'd phone head office...

Jacob, Lovely video!! Two of my fav subjects - MB & photography, what is there not to like! Some very slick camera moves and framing/editing - love the first shot with the MB screaming into the frame and down the hill. I think you've done this sort of thing before, right? ;) Nice to see a...

I also don't think you'd get hired if your portfolio contained poorly composed, lacklustre, badly lit shots even if they were pin sharp. Foremost, CD's will be wanting you to respond and deliver to to a creative brief. It's the story that's the most important part, not the sharpness everyone...

This interests me as I get what Futureal33 means when he says that the colour changes depending on exposure /shutter speed. I get different colour casts (or at least that's my perception) at different shutter speeds when using ND's. ie for a 4min shutter speed I'd get a different colour cast to...

No worries :) That's the beauty of asking others for ideas, there's always new/other ways of doing things :)

Cool ! Long exposures of the skyline? Anywhere along the river side really from Westminster to the city - I love the view from Tate Modern on the south side looking over to the north towards St Paul's ). I also love the view of Southbank / Waterloo area of a night from the Northside - all the...

Interested on how you use the disk station? Only as a backup device rather than current storage? I use a Diskstation too, with 2 x 1TB disks (raid 1? They mirror each other) loaded inside as my main server. I access it wirelessly, or for heavy data transfer plug it in via ethernet cable. I...