Recent content by Wayland

That's what gaffa tape was invented for.... I always have a roll in the van for general fixings and jury rigging, and on one occasion, with a broken tripod, that did a pretty good job of securing the camera to the head for me. It's also been used to repair torn waterproofs, strap a loose sole...

I use an old Vivitar 283 flash unit. I can set it to my working aperture and fire it off manually and it will sort it's own exposure out. Perhaps not quite as flexible as using a torch but very simple and powerful.

As mentioned above, Blackpool is the place to go this month. You might find this thread interesting.

I shoot full frame 35mm with little cropping. For those that think branding is important, which I don't, I made that choice when there was only one option. I carry four lenses and a 2x converter. In order of preference I use a wide 17-40mm zoom, a tele 70-200mm zoom, an ultra wide 14mm and a...

Our camper was just a 2WD but it was quite sufficient for our needs. We hired it from Happy Campers and we had no complaints with them.

Don't worry, you'll have more than enough to occupy you. When we had to decide when to plan our tours over there. We chose Spring for many reasons. The rivers are high, the residual snow highlights the land shapes, less tourists and most of all.. the days are not too long so you can photograph...

At that time of year the internal highlands are out of bounds. Not only because of the chance of getting stranded far from help, but also because vehicles cause a lot of damage to fragile habitats and roads in Spring. We stuck mainly to route one, with a few side trips on major roads so had...

Looks like the sort of colours I saw in Iceland. Good set, hope to get into the highlands at some point but they were out of bounds due to the snow during the spring when we were there.

I can't wait to get back there. I hope to be leading some tours out there next spring but it seems an awfully long time to wait.

Thank you.

Sorry, yes ETTR = Expose to the right. It just makes good sense, even with modern sensors, to get as much data as possible in the capture. The conversion sounds like a good idea, although you might be short of foliage to reflect the IR at that time of year. Snow is more likely.

That's the point that I would load up the fishing vest. I've always considered baggage allowances as more of an initiative test than anything else. Considering the size of some of the passengers they are obviously not going to start telling people that they are too heavy to fly. Very few...

You are very welcome Jim. What are photographs for if it isn't sharing?

I've never had my hand luggage weighed so I'm almost always over. I have a light weight fishing vest in the bag as well so if they do ever decide to weigh it I can decant all the lenses into the vest and put it on. I've never seen them weigh a person before departure have you? Once through...

As Andy says, every lens you can carry, you'll probably regret leaving any of them at home. At that time of year I'll guess you're hoping for Aurora in which case fast and wide is a very big plus. I rarely crop much in the computer and you can see I favour wide angles. I was working full...