Recent content by wobblycogs

Many thanks for all your help, especially Alan. I think it's time I did some reading up as I don't feel I understand enough yet to properly make a decision on how to proceed. I'm currently leaning towards getting a cheap mirrorless body and seeing what I can get out of it. Worst case I can just...

Thanks, I realised just after I posted that the 5D MkII was a DSLR, I should read more carefully. Looks like something like a Sony A7 would be a better option, although slightly more expensive. Are there any other bodies in that sort of range you would recommend?

I'm not planning on rushing out and buying anything just yet but if you could check I've understood this correctly I'd be very grateful. If I was to buy, for example, a Canon EOS 5D Mark II body (seems I could pick one up for about £250) and also got an adaptor like this the camera would work...

Ok, that makes sense. I can see how it would be hard to focus on something looking through a tiny unmagnified view finder. I quite like the idea of shooting some short segments of video as well, I guess manual focusing would make that very hard if there was any movement in the subject. I'm just...

Wow, I'd be over the moon if I took a photo that good! I understood some what what you said in the PS. Would I be right in thinking manual lenses are difficult with DSLR because you focus using a screen? EDIT: thanks SamHH and ancient_mariner, that's make sense. I suspected I was out of my depth.

Thanks Bebop, I think the image is too large so lets try again... Full sized here (remove extra spaces) ---> https:// i.imgur.com / KsmViZ1.jpg

Thanks, I suspect that the link is being removed because my account is too new. I would love to list what the gear is but I honestly not sure what details to include. Best I could do is just copy out the test around the lens I think.

I'm not sure photography is for me yet but I've just been (essentially) given a couple of crates of lenses, camera bodies and assorted accessories so I might give it a go. I posted in the equipment forum asking about the lenses but apparently it seems I need more posts before I can include a...

My father-in-law is in a nursing home and is about to pass away. He was a hoarder his entire life and so I've volunteer clean up the house for my my mother-in-law as she's now too frail to do it herself. She's said she doesn't care what happens to the stuff so I offered to sell what I can and...