Recent content by cuprajake

Read my mind, upped the budget and picked up a d700 with 27k clicks, and a 50mm af-d. Sat at the post office atm

It's a rabbit hole for sure, some seem to favour the 7000 others the 7100

So been having a good read and for around the £200 mark the two stand outs are D5200 and the d7100

Test pic with the canon, 1/160, f4 800iso I'd say average light Not sure if the 550d is much improvement over the d80 atm.

Hi all. I have an old Nikon d80 with a 35mm 1.8 and a tamron zoom, Now I recently got a cheap canon 550d with 50mm 1.8 but I'm second guessing myself now I have 14 days return on the canon, and I'm thinking I liked the ergonomics of the Nikon better So with a £200 budget what would you...

two of mine

depends what you mean by corrosion? is it the outer edge that looks worse for wear like this: the rusting round the edge is normal, the pad will keep the disc clear, hence the shiney metal, the lip will be felt this is were the pad rubs into the disc, if you have groves then you have uneven...

yeah i had one on my kit lens worked well, look Untitled by cuprajake1, on Flickr

thanks for the great reply, two days later i noticed the focus lock button lol i was physically moving the focus point aroun rather than using the centre and recomposing which you said, im glad it was only personal pics which i had been taking haha, she did want me to do them all, which i...

hey guy's thanks for the replys, the doors for me seem alot more infocus than the couple, add this to quite a few threads on the tamrons back focusing, i think it may be that, i found the guide how to af fine tune, and had done the test, ended up bringing it forward +6 iirc. the focus point...

hey guy's went to my sisters wedding at the weekend, and while i got some half decent pics, i cant help but think there a little soft, here is an example DSC_8999 by cuprajake1, on Flickr is this back focusing? my set up is a nikon d300 and tamron 17-50 f2.8 one though is...

you can get d90 refurb units with warrenty form wilkinson cameras for £450, there a very good camera, then you can take your pic of lenses from there

here one from the second try tonight i do have more but no time to get them up,

Ah kinda like rembrant lighting ? Should of said there was no actual strobe in the brolly, I was using it as a make shift reflector. The aim was for a full lit face and bright White back ground. Maybe getibg rid of the brolly and using something White may be better. I'm hving another go...

hey guy's thought i would have a mess about with my flash guns. both nissins, subject was a sarky mrs who didnt want photographing, basically used this as my setup: all cheap ebau stuff, 50cm soft box, with the nissin di644 in and the umbrella to bounce a bit of light across, i had...