Recent content by Paul Richards

Having just acquired the D810, I am well impressed, I use a D4 for low light high speed and the D810 for large prints A1. There are a lot of subtle changes to the old models and Nikon have done a great job in making some major and minor changes. Prices have dropped to £2000 in the Uk with the...

It took some getting used to with being manual focus but now it's not a problem, the focus ring is so smooth,. I am amazed when i look at the images even at 400% there is no CA it really is an incredible lens.

What do think is the best combination you have used not read about. Share your experience I use a Nikon D810 with a Carl Zeiss Otus 55 1.4 manual lens. Images are as near as you can get with a 35mm camera, to medium format quality without the limitations that medium format has. What have you...

When to sell your old model and wait for the new model to drop to a sensible price,. This always is the dificult question.I gave £4600 for a D3X 2 years ago when list was £6200.So I should sell my camera now and wait six months for the D4 to hit a reality price. But I work everyday with my...

After waiting for over a year I have at last obtained this converter, I sold my old model the Mk11 due to poor performance. I can only use it on 2 of my lenses.The 70-200 Mk 11 and a prime 300 2.8 AFS Mk11. The difference is totally amazing. The main difference is amount of light compared to the...

I went back to film from digital cameras Have a Mamiya RZ67 I let pro labs process the film and then use A Epson V750 A4 flatbed scanner When you consider a pro digital image camera is circa 12 million pixels a 35mm neg is 20 million pixels and a 6x7 neg is 4.5 times bigger Results are...

There is a company in Bradford called ProAm they charge £1.99 for a standard 120 Film This is a professional Lab with the latest technology If you have gone to Medium format to get better results then its not worth doing it yourself at this cost Because if you process the film wrong it don't...

Hi I have used PC for over 25 years I was talked into a Mac 2.8 Intel core 2 duo with 24 inch screen It's a one way trip with speed and clear bright images Only down side is software manufactures like Serif and Photodex don't do Mac programs Still when i can get my hands of Adobe CS4 I won't...