Recent content by silverstar189

Thanks for your advice everyone! As said above, its more between the 120-300 and the canon 300 prime now. Should IQ be a consideration between the prime and the zoom?

I'm going to silverstone for britcar 24 hours next month. I've read up on shooting at the circuit and focal length seems to be king at silverstone. I've been looking at renting a super telephoto for the weekend as I've got plenty of time to experiment with it, being a 24 hour race, and I...

I hear a lot of people going on about sigma's and bad copies...personally I've never had any problems, is it really a case of mountains out of molehills?

I'd have thought it'd be fairly logical why they don't announce for people to come unlock their cases....it'd give the game away to any suspicious type and they'd clear off out of the place before you could catch them. I worked manning an airline's baggage line once....after that I don't think...

I need to shoot tonight and I don't have access to half my gear. I've got my battery cassette that takes double AA's and a bag of new duracells. How many shots roughly can I get out of my 40d on a grip full of AA's. I'd be grateful if anyone has an idea so I have some idea what to expect :p

canon 100mm macro- nice and sharp for portraits but since i got the 70-200 2.8l that goes on instead as I don't do any macro stuff nowadays.

£130? I'd bite someone's arm off if they offered me a 1d classic for that.

I used a sigma 24-70 on a 1d mark 2 up until recently and it was fine for the odd gig, but that was on a 1.3x. Right now I have the 24L on a 40D and that's a bit of a compromise; insanely sharp and fast but sometimes it can be a tad restrictive with the crop. I think he'd be better off with one...

thanks, I don't currently have a 1.4x but am thinking of renting one as it's something like £20 all in for the weekend to do so. I remember the horror stories in the late nineties of cars being bogged down in jams to get in and then getting bogged down at silverstone....so that's why I'm asking...

Hi, we're looking at going to croft for the BTCC on the 20th, and I've heard it gets really busy. We're looking at leaving the car and getting the train down (half hour) to darlington, how is it getting from the station to the circuit, or will driving down be easier :thinking: On the...

see if you can pick up an L telephoto that's in rough nick? I've got a 70-200 2.8 that has chipped paint but works like a dream (was a bit over 500 though). You should get a warranty on the gear anyway if you're buying from a used dealer online.

I've had one since the week it came out. A couple of things I've found are that if you connect to the internet via WiFi at home and then leave the signal range, the internet goes off and you have to manually disable WiFi. Usually I just turn off and on. Friend stream also crashes unexpectedly...

That's a nice idea, but surely it'll take a fair while to get used to a new camera setup and get in the way?

I agree with this...mostly. I did use the higher burst rate for gigs though.

i'd recommend a 550ex...a bargain for a flash for nightclub stuff.