Recent content by spudey

Hi mate. I love your build thread but obviously the Photobucket images are no longer available. No sure if you can re-host the main build pics, or put them into a DIY rig build PDF doc or something. Obviously a lot of work so just a suggestion. Shame to see all your previous posts go to waste.

Hi folks. I've just picked up an em10 with 14-42 EZ and 40-150 kit lenses. I'm just not using my Nikon FF kit enough so it's up for sale and am going to try and do 'more with less' on the m43 setup. I'm impressed with it so far, I guess it will just take some time to get used to AF system...

Cool, it's good to experiment with this kind of stuff and see what works for you :) . If you can test it zoomed fully in with both bare speedlight and then dome diffuser on to see the difference in qantity and quality of light. Inverse square law means getting distance out of a flash is always...

It's another tool that's there for us when we want it, which i guess was my point. You're not going to lose any skills by switching to auto now and again, just use what works for you. I actually have my own version of 'Auto' mode saved as the custom U2 preset on D750, so i can quickly switch to...

My D750 also has an 'auto' mode where I just need to point the lens and press the shutter and it makes a perfectly good exposure. No thought required, just compose and shoot. Do I use it? Never. I like to have creative control of aperture or shutter speed or both. Did anyone worry about losing...

I don't think you can zoom the flash manually with the flippy screen down. You might be able to put the dome diffuser on in such a way without engaging the microswitch or use a 3rd party one that doesn't clip on. I'd imagine you'd end up creating a hotspot on the diffuser and I'm not sure you...

I've been using Sandisk Extreme Pro, they are 95 mbps read speed but more importantly they are 90 mbps write speed so your buffer can empty itself quicker than most other cards. It's difficult to find a quoted write speed on many brands, but write speed is usually a lot lower than the specified...

Tokina 100mm f2.8 is highly rated and reasonably priced. It won't AF without the motor in the body but you'll probably be in manual focus for macro anyway. I've not used it but I would have bought it instead of a used nikkor 105mm 2.8D (the old one, not the G one with VR) if I had done my...

I haven't tried it for a while but I believe the Lightroom HDR can combine the data from 3 raw files so it 'extends' the range of your sliders leaving you to be as subtle or crazy as you like. Much more control than letting HDR software combine 3 jpeg and deciding where to normalise the...

I have it and really rate it for landscape etc. I got it as a smaller, lighter and cheaper alternative to the 16-35 f4. I don't need fast aperture or VR and the weight saving is significant, you really can't believe how light it feels in your hand. Build quality is a bit plasticy but well...

I always found the Nikon intervalometer a bit confusing and try not to use it. For star trails I just set it for jpg only, 30s exposure, max aperture, focus on foreground element, and adjust ISO for correct exposure (test shots). I can then lock on my wired shutter release so it's doing...

I love my nikon and it does feel solid. There are reports of it being fragile and easily damaged if dropped/shocked, but mine has been fine even after being accidentally dropped 2ft onto a wood floor (camera mount was damaged however :( ). No experience of the tamron but seen good reviews, Matt...

Or screw all the filters together and put the cheap eBay ones at the front and back for protection? A bit fiddly to unscrew every time but a nice compact package.

Always impressed with the detail you can pull out of the shadows with this sensor in post.

I'll take a look at the Tamron 15-30, seems like a good lens, but we are getting further from my original aim of being very wide at 12mm. I know 3mm isn't much but at the wide end dealing with fisheyes it makes a huge difference. Just to illustrate, This SLRLounge review shows a comparison...