Recent content by Stu Blackpool

I agree. I've got a very serious gaming system, triple monitor, triple GPU's, water cooled with huge external and Internal rads and pumps and game with everything maxed at 5760x1200 at over 100fps in most games. I rarely see ram exceed 12gb and all my parameters are monitored live on a separate...

Awesome as always Martin.

That said, ive just found two reasonably similar examples of f11 to f22. F11 F22 Nothing much in it, but boy did I wish I had cleaned my grads better.

Canon 5D3, I can "just" see diffraction problems at F11 when pixel peeping in Lightroom. In print, I can't really see it. That said, I only go higher for particular starburst effects. For my G7X its pretty certainly limited after 5.6.

Totally agree. I was just explaining why I sometimes "Do" have to make a conscious decision to leave the SLR at home. ;)

Nor me, but when you have a 12hr hike ahead with 6000ft of ascent and you have to carry food, emergency shelters, first aid kits, spare clothes, 4litres of water and a whole host of other things, you start to question if the heavy camera gear is really necessary. For me, I've reverted to the...

Because for me, they are not. And yes, Ive used both (Used the Rx100 MKIII) while coming to the decision which to buy. Not sure what you mean?

Dont discount the G7X for that expedition mate. Thats what I have settled on for hiking now and ive done a lot of comparisons with it Versus my 5D3 and find it incredible, even in low light. I wrote a topic about it on here versus the 5D3 somewhere for others looking for a compact.

As long as you use manual exposure, they work well in snow too, something else that just wouldnt have been possible with a phone a couple of years ago. A camera phone, like any other camera is just a tool that needs operating correctly. Its actually nice to get some good images on a phone, it...

Back to my original example, as im back in the office now... Helvellyn - September last year, a few days after iPhone 6 launch, naturally I took it with me and wanted to test the camera. So here is an image looking back across striding edge from helvellyn Summit at 3120ft. I sat here for a...

They will never be perfect of course, but nobody is saying they are. But when your phone can shoot an image like this, sometimes its hard to justify carrying an SLR.

I agree. Thats why I didnt say they were as good. Mine seem to come out just fine. No - As I dont import directly from camera. I drop all images from any given hike into its own folder then import that folder. I used to drop all camera images and CR2's into the same folder named "Helvellyn -...

You know guys, I couldn't agree more. I hike a lot and carry 13kg of SLR gear with me up mountains and often take a few images on my phone to send to the missus along with a trip position update so she has strong info in case I ever need a rescue and it was these small images that made me...

Anytime mate.

Love it mate - I never carry the 5D3 on long hikes anymore. The G7X is excellent, even in crap light. Judge for yourself. :) http://www.stewartsandersonphotography.co.uk/blog/2015/3/haweswater-hike---seven-wainwrights-and-an-awesome-day That was my first full day with it. The report covers...