Recent content by alexthecheese

I'd like to upgrade to the D850 one day (from a D800), if only for getting away from the magenta noise in dark conditions.

FWIW I have a D600 and it's a great camera. Excellent image quality, feels quick, isn't too bulky. I also have a D800 for comparison and though I've not used a D700 I'd likely take the image quality and size of the D600 over the D700.

The first photo on your original post is cracking. Great shot. EDIT: Actually, having seen more, they're all cracking!

I know this is totally subjective and impossible to answer, but I'm feeling a bit of a hankering for a new prime and am thinking about getting a Sigma. I know their 35mm 1.4 Art is extremely well liked. The 24mm I didn't know it really existed at an affordable price. This would be an addition...

My advice would be to immediately send it back and get a refund. Do not waste your time or money pursuing alternatives. Excellent condition doesn't mean it should come with faults.

Are the Eye-Fi cards any good these days (do they even exist?)? I had an 8gb one when they came out and it was useless.

Goldhanger, Essex by Alex Bayes, on Flickr# EDIT: Is it possible to stop Flickr destroying the quality of the photos? :p

The Fernsehturm (TV Tower). Berlin, Germany. by Alex Bayes, on Flickr

My trusty Nikon 85mm f/1.8 is in for repair at the moment after taking a fall from our dining room table onto a hard floor. Whilst it’s being brought back to life I’m using a Samyang 85mm f/1.4 manual focus lens that I picked up off here second hand a couple of years ago. It’s an excellent...

It looks fine. The cap was on it when it hit the floor and didn't come off. It moves a little but halfway through it's jammed and doesn't work. Bit of a bugger!

That's a good shout, thanks. I have a Samyang 85mm 1.4, which I love, but it's manual focus, meaning I'll feel a bit vulnerable whilst using it. I'll consider renting one if I need to, or the Nikon 1.4 perhaps. That could be dangerous, though!

Hi guy, my lens rolled off my dining room table and hit the laminate floor, resulting in a lens that is currently unusable due to the aperture blades being stuck. They're locked in a closed position, obscuring most of the lens. Are there any known tricks to fixing something like this; can I...

Thanks guys, I think I have it figured out. The shutter speed is only fully open (i.e. not chasing eachother) when up to 1/250th of a second. Any faster than that and before the first curtain has arrived at it's destination, the second curtain has set off. The flash duration being very small...

That's great, thanks. I understand how the shutter works (when it's going very fast the shutter chases itself, if you know what I mean, creating a fast slit) and now understand from your link HoppyUK that the flash duration is actually incredibly short it is why you only get a very small part...

Thanks Garry. I think I need to do more reading. Is it possible to answer in not too many words (for your benefit and mine!) how the Superfast flash heads are different when the syncspeed is still going to be limited?