Recent content by Andrewbullie

Thanks John, I'm absolutely delighted with the 70-200L. I wished I'd bought one years ago! Have to say though, it's bloody heavy!

So, I placed my order with Panamoz for the 5D mk IV, 24-70 & 70-200 f2.8 plus a few of extras. It shipped yesterday afternoon, arrived from Hong Kong at Koln, Germany 01:00 hrs, was back on a flight to UK within 55 mins, arrived at the local depot 08:00 and was delivered just after lunch...

It's interesting to see the different opinion people have on the importation of so called "Grey Imports". I understand each individual view and associated effects of importing equipment from abroad, however, the fact is from a quality aspect that this equipment is exactly the same as what is...

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Good to know guys, maybe I'll just place the order straight through the website. My questions was really if they would deliver to my work address so I didn't miss the parcel. I know a lot of companies only deliver to the house which the card used to pay is registered. However, I am now off on...

UPDATE I decided to give Panamoz a try and order the gear through them, unfortunately, the UK phone number they advertise on the website doesn't work. I tried it several times each day of this week to ask a couple of questions and place the order. When called; you are sent straight to a...

Thanks everyone, your experiences certainly give me confidence in buying from one of these outlets. It was actually Panamoz I had seen the Mk iv but interesting to hear about HDEW, I will take a look. Thanks again!...

Hi Everyone, I'm in the market for a new 5d MK iv and lenses. I notice that the RRP is around 3K GBP but there are a few sellers on eBay advertising UK stock at 2.4K GBP. I know very little about these types of suppliers whom all claim to hold UK stock in their warehouses as I've always...

Thanks everyone for the responses. I think I'm going to go with the two lens combination.

Hi all I'm struggling to decide whether to go with the single lens 28-300mm as above or go with a combination of the other two across the range. I know how good the 70-200 is but I've not managed to speak to anybody that has owned / used the 28-300mm. The latter suits my type of lifestyle...

Hi All, Yesterday evening I visited the local beach to get a few shots as the sun went down. I was armed with 7D, 18 - 200mm and tripod in the hope that I could achieve some shots of what some people term as Dreamy Water effect. Despite having watched tutorial videos on this which gives tips...

Hi, I'm looking at getting a Canon 70-200mm IS f2.8L with a 2x TC to place my Sigma 150-500mm. I know that I will lose the 500mm part but I am looking at a better quality lens that is more diverse. Ultimately if I only take this lens out with me then I can do some good general photos...

Given my relative inexperience in photography, I went out and bought as many different lenses and other bits of kit that I could find. Subsequently I now have 7 lenses which are all medium quality, a number of bags, tripods, t/c's, etc.. The lenses I have are as follows: Canon 17 - 85mm...

Hi all, I have a Sigma 105mm Macro lens which has seen very little use, subsequently spending most of its time tucked safely away in one of my kit bags. The other day I decided to give the lens a bit of an outing to find that it no longer worked as it should. The auto focus doesn't work, I...

I purchased a new CF unit from Canon with the intention of replacing the sites unit. But, when I stripped the camera down it was clear that a full replacement would be tricky and very time consuming. For that reason I replaced only 2 pins in the u it which was quite straight forward. After...