Recent content by Chris Wilson

Mature eels can cover quite a distance overland in their quest to return to the sea to breed - very much a case of wrong time, wrong place I guess!

It just made me chuckle Ade - you have been blessed with Olympic standard sarcasm. This is another "what should I do?" thread and for once I thought I could offer something constructive. cheers, cw

Hi Bill This may or may not help! I have a D3x - fast reliable focus but not ideal for wildlife at a distance as 24mp doesn't go far. D800 - mine has never had 100% reliable focus. It's been back to Nikon and went from utterly unreliable to a bit vague. It sometimes needs written notice to...

Looking good in some great light there Gramps!! cheers, cw

That's fair - have a beer on me :beer:

Brash I'm not slagging you off - but try and look at this from the OP's perspective - they care deeply about these shots which probably explains their spectacular dummy spit. Not all of us can accept your opinion as robustly as you give it no matter how honest.;) So my main concern is that...

There's also the option to offer constructive criticism in a way that doesn't leave the OP feeling like they've been kicked in the balls. cheers, cw

Get the tool for the job, if you need 600 then buy a 600! I can't see the point in spending a small fortune on quality glass and then degrading your images by adding converters - especially stacking them.:exit: If weight is more of an issue than image quality then I'd seriously look at the...

OK, so it really does come down to personal choice - I suspect opinion will remain somewhat polarised!

It'll all end in tears the day the manufacturers decide to only supply parts to their official repair centers to repair official imports. Grey import warranties won't be worth pig's burp then. Just my 2c! cheers, cw

I'll rise to the challenge Mark - Kingfisher @ 1/50 King Prawn, Powderham by chriswilson4646, on Flickr Not surprisingly tripod mounted, non vr 500mm. cheers, cw

Everything comes to he etc! Chuffed for you mister - might I have a look at it at some point?

Hi Ian I have an 80-400 that stays on my D800 and have had some very good results photographing reds at Escot in Devon. Again, as Ingrid said, not wild but still challenging and it works well. If you're using the peanut butter method for cresties you may well find a tripod handy too. For...

"If you crop and throw away data the resulting IQ will be lower" To me that's a bit like saying "if you peel an orange you somehow affect the taste of the orange" and I just don't understand. However, neither do I care that much, so tra for now! cheers, cw

I still disagree with you Steven - you don't lose dynamic range by cropping - therefore the dx portion of a D8xx image isn't the same as the whole of an image from the D7000 - how can it be? cheers, cw