Recent content by combat wombat

Great photos Paul

The 7000 is much more easily controlled due to the wealth of buttons. The 5100 requires you to go into menus to change things which is fine until you start becoming more adventurous with your photography. This is exactly what I found with my D5000, hence the move to the 7k.

I've fine tuned all my lenses on my D7000 - like you when I got it I wasn't happy with the sharpness and it particularly showed with my prime lenses wide open, as the depth of field is so narrow. My fine tune is anything from -18 to -5 I seem to recall offhand. None of my five lenses are...

I'm not a fan of those dogs at all but the shot is excellent!

Bear in mind resale value as well - the 5100 is in the middle bracket of pro-sumer alongside the D90 and therefore I suspect values will plumet just like the D5000 did (I would know, I just sold one). The 7000 is seen as a much more serious camera and therefore I am betting it will hold its...

Great captures. The only crit I'd have is that your shutter speed is maybe a little fast so you don't fully capture the motion of the vehicles. If you slowed the shutter slightly and panned with the movement, you'd get lovely motion blur and the sense of the speed. But, great shots of a...

+1 for the Feisol. I've got the tripod linked to - it is very light, very simple and looks good too. From my experience much better than the equivalently priced Manfrotto or Giottos - it is just easier to work with and folds down much smaller (and yet extends to above head height for me, 6...

The ground looks like a but like grass so it makes the fly look massive - I like it. Nice vibrant colours and good DoF.

The 16-85 VRII Nikkor is a lovely lens and goes well with the D7k but isn't as quick as the 17-55. You can pick up a 16-8 for around £320 on here second hand. I always think 55mm isn't long enough for a walk about lens, or for some portrait work. I'd get the 16-85, 35mm f1.8 and the 85mm...

Poor heron hasn't got an iPhone, probably why he looks so annoyed.

Reflection is great on no.2

Nice exposure but you need a slightly slower shutter speed and some more panning so you get some motion blur on the wheels and the scenery.

Use the D7k's built in spirit level :thumbs:

Rocket blower, spare battery, plenty of spare memory cards (if you spread your photos across many cards, if you lose your camera you'll only lose some photos rather than all). If you love low light photography you might want to invest in a travel tripod but depends on what sort of...

Image stabilisation - some lenses have it to reduce camera shake. IS I believe is the Canon type? VR is the Nikon (and Tamron/Sigma have their own names for it as well).