Recent content by Compuwight

I recently had same dilemma over buying my first mirrorless, family budgets, do I really want mirrorless, should i change from Nikon ... etc Went with my heart and bought a Nikon Z8 with 180-600 Z lens, very happy so far. But I am keeping my D850 and D800 and D7500 and D600 plus all lenses ...

After 2 days on cliffs I had exhausted picture taking ! Went for a walk down to Flamborough Cliffs and onto Queens Rock so IMHO 2 days is enough plus extra day if you want a boat trip. If you want a boat trip try first day, then if weather is bad you have another chance... Good Luck and Enjoy ... !

Thanks to all for taking your time to reply. IMHO the judge's comments and score of my image were heavily biased towards more PP ..... Personally I was happy with the original and would NEVER enter a competition or even publish an Ai image ! I have suggested that future competitions should...

Last evening I watched the judging of a local photographic competition and was less than amused by the Judges comments which seemed to me (other opinions are available) that it mostly centred around PP to get that perfect image. For example the comments were I should have used PP to remove the...

I recently took some pictures of an Iris for the wife, she was happy.... I was not, lighting was terrible. Following some research and watching the dreaded youtube videos I ordered these - just couldn't help myself ........

Like others I tried several groups before finding one that met my personal needs. Like others I found too many groups run by the prime members for the prime members. The one I am still a member concentrates of photographic outings and encouragement with help of a 'professional' if and when...

I purchased some 'magnetic' ND K&F filters recently and so far found them great to use and comparing with other older screw filters I have not noticed any degradation in images, in fact magnetic leads to less finger prints ! PS I bought from ebay and got them at about 30% of list and they were...

Hi, I have been experimenting with various filters on several lenses and have found screw-in filters very hard to use , partly due to manual dexterity but mostly there fiddly and difficult to orientate and fit in the 'field'. To resolve I have just picked up some K&F magnetic filters and wow...

Nikon D850 with 600 f4 prime today .... in total I have 4 Nikons to choose from D7500, D500, D600 and D850 - D850 is that bit bigger so easier to use at the moment.

Progress is good on using my right eye, still struggling a bit with focus but at least I can now isolate the subject. Tested myself with something small and fast, static OK but BIF still a blur !

Cheers, at the moment I can still see a large floater all the time and in bright lights I can now see dozens of small black dots which I am told is a result of the laser surgery. Hoping my brain will eventually not see the floater ....

I have an old Epson ET2600 that uses bottled ink, been very happy with it for photographs and general printing. Took a bit of experimenting with different papers and print settings to get the best results. Not a 'professional' photographic printer but good enough for me ! When in finally gives...

I went out today with D600 and 50mm Pancake lens, fully manual with a patch over my left eye and normal distance glasses. I admit it was not easy but these are the best.. There is now hope in my mind that with practice I will get back to BIF

Yeah but then I can't see the screen, I once tried Bifocals but not with astigmatism

I have tried this approach, unfortunately I need reading glasses to see screen which are useless for spotting BIF, So focussing is still a problem. I am hoping that given time and practice my brain will adjust such that I know when I have focus even if it looks wrong through the eyepiece !