Recent content by Deadhead

Some years ago Thom Hogan wrote an article that said, more or less, anyone who has a serious need for a tripod will eventually end up with a Gitzo. If you buy a cheaper make you’ll end up on an expensive upgrade path often via several intermediate steps. Therefore the least expensive option he...

So I bought a Z 7 last month. And this week I added an AF-P 70-300. This morning was my first outing. And this insect is straight from the camera, uncropped. I am one happy camper.

Just bought a Z7 and 24-70 f4. Little bit over two grand though.

Canon rumours are saying £4199 for the R5 body. Bit more than I want to pay.

I use a Minosharp. Seems to work, but I don’t have anything to compare it with.

I probably won’t do anything about it. And anyway the management would go ape, but ... Not far from where I live in the Languedoc there’s a guy advertising a Leica M240 & Summilux 35 mm f/1,4 boxed for 2,500€. Says he’s replaced it with an M10. This sounds like a bargain. But is it really, in...

Thanks very much for the rapid response. And yes indeed it is. We are very fortunate.

My Fuji XT-2 etc went off to MPB just as the confinement started so I haven't minded being without a camera too much. Earlier this week we went to the Canal du Midi now that we are allowed to travel a little further. We can now go anywhere within a 100 km radius of our maison. My charming...

You were lucky. I was born in Louth - Grimsby being the nearest, slightly larger, town. It was the back of beyond, at least 3 hours driving (on single-track roads full of country drivers, farm vehicles and artics) from anywhere. Especially once the railway closed. Left as soon as I could at 18...

Honeymooned in California in 2014. Couldn’t get over the deliciousness of all the IPAs available everywhere. So much hoppy citrus flavour even when the beer was served icy cold. Of course it was usually 8% or more. Too much for me really. We got into Palm Springs late one morning after a drive...

Some years ago I used to cycle home from work in London. Somebody stepped off a traffic island in front of me as I was overtaking a stationary bus. He was looking the other way. I rammed my bike up his bottom and somersaulted over the handlebars landing head first in the roadway. It was very...

Some really excellent images here. Only been to the US one time. California. This makes me want to return and try a bit further north. Thank you.

Hi there. Sent my XT-2 kit off to MPB just before we all got told to stay indoors. The lockdown has given me lots and lots of time to research replacements. One of the many wormholes I disappeared down was YouTube and on there Tony Northrup (yes I know, but I really do have lots of time)...

A9II is a bit out of my league. And anyway I mostly take snaps of stuff that stands still. Do bigger sensors gather more crap than smaller ones, generally? Dunno. Just thought I'd ask about actual real world experience before I plonked down my plastic.

My XT-2 kit went off to MPB just before the lockdown started. This has given me much too much time to spend thinking about replacements, looking at YouTube and so on. Looked at some Tony Northrup stuff (yes I know, but I really have too much free time) and he claims that the Sony sensors in...