Recent content by Erty

Set it to prioritise on the button rather than focus? (One of the first of the custom settings menu)

Ken Rockwell's Website has an excellent table on Nikon lens compatibility. Any of the AF-S lenses will work fine. AF-P AI and AIS lenses won't work. AF and AF D won't autofocus on a D3100 but will on a D70. They will meter light okay. Get the AF-S lenses for a D3100. The D70S is less fussy and...

AF-P lenses are not compatible with a D3100. They won't focus and you can't change the aperture. It is a pity as the 10-20 AF-P is really good.

There is loads of AI on facebook. One of the big giveaways for me is the eyes. The AI knows how to make the catch lights in the pupil match the lighting if the subject is looking forward. But then it makes the subject look to the side and the catch lights then wrong. Another giveaway is a stream...

Dawn looking towards Oldbury power station. The tide was slightly too high for where I wanted to get to so I got this. And this (which doesn't have the pretty foreground rocks I wanted) Streets of South Bristol last Sunday evening Owl at a folconry display. It didn't do much flying.

Tokina 12-24 is pretty good (and poppy) as a cheap wide angle. The older version won't autofocus on the D3100 as it is screw drive.

No. Nikon is 1.5 crop on APSC. 1.3 crop sensors were on Canon pro cameras in the original 1D series.

Nikon only make 24mm lenses in FX. The 24mm 1.8 is really nice. It is very sharp and pretty small for a wide angle lens. Used, they go for £2-300. If you don't need a 1.8 aperture then a 17-50 zoom might be more useful. The Sigma 17-50 2.8 is very nice and will be as sharp above f/4. The Nikon...

I wouldn't hold China up as some environmental leader. They have massive levels of pollution and corruption. The CCP don't just mess up their own country- they are doing it across the entire 3rd World.

I bought a Tokina 50mm 1.4. I was really after one for F mount but the EF version came up (with a slight scratch I can just about see). I stuck it on the 1DSiii and the camera and lens weigh 5lb 6oz.

I agree. 10 megapixels is enough for most pictures (2005 on). A good picture is still a good picture at 6 megapixels (2002 on). ISO performance jumped in about 2009 but Cannon lagged behind so I said 2014.

In good light, not much difference. As long as the picture is well exposed, high iso doesn't matter with a camera made after about 2014. Cheap APSC lenses are often a bit mediocre but only photographers notice. Expensive APSC lenses can be very good.

A life on the ocean wave: the freedom, the adventure, the stuck on the mud 2 miles South of Chepstow until the tide comes in. I got a wave off the pilot boat crew, which was nice. D810 and Sigma 24-105 Some more mud. This time near Clevedon with pretty patterns in it. D750 + Sigma 24-105

I haven't done a head to head on the 85mm 1.8 vs 1.4 but the 1.4 is very good for people. 28-105 is nice to if you are after something light and cheap. So is the 28-70 f/3.3 to something kit lens from the film era. Quite a lot of the D lenses are just the AF lenses with extra electronics for...

Some of the AF-D lenses are great. They are not as corrected and sharp as the AF-S ones. Good choices are the 35mm f/2, 50mm f/1.4 and 85mm f/1.4. For landscapes the AF-S lenses might be better.