Recent content by Horden Hillbilly

My sincere condolences to his family.

I bought a Canon 10-18 second hand lens from them, was described as excellent, and it could have been passed off as a new one, it was that good. I would have no hesitation in buying from them again.

You certainly save yourself a few bob buying second hand. Most of mine are second hand, bought from reputable, well known online camera shops. All came with a warranty & I paid for them with my credit card, to get cover if anything went wrong, which it didn't.

No it doesn't. This is my last comment, I don't like people who troll & insult others. I'm putting you on "ignore" as well.

If you had seen the size, & depth of the chip, you may have agreed with me. But you didn't, did you? I don't class myself as stupid either, but you do seem to be a little on the rude side.

We're going to have to agree to disagree on this one. I've no doubt at all that whatever caused the chip on the uv filter would have hit the lens glass, it really doesn't take much working out.

A few years ago, I had a walk down the local beach & I had my Canon 55-250 lens on the camera. When I got home, I noticed a nasty chip on the UV filter. no problem, I got another filter & I've no doubt that the filter saved my lens glass from being chipped.

I was in the same boat a few years ago, & was advised to buy filters to fit the biggest diameter lens that I've got, & step up rings to fit my smaller diameter lenses. Apparently, there's a risk of vignetting if you go from small/large.

I've just been on Wex's website & it's loading very slowly.

I got very excited when I removed part of the wrapping paper on the cup.

The YTL9254-5011 are £55 at currys now. http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/cameras/accessories/tripods/giottos-ytl9254-5011-tripod-10023753-pdt.html

I've ordered one of these nd stoppers myself & it will be my first one. I've seen some nice photos taken with these on a fb group & I'm sure that it will let me take my first steps in using & learning about nd photography.

A couple of photos from my local dene.

Welcome to the forum from another North East Resident.

Thanks Kestral & Martyn. I've had a look at DPP & some you tube clips on how to use it & tips for snow scene white balance settings & I think that I understand it a lot more now. Your suggestion sounds ok to me Martyn, I've been happy with the way my photos look straight out of the...