Recent content by Jasonmc1989

Thanks guys! I’ll put a roll through it and see how things go!

Hi everyone, I have recently gotten a Canon A1, that functions perfectly well apart from the shutter speeds at the lower end of the dial. Timings starting at around half a second, are significantly faster than they should be. For example a 1 second exposure is measuring at around 0.8 seconds...

Hello everyone! I seem to be struggling with white balance and colour lately. Just looking for a few opinions on a couple of images if that’s okay? Cheers!

Hello everyone! Does anybody know of any good locations for photographing birds in south Essex, around the Rayleigh/Leigh on sea area? I'm dying to get out there and play with my new gear but I don't know where to go! (Only lived here a year) I'm thinking grebes and kingfishers and...

I have thought about this! Any idea of cost?

I do know a few people but time is so hard to come by at the moment! I might take both lens and body to a shop I know when I get a chance though. See what they think. Another thing I have noticed when shooting birds in trees and bushes is that when I get an image where the target subject is...

Upon doing more tests I have came to the conclusion that it's most likely not the lens itself. It is capable of achieving sharp images at 400mm and f5.6 and after all, it is a modern L series lens. I think it's most likely the focus system on my 70d. Results just seem so random though, I can go...

Faster shutter speeds help a small amount but I wouldn't have thought I would need to pick it that high with the IS on. Yes very sharp from 100 to about 300.

No the leaves were very still. Focusing to a couple of meters does seem sharper.

Exactly what I was thinking.. But why wouldn't 1/500 or faster with the lenses worldclass image stabilisation be sufficient to stop motion blur? I know it's effectively 640mm on a crop sensor but from what I've heard about the IS, shutter speeds of what I've been using shouldn't be a problem...

Okay, interesting.. when I use a flash (430exii set to ETTL) the photos are perfectly sharp! Only had a quick play around with this in the house over a distance of about 7 or 8 meters but yes, very sharp. The flash didn't send out a focus-assist flash or IR beam either. Thoughts?

Would this have any effect?

I havn't got any test shots to upload as I've alreay deleted them but I'll tell you what I've just done 15 minutes ago.. Focused of the house opposite, it's about 20 meters away and nicely lit. My target was the flat brick wall which is a darkish brown brick with light mortar, so you can easily...

The lens is brand new so fungus wouldn't be an issue. I used to have a Tamron 70-300mm vc usd and that worked fine. Also my canon 100mm f2.8 is super sharp.

No, don't use filters.