Recent content by Jonesy83

A music forum I'm on has a photography challenge every month and this months theme is signs. Here's a few from walking around Liverpool and Soho. Think I'm going to enter the Curzon one, but I also like the underground sign and Carnaby St.

Just ordered the Raynox - a new (small) world awaits!

I've just held a ruler against the front of the lens and edged it in until I could start to see it in the frame. It was fine until about 2.5cm, so I guess step down rings will be ok seeing as they're only a few mm and the Raynox would be my easiest entry point? That's if I'm using the 85mm...

Ah - good spot, thank you! I didn't realise it was only .5x. I'll probably cross that one off the list then seeing as I'm looking for something at least 1:1 Could I use step down rings to make the Raynox work on my Viltrox lens? That'd only be one ring, so I'm assuming you wouldn't see the...

Just thought I'd resurrect this rather than start a new thread...... I've been wanting to try macro for a while and am looking for a cheaper way of doing it with my XT3. Just from your replies above, I have a few questions and wouldn't mind your thoughts on the below choices..... Looking at...

Thanks for all the help and comments on this. Picked up a cheap 24mm STM and will see what that does to make the 7d a little more portable. Might grab the Olympus 40-150 f4-5.6 too. They go fairly cheap and then I can decide if I want to go down the route of expanding the MFT side of things.

It's a tricky one to figure out what to do with! Current thinking is I should pick up a the 24mm STM because a pancake lens would make the 7dmk2 a little more portable and lighter to chuck in a bag. Then maybe later I could pick up a R10 and use an adapter until I pick up some RF lenses.

Thanks for all of the help everyone, it's very much appreciated. Just to answer a few points so far....... I guess what I really want is a portable/lightweight setup that I can chuck in a backpack without noticing it too much. Ideally it'd be made up of a body with a decent AF system, an every...

Hello! I'd like some thoughts and advice on what to do with my camera gear as I feel I'm at a bit of a crossroads. I don't get the chance to go out shooting much nowadays and my photography has moved from bands/dogs/street shots to family stuff. When I was doing more photography for myself...

Deffo agree on the tone of them and number 7 does it for me, love how excited the eyes are!

Hey guys, So I've removed a few of the original images and also had a go at lightening my favourite image up a bit. I've only had time to work on one so far but will have a crack at the others tomorrow. 9C9A0509-2 by Steve Jones, on Flickr What do you think? With lightening it up I had to...

Ah OK, thanks for the replies. 3,4 and 8 are probably my favourite so I'll have a go at brightening them up tomorrow and will post what I end up with. I think they might be a bit dark because I had to under expose them a bit when I got them onto my computer. I didn't notice in camera that I got...