Recent content by LCPete

Agree about grey imports being better value but I wouldn’t just go for the cheapest grey import option I have always used Panamoz or HDEW both are decent and reputable, my R5 went wrong after more than 2 years Panamoz said to send it to Canon and they would refund me which the did very quickly...

To be honest agree with Andrew with birds and wildlife sometimes only get a little while to get the shot and just isn’t time to try to guess distance and refer to an app I normally am conservative and stop down a bit then open up to a wider aperture if there is time so adjust settings

Friends ours have a Nissan leaf electric and they just charge at the local supermarket as they don’t have parking at home They manage fine though they don’t do very long distances

I think that software companies, in the photography world don’t have to go subscription DXO manage it but I guess that they are niche in what they do Even Affinity now owned by Canva is basically subscription albeit with the base program free For me with Topaz, I only use the stand alone...

Oh yes there was a piece on the BBC news the other day about that , airlines are rightly concerned about this have always only put batteries in carry on and use plastic covers that you can get from ebay to cover the contact side of the battery

As already said I couldn’t imagine doing that, too much of a risk especially as I try to look after my gear even though it gets well used

I wouldn’t say cost would be a reason to pick DXO as you said it would work out similar to Adobe assuming you update occasionally I do like DXO, the raw conversion is excellent, when i bought DXO 5 a few years ago it was better than Adobe Lightroom but I believe that their isn’t such a...

We haven’t had hedgehogs for a very long time unfortunately, there is a busy road at the bottom of the garden Next door neighbour have astroturf and concrete garden so wildlife has no chance

Am planning to get this same lens later in the year and have only heard good things about it

This exactly, we have removed their food from the sea, they are intelligent birds and have worked out easier ways to find food

To be honest its not that much of a hassle to click the fob then put the key in the ignition on our Yaris, maybe I am old fashioned but don’t think the extra risk of having the car pinched is worth a few seconds of just putting the key in the ignition

I have been carrying cameras on my motorbike for years with no problems I always make sure the the camera is well padded with foam Have added extra to the inside of my camera bag A modern bike with good suspension probably doesn’t have any more shocks to the camera than in the car I use the...

Thanks will do that didn’t know about that

You can on export but when you import an image it automatically changes it to sRGB If there is a way of importing and editing a file in adobe rgb would be very helpful but I couldn’t see any way of doing that

There is a slight colour difference between my PC and MacBook screen which makes it more difficult , will look into that