Recent content by Madmoggy

I use a black rapid setup for my 7D and sigma 150-600 and have had no problems that I can blame the strap for. I read a lot of stories about the metal swivel wearing and breaking, so I back it up with a strap from the conventional strap loop on the top of the camera to a carabina clipped...

Similar to above - the 7D files are GG7_xxxx and the 5D is GG5_xxxx. Mrs Moggys are TG5_xxxx etc For canons its selectable in the yellow part of the menus

Just to buck the nextbase trend, I have a Thinkware F770 and like it so much I got another to fit in Mrs Moggys car. For a basic model with very good image quality I'd consider the Aukey dual camera from Amazon. No wifi or screen, but very good for the money (less than £100) I have one in my Mini

Never having had a DSLR I tried a mates Nikon D70, walked into the shop to buy one and walked out with a Canon :) I discussed what I wanted to do with it with the chap in the shop, he let me try a few and I much preferred the feel of the Canon, and the navigation of the menus so bought one of...

I have no experience with a 5Ds but can say that the 7D ii and 5D iv is a good combination, I have it for almost the same reasons as you are proposing

Thanks for all of the suggestions, as it happens the only day it was clear enough to even see birds was the day we drove home and for two of the days we could barely see the end of the jetty from the shore, so the eagles will have to wait until next time.

Same here, first time, we are there 8-12th. I'm trying to avoid going to Mull this trip as we are thinking of spending a week on Mull at the beginning of September so it makes sense to do other things this trip Ive not heard of it, but will definitely look it up as I really want a sea eagle...

Excellent, thanks for that Stephen

I'm heading up to Oban in a couple of weeks, and wondered if anyone could recommend any good wildlife hides in western or central Scotland that are open to the public, or any areas that might have easy access to some good wildlife (red squirrels especially). I've never been to this bit of...

I use a BlackRapid twin strap setup, most of the time the second strap is redundant and I hook it to my belt loop to take some of the weight (and keep my trousers up :) ) but occasionally put the 150-600 sigma on it via the tripod foot. When I do this, I shorten the strap so its not banging off...

I bought an Aukey from amazon for £110 (front and rear) which is good for image quality etc even at night but didn't have the wifi connectivity and other functions I wanted. I now have that in the weekend motor and the everyday driver has a Thinkware F770. At £229 its well above budget but a...

Right handed, right eye. I saw this a couple of days ago so last time out I tried my left eye, there is no way I could shoot cameras like that. However, whilst my right eye is my preference for shotguns I can shoot using my left.

Mine was via portus, I had to pay to send it up to them but they paid for the return

I recently had to send my 5Diii up to Johnstones, it cost me £11 to post it. I asked the nice lady in the post office on the tuesday for options, told her it needed to be insured for more than the standard £50, she said that option covered up to £2.5k and got it there for Thursday morning.

The local council may have an annual update (mine does) on their website. I usually download it as a pdf and save it to my phone in case I cant get a signal for my app