Recent content by parish

And the rest...... 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

I haven't posted on TP for quite a while now as I didn't think most of my photos were really good enough in view of the very high standard here. I have, however, been reading and practicing and feel I have improved (and I'm very critical of my own work) so have decided to stick my head above the...

Thanks for the feedback. The two lenses I'm considering aren't Canon ones but the Sigma 18-125mm f3.8-5.6 DC OS HSM and Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD The former has paning mode IS, the latter - which of course is the longer lens - doesn't

I was just about to start a thread about IS but thought I'd ask in this one instead. I'm looking to buy a new lens for my 400D and want IS. Both the lenses I'm considering have IS but only one has a 'panning-mode'. As I do a fair bit of motorsport shooting I'm wondering how much of advantage...

All my previous attempts have seemed OOF so I thought I'd try manual this time - although it didn't make much/any difference so I'll go back to auto in future. Thanks for the advice - I'll try this next time, not tonight though unless it clears, there's thick cloud atm.

Thanks for all the feedback :thumb: I think you've misunderstood me (or I'm misunderstanding your replies). It's not the shot I posted I was referring to re. being OOF, it was when I was looking through the viewfinder with the focus set to infinity the moon was OOF, but backing off a bit...

It was quite low in the sky - about 25-30deg elevation I would guess. C&C most welcome. Canon EOS400D, Sigma 70-300 DG APO lens, 1/20 @ f/14, ISO100, 300mm This is the original. And this is with a bit of tweaking of the contrast and levels plus a bit of sharpening in Aperture I have a...

Thanks for the feedback, and apologies for being slow to reply but today has been the first opportunity I've had to revisit this. I looked at the shots in the Canon software which shows which AF point(s) were used and curiously different shots used different combinations even though, for each...

Doesn't seem so bad around f/13 to me - or does that look soft to you? Yes, seemed OK in the viewfinder.

Infra-red remote and mirror lock-up - so not touching the camera

300mm f/5.6 1/640 300mm f/8 1/250 300mm f/9 1/200 300mm f/10 1/160 300mm f/13 1/100 300mm f/32 1/13

My Sigma 70-300 APO DG lens is known to be "soft" and I've been getting quite varying quality with it. I've put most of this down to my technique but today I decided to test it to try and find out how much the lens contributes to this variation. I took a total of 48 shots of a brick wall at...

Or, perhaps the one he's complaining about isn't the one he bought off you? Did you security mark yours in any way?

Why not give GIMP a try first and see if it does what you want/need? It's an Open source - i.e. FREE :) - PS-like program. If it does then you've saved yourself some money; if not then it hasn't cost you anything. Personally, I've not found anything it can't do when I've followed PS tutorials...

Nah, Linux :thumbs: - still have to use windows at work though.