Recent content by roseway

I recently bought myself a Lumix TZ40, which is small enough and light enough to stick in my pocket everywhere I go, and is still capable of quite reasonable quality. The only problem is that, half the time, I can't see what I'm pointing it at because it doesn't have a viewfinder. I know that's...

A new downloadable magazine for Gimp users. http://gimpmagazine.org/issue1/

Take other people's advice with a pinch of salt. :)

It cost me £800 from Carmarthen Cameras (via Amazon Marketplace). But if you're hoping for a Canon equivalent, I think you're out of luck at present. It's a unique Nikon product.

At the wide angle end there's some red/green chromatic aberration at the edges, which can be corrected in post processing. When shooting at maximum aperture and maximum zoom, the images seemed a bit soft until I realised that some AF fine tuning was needed. After a rough test I dialled in -10 on...

I haven't tried it wide open yet, but I'll do so very soon (when it stops raining).

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=420566

Three pictures to start with: the same view at three different focal lengths, all shot at f/8: 18 mm 95 mm 300 mm

I will, I will. I haven't had it 24 hours yet. :D

My new toy turned up this morning, and I've taken it out for a walk around. I had already bought a more comfortable camera strap in anticipation of the weight of the new lens, and it felt perfectly OK on my D7000. I didn't come home with a sore neck. The lens is very nice to handle. Zooming...

Wye National Nature Reserve Leeds Castle

I don't want to sound like a lawyer, but I think that's contrary to Flickr's terms and conditions. You're supposed to use their supplied HTML/BBCode, which references back to Flickr. I'll admit to using the above method myself more than once though. :eek:

I have a Nikon P7100 as a backup camera which is small enough to stick in a jacket pocket. It's a very respectable camera, but I'm forever finding myself answering people who are amazed that I should spend £350 on a camera that 'only' has 10 megapixels. :bang:

I can feel my credit card twitching, but I'll try to restrain myself at least until some reviews appear.

Use single centre spot focusing, point the camera at the object you want to be in focus, half press the shutter button to focus, then recompose and complete the shutter button press.