Recent content by TheMagicPaint

Thanks. :) Not planning to leave in the tent too much, but I might need to upon occasion.

So I've recently acquired myself an Olympus OM20, as I wanted to give film photography a try, and hopefully learn some of the basics without too many settings getting in the way. (Also I can get hold of much better stuff on my student budget than I could for digital) It's going well so far -...

Thank for the feedback guys - that flare is definitely incredibly distracting. Steve, your crop makes it a lot better, so thank you! When I get the chance, I might have another try and see if I can get the same concept to work a bit better.

I'm pretty new to all this, but I just got a new camera and have been trying it out. To give myself a bit of focus, I'm aiming to do a self portrait every week, alongside whatever else I get the chance to do. This one is the first of that set. Critique welcome, but please be gentle

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but just wanted to say thank you for the advice on here. I ended up getting the Fujifilm HS50 as a birthday present, so now all I need to do is learn how to use it properly! Hopefully I'll be posting some photos in the relevant part of the forum shortly.

Thank you for the advice guys @Dean One of the cameras I've been looking at was the Fujifilm X-S1, which looks to be a pretty capable bridge. It's going for just over £200 on Amazon right now, which seems like a pretty good deal. It seems pretty similar to the one that you described and would...

I have recently returned from a longish trip to India. I didn't have a whole lot of time for taking photos, but here a few of my favourites that I took when I had a chance to travel. taken with a Samsung P1000 compact. Any comments or suggestions for improvement more than welcome. I

I appreciate that this question has been asked thousands of times before, but I wanted to ask my own version of it and have some advice that focused not just on features, but on what's its actually like to use a camera. I currently own a compact camera and would like to upgrade to something...