Recent content by ukaskew

The a9 and a9II were/are basically distortion-free for all but the most niche/extreme circumstances. Fired off somewhere in the region of 150,000 frames across two a9s, 99% of them moving subjects, all with the electronic shutter, and I've never seen any distortion or even banding with interior...

Thanks, I just enjoy the challenge more than anything, seeing what I can come up with from public positions. Also can be done with very very basic kit as it's all manual, no AF required.

Decided to go out with a bang this year and just have fun doing what I love... All shot with the Fuji X-H2 and Fujinon 70-300mm. All manual focus, most with an ND filter to bring the aperture down to a manageable level. All shot through people, a fence, a bin, or marshals (sometimes a...

I've had my M1 Air (8GB) for 3 years now, since release, and it still rips through 40mp XH2 files without missing a beat in LR. Also doing loads of video editing in DaVinci Resolve and I get no hint of slow down whatsoever. Shooting 40+ events a year (3000+ images a time) so getting fairly heavy...

A quick canal wander on Sunday AM with the 70-300mm, what a lens that is... Canal Sunrise by Chris Harrison, on Flickr Canal Sunrise by Chris Harrison, on Flickr Canal Sunrise by Chris Harrison, on Flickr

Always used to be but struggled a bit with weddings with them, so moved to Sony (as much as I wanted to keep the Fuji for personal stuff I couldn't justify two systems). In a position to have a Fuji setup for personal use now, so I'm very happy to be back. For certain types of shots it's miles...

X-H2 and the awesome little 50-230... CC Autumn 2023 by Chris Harrison, on Flickr Ditto, but 1/4s marmite content: CC Autumn 2023 by Chris Harrison, on Flickr Viltrox 75mm 1.2 with hood off into the sun, so much fun... CC Autumn 2023 by Chris Harrison, on Flickr

Same here actually, it seems to be luck of the draw with lead times to payment, they can be anything from within 24 hours to receiving the goods, to a week with hearing absolutely nothing. Given we as customers have no idea when the peaks and troughs for their business are, it's difficult to...

Heading back for the British GTs in October. Rediscovered both there and Thruxton this year and really enjoyed both, masses of low angles without fences, which is all I need really!

Thank you. Bit samey but that's what I was practicing at the weekend and I have no need/desire to do record shots :)

A couple of hours of getting extremely wet at Donington. My first visit with a camera and wow, what a place for spectators, loved it. Marmite content warning, btw... 1. 600mm, 1/1000, f6.3 Donington BTCC by Chris Harrison, on Flickr 2. 118mm, 1/8, f22 Donington BTCC by Chris Harrison, on...

Yep, tried and can't get on with a monopod at all. The wind was 20mph so my hit rate was pretty terrible to be honest, even with that much weight it was moving around so much.

Sat on my 60-600mm for a few months as I couldn't decide whether it was a keeper or not, just so large/excessive for me, who happily shot events on the Tamron 28-200mm last year. Took it out again on Saturday at Thruxton BSB and I'm beginning to love it... 600mm, 1/15 Thruxton BSB by Chris...

It's amazing but you've got to learn to love it as it's also a pain in the butt! Despite being significantly quicker (in all respects) than the MK1 (which I also had) it's still fairly slow to do pretty much anything. Losing the AF module from newer Sony's also hurt pretty hard, I did find a...

I went to replace an a9 with an A7c to have a smaller camera, but unless you specifically buy a very, very compact lens for it or have a bag/pocket that somehow fits that but not an a7 series camera, I'd struggle to recommend it specifically from a size point of view. Moving to the viewfinder...