Recent content by viewfromthenorth

Good luck if you try to sell it on eBay. I’m trying to sell my old R3000 and despite advertising it quite clearly as collection only, I’ve had two sales fall through due to people wanting me to post it which isn’t possible as a) it’s massive and b) I don’t have a box big enough :headbang::headbang:

I have both. The 24-120 lens lives on my Z7ii for the most part and is definitely a sharper lens if you like viewing pictures at 100% on screen - not sure it’s noticeable on an A3 or even A2 print. However I’ve found the 24-200 to be really useful for things like holidays when you just want the...

If you have a website, set up a page for talks and describe the content of your talk, if it’s zoom only or in person too, fee, the distance you’ll travel in-person etc. I got loads of requests via this method, still do in fact despite the page explicitly stating I’m taking a break at the moment!

One of the great paradoxes I’ve encountered as a speaker is that some clubs are spectacularly ignorant of anything beyond the club scene, and others are spectacularly knowledgeable of contemporary and historical photography - ‘tis a broad church.

I used to have a 1 hour / 40 mile limit, and charged a fixed amount. Got fed up of doing it just for petrol expenses. And weekend ones I charged quite a bit more for.

I don't know if it's the same thing as the PAGB one, but there was a database of zoom talks put together by Adrian Lines a few years back but it looks like it's been taken down. I'm not involved in the club scene but I used to do talks and got loads of bookings through it - has this database...

Out of interest, what are these new guidelines? My daughter wants to do A-level photography in September and she’s more comfortable using my Nikon Z6 than a phone camera so I might just give her that permanently.

When I had my D700 and later a D810 I owned at various times: Nikon AF-S 20mm f1.8G ED - good little lens, compact and sharp but was a take it or leave it focal length for me. Sigma 24mm f1.4 DG HSM - not bad, useful in low light, didn’t keep it long Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG HSM - cracking lens...

If you want to scratch the Leica itch then you can pick up an excellent ‘regular’ Q2 for significantly less than £4K. What features of the reporter version do you consider make it worth the extra money for you? I bought a Q2 off here a while back and am enjoying it. Other than the lack of a...

I’ve been on a few cruises, but not been to the Norwegian fjords yet, although I did go to the ones in New Zealand a few years back. For scenic places I have my Z7ii and 24-200 as that covers near / far. I normally also take a compact if I don’t want to carry the Nikon round all day. My advice...

Dammit, I’m only half an hour away on business this week but they don’t open until 1200 on Friday, at which point I’ll be more than halfway home:(

Hi Kim, what is the nature of the research? Happy to help but I don’t want to waste yours or my time if whatever it is you’re researching isn’t something I can help you with.

Bought a Nikon 1.4TC from them a couple of weeks back and it took about 10 days to arrive but as it cost £200 less than a new one from the likes of Wex and £100 less than second hand, I was good with that. Weirdly, it was hand posted at a post office in Manchester.

For large prints I always use DS Colour Labs. Used to use Photobox and they were OK, but I like the fact that there’s a better selection of papers at DS. I tend to use Maxima paper for my black and whites. Ilford do lovely black and white prints but by jingo they’re expensive. I sent the same...

I had one for a while and yes it’s very capable, and if you’ve never had a DSLR or mirrorless camera before then you’ll be happy with the image quality. It’s still a biggish camera though, but the focal length of the lens is incredible and incredibly useful.