Recent content by Willid1

I am planning on visiting Kew tomorrow, but looking at their website it seems they may take objection to my nice bag of camera equipment. Anyone had any experience of simple hobbyist photography at Kew but using "professional" looking equipment. On their list of Prohibited items it says...

Ohhh - good news - I'll get my feeders back up ASAP :) D

Thank you - a broker gave me the £1.5K quote, think I need to find another one :) D

Hello Looking for hive mind experience here. Insurance company are proposing to cat - N my car but will allow me to have the salvage with a reduced pay-out. That's OK I thought I've spent over £2K this year (cambelt, service, tyres, ALB sensors, tyre pressure sensors :oops: :$) - until I...

And this one shot on the South Bank in London I should add that this is the first time these images have been anywhere other than on my hard drive since the day I scanned them. D

Shot in St James park about 40 years ago (with a 400mm lens!) I wonder where they are now D

I've been using a 200-800 for a while now, with an R7 and now an R6mk3 Having been used to the quality of a 100-400L I was a bit underwhelmed on initial use but I think most of what I've struggled with has been my technique not the lens. And as for chasing birds about at 800mm well if you can...

This is me MANY years ago holding a Canon T90 with a 35-70 and 300TL - all 3 still in the bag I'm rocking but now in the loft (T90 now dead:-() D

Ordered my R6mk3 from Panamoz on the evening of 1.7.26 and it was delivered mid day 7.7.26 Tracked from HK/Istanbul/Charles De Gaulle/Stanstead/Dartford/Enfield/Borehamwood. Amazing service :-) D

How about a bubble in one of the elements ? - I have a beautiful EF 35mm F2 with a small bubble in one of the elements, never noticed it when taking photos David

Don't buy a 24-105L (of either version) to go on a crop body camera, it's not stella, and even the mk2 version didn't improve enough to warrant the price hike. In addition to Phil's recommendation I would add the 15-85 f3.5-5.6 IS USM, not as fast but highly recommended. Another plus is that...

I'm a few months into a new R6mk3 from a R7 - you can see the lenses I've been using in my bio. Initial impressions - very favourable - I don't see my R7 (nor my 5dmk4!!) is going to get to much use going forward. I haven't done a direct back to back comparison but I think cropping the R6 is...

If you are lucky they may call you and say "can we deliver on Thursday" so you'll get a bit more time, and if you hire over a BH (Easter is a good one) you'll get the extra days for free :) D

I cannot lie - after 50 something years of using the London Underground :) D

Your only going to on the train about 12 min - enjoy the ride :) And be thankful you don't have to do it every day :-) :-) ;-) D