Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:58 pm  

I'm after a decent HD camcorder which also takes good stills, anyone know of any?

cheers

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:28 pm  

Portrait of a Herring Gull:



Red-legged partridge (taken from driver's seat of car!):

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:56 am  

post wrote:

I'm after a decent HD camcorder which also takes good stills, anyone know of any?

cheers

Fuji cameras take reasonable video footage, the S1850 I used for a basic video shot in the mountains and the sound was excellent and even though I had a crummy low speed card the video footage was more than acceptable, not grainy/jerky at all. They take pretty decent stills as well
I'm sure many other companies pro-sumer type cameras do the same thing, many well under £200, even under £150 in some cases.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:31 pm  

Sigma or Tamron 70-300mm as a first telephoto lens for a beginner to DSLR?

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:27 pm  

OoOGazOoO wrote: Sigma or Tamron 70-300mm as a first telephoto lens for a beginner to DSLR? I'm 100% Sigma at the moment, really good value lenses when you step up to F2.8, for a beginner though I like the Canon 55-250mm IS, plenty of reach, good image stabilization, holds its resale value really well too. At around £100 it is a steal http://bit.ly/Ic5kXA

OoOGazOoO wrote: Sigma or Tamron 70-300mm as a first telephoto lens for a beginner to DSLR? I'm 100% Sigma at the moment, really good value lenses when you step up to F2.8, for a beginner though I like the Canon 55-250mm IS, plenty of reach, good image stabilization, holds its resale value really well too. At around £100 it is a steal http://bit.ly/Ic5kXA

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:27 am  

Big Graeme wrote: I'm 100% Sigma at the moment, really good value lenses when you step up to F2.8, for a beginner though I like the Canon 55-250mm IS, plenty of reach, good image stabilization, holds its resale value really well too. At around £100 it is a steal http://bit.ly/Ic5kXA Thanks Graeme, needs to be Nikon fit though, should have said in my original post. I have just got a D3100, but looking for a 'first' telephoto lens, for beginner purposes, etc... Was looking at the Sigma or the Tamron. Thanks again!

Big Graeme wrote: I'm 100% Sigma at the moment, really good value lenses when you step up to F2.8, for a beginner though I like the Canon 55-250mm IS, plenty of reach, good image stabilization, holds its resale value really well too. At around £100 it is a steal http://bit.ly/Ic5kXA Thanks Graeme, needs to be Nikon fit though, should have said in my original post. I have just got a D3100, but looking for a 'first' telephoto lens, for beginner purposes, etc... Was looking at the Sigma or the Tamron. Thanks again!

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:15 am  

OoOGazOoO wrote:

Thanks Graeme, needs to be Nikon fit though, should have said in my original post.

I have just got a D3100, but looking for a 'first' telephoto lens, for beginner purposes, etc... Was looking at the Sigma or the Tamron.

Thanks again!

Ah, Sigma all the way then.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:23 am  

Big Graeme wrote:

Ah, Sigma all the way then.

Thanks mate!

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:26 am  

Big Graeme wrote:

Ah, Sigma all the way then.

In terms of what the Yanks call "bang per buck' then I absolutely agree.

The Nikon lenses sometimes have the edge with image quality but it's not necessarily a given.

The only problem I've ever had with a Sigma lens is with my 150-500. This a great vfm lens and fast enough to shoot rugby in good light at ISO400-800, but although it worked perfectly with my late, lamented D200, I'm told it needs to be "re-engineered" (WTF that means) in order to work with my D300s.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:07 pm  

LeedsBornWelshRoots wrote:

In terms of what the Yanks call "bang per buck' then I absolutely agree.

The Nikon lenses sometimes have the edge with image quality but it's not necessarily a given.

The only problem I've ever had with a Sigma lens is with my 150-500. This a great vfm lens and fast enough to shoot rugby in good light at ISO400-800, but although it worked perfectly with my late, lamented D200, I'm told it needs to be "re-engineered" (WTF that means) in order to work with my D300s.

No experience with Nikon lenses so I was unable to offer advice. I upgraded all my lenses to f2.8 in the last two years, to buy Canon lenses it would have cost me a fortune, to do it with second user Sigmas it was fairly painless, apart from the 70-200mm.

That 150-500mm just needs a chip swapped out, Canon later model cameras have the same issue, if you have an old fashioned camera shop close by they should be able to help, I think it costs around £90 if you get Sigma to do it.