I just wanted to post a quick note to say thank you for all your messages of support. After my problems with the Lenscraft site migration yesterday and my follow up email today, I have been inundated with replies. It appears I am forgiven (thank you) and that the consensus opinion is that you like … Continue reading What a great group of people you are
Category: Digital Photography
Website woes
Today, as with yesterday I have spent the day trying to migrate my Lenscraft site to WordPress. The easy part was building the site. The difficult part has been trying to migrate almost 3,000 user accounts over to the new site. Actually that wasn't the hard part. The hard part has been trying to notify … Continue reading Website woes
Back from Bolivia
I'm back from my recent break and want to apologise for the absence of posts over the past two weeks. The main reason for the break was that I have been trekking in Bolivia (everyone deserves a holiday some time) and there just wasn't any internet access. Secondly I have been working on migrating my … Continue reading Back from Bolivia
Friday image No.037
Here's a recent one from the Nikon D800. After a few trips I finally seem to be working better with the D800 and more of my images are in focus and sharp. I'm shooting with the camera set to 14bit mode rather than the usual 12bit and the colours seem to be responding well during … Continue reading Friday image No.037
The Bleak Weather Returns
I was out walking yesterday in the Lakes - what a mistake. The weather was dreadful. It was windy, foggy and the rain was driving down hard. Despite this I managed to pull out the Sony RX10 and rattled off a few frames. I quite like the one above as I think it conveys well … Continue reading The Bleak Weather Returns
My most disappointing camera is…
I should actually say my most disappointing camera was because there has been some remarkable changes with it. But first you need to hear a story to understand my disappointment. Back in 2009 I purchased a Sony R1. For those of you don't know, the R1 was a bridge camera with a fixed lens that … Continue reading My most disappointing camera is…
Friday image No.035
The moors near where I live can be a rather bleak and unforgiving place. It's not really a landscape that attracts photographers and you don't often if ever see images of it in magazines. Despite this I often walk in the area with my camera so on the odd occasion that an image looks even … Continue reading Friday image No.035
And the new camera is…
Big and heavy. It's a Nikon D800. But don't hit the unsubscribe button just yet, there are some valid reasons for this and some really interesting results. Firstly, this was an absolute bargain. It's like new and was a fraction of the cost of the new camera. I don't know about you but I just … Continue reading And the new camera is…
Don’t buy a Micro 43 lens until you read this – Part 5
Over recent years the range of prime lenses for the Micro 43 system has expanded greatly. For anyone who’s unsure, a prime lens is one with a fixed focal length for example 25mm. Again, what follows is a review of the lenses I have or have used (I have owned all of them at some … Continue reading Don’t buy a Micro 43 lens until you read this – Part 5
Friday image No.034
Yet another trip from my recent visit to Nantes in France. This time I was walking along the river and spotted these three bird(two cormorants and a heron). They appeared quite tame as this was shot with my 45mm prime - it was the longest lens I had with me at the time. Fortunately it … Continue reading Friday image No.034
The Lightweight Photographer 