Woohoo!!! new toys!
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Roger Bunting
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Y\'know, I think I have an old tripod for a telescope. Hmm... On second thoughts, I think not, it was a cheapo one anyway. lol
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I love these discussions........
I\'m going to get a new tripod, and i\'m thinking one of these Manfrotto 190 series tripods.......oh carbon fibre sounds nice but so much for about 1/2kg weight saving over the aluminium!
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but even then...what type of head?
Still using my Canon 20D.......sounds so old now; was tempted to upgrade to a 40D but think I\'ll hang out to see what replaces the 5D..........
which again affects decisions on what wide angle zoom to get - the sigma 10-20mm one is an APS designed one......
love this subject....I\'m now exploring HDR images and mucking around with old RAW files to see what I can come up with!
thanks guys
I\'m going to get a new tripod, and i\'m thinking one of these Manfrotto 190 series tripods.......oh carbon fibre sounds nice but so much for about 1/2kg weight saving over the aluminium!
Manfrotto Tripod
but even then...what type of head?
Still using my Canon 20D.......sounds so old now; was tempted to upgrade to a 40D but think I\'ll hang out to see what replaces the 5D..........
which again affects decisions on what wide angle zoom to get - the sigma 10-20mm one is an APS designed one......
love this subject....I\'m now exploring HDR images and mucking around with old RAW files to see what I can come up with!
thanks guys
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Can I retract what I said about Marumi filters? Perhaps I just need one of the more expensive Marumis....
Put it on my 70-200 (on my now arrived 40D
) and had a play. Forgot it was on there and started shooting at 200mm/f4. Bloody thing wouldn\'t focus!
I\'m thinking it\'s my nice new 40D body as the lens worked fine the other day. I stick the lens on my 400D and lo and behold, same results. BASTARD! I\'m thinking that the lens is going to have to go back - all my other lenses are working just fine.
Sat fuming for two hours, then suddenly realise I\'d stuck the CPL on the end yesterday and hadn\'t tested that. Off it comes and back come the razor sharp focus/images.
Guess I\'m going to have to splash on filters that do the optics justice. Saying that, I\'ve just whacked a cheap UV on it and that works fine.
At least the Marumi doesn\'t screw my 17-50 up too much. I\'ll use it on that. Hoya or more expensive it is for L lenses then
Put it on my 70-200 (on my now arrived 40D
) and had a play. Forgot it was on there and started shooting at 200mm/f4. Bloody thing wouldn\'t focus!I\'m thinking it\'s my nice new 40D body as the lens worked fine the other day. I stick the lens on my 400D and lo and behold, same results. BASTARD! I\'m thinking that the lens is going to have to go back - all my other lenses are working just fine.
Sat fuming for two hours, then suddenly realise I\'d stuck the CPL on the end yesterday and hadn\'t tested that. Off it comes and back come the razor sharp focus/images.
Guess I\'m going to have to splash on filters that do the optics justice. Saying that, I\'ve just whacked a cheap UV on it and that works fine.
At least the Marumi doesn\'t screw my 17-50 up too much. I\'ll use it on that. Hoya or more expensive it is for L lenses then
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Bloody southern hemisphere affecting the filters again! Sheesh
Roger Bunting
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I found the marumi dhg filters on ebay. A few quid more expensive than the one you linked to, munkie, but I\'m guessing they should work better.
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Sod it, I\'m just going to splash on a B&W. The lens deserves it
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Originally posted by reverend
Bloody southern hemisphere affecting your brain again! Sheesh
Roger Bunting
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I won\'t even ask how much those cost. lol
The dhg marumi lenses should be good enough for my tamron 17-50, though, right?
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Definitely! Those DHG ones\'ll most probably be good enough for my needs as well. They\'ve got them in my local shop, might ask for a test.
Speaking of that Tammy, I haven\'t used it much recently (at all really), but I just slapped it on my camera today and it\'s a cracker! very crisp and lovely DOF wide open. Makes a nice little portrait lens.
Speaking of that Tammy, I haven\'t used it much recently (at all really), but I just slapped it on my camera today and it\'s a cracker! very crisp and lovely DOF wide open. Makes a nice little portrait lens.
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1500 quid? No chance.
Picked up a new 70-200 f4L for less than 400 quid! No way I\'m dropping that sort of money on gear. Most expensive lens I\'ve got my sights on is a 100-400 and those are doable for less than 800 quid.
It wasn\'t a case of saving money - I\'ve used those Marumis on my other lenses and they\'ve worked fine. It\'s either a duffer or just that the lens is so good it shows the filter up for what it is!
Picked up a new 70-200 f4L for less than 400 quid! No way I\'m dropping that sort of money on gear. Most expensive lens I\'ve got my sights on is a 100-400 and those are doable for less than 800 quid.
It wasn\'t a case of saving money - I\'ve used those Marumis on my other lenses and they\'ve worked fine. It\'s either a duffer or just that the lens is so good it shows the filter up for what it is!
Roger Bunting
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Well, I\'ve ordered my stuff so now I have to wait for it to arrive.
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I wish
Still, the f4 rocks!
@Roger: Great stuff. What did you order in the end?
Roger Bunting
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EOS 400d
sigma 50mm macro (mainly for minis but to learn macro photography. If I get into it I\'ll buy a longer focal length macro later for wildlife).
tamron 17-50
manfotto digi 728B tripod
hoya UV pro1d filters
marumi dhg cpl filters
2 spare batteries (it was a twin-pack offer)
2 CF cards
remote
some lens cleaning stuff
lowepro nova2 case
sigma 50mm macro (mainly for minis but to learn macro photography. If I get into it I\'ll buy a longer focal length macro later for wildlife).
tamron 17-50
manfotto digi 728B tripod
hoya UV pro1d filters
marumi dhg cpl filters
2 spare batteries (it was a twin-pack offer)
2 CF cards
remote
some lens cleaning stuff
lowepro nova2 case
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Awesome. You\'ll have some fun with that lot!
Roger Bunting
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Well, the 400d was out of stock when I ordered it from 7 day shop and so was the tamron lens fro warehouse express (from whom I also ordered the \'pod and lowepro case). Those four items are what I\'m waiting for but I have the rest of the stuff. I\'ve checked over the Sigma lens and I can\'t find anything that may be wrong with it. I\'m not sure what the issues are that you mentioned about their quality control but it seems I have a good one.
