Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Fri May 25, 2012 2:39 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: Wouldn't know, got one with my camera but haven't used it. Just use the CF card I have plus a CF min HD, both of which are fine for my purposes, but then I don't do any high speed stuff with that camera. There are a number of CF cards on the 7dayshop site though and they quote all the specs. Looks to be a decent one around £40, or the dog's: http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=111114 £150, or £85 for a 16Gb version. Any good? can buy better for less, imho.

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: Wouldn't know, got one with my camera but haven't used it. Just use the CF card I have plus a CF min HD, both of which are fine for my purposes, but then I don't do any high speed stuff with that camera. There are a number of CF cards on the 7dayshop site though and they quote all the specs. Looks to be a decent one around £40, or the dog's: http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=111114 £150, or £85 for a 16Gb version. Any good? can buy better for less, imho.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed May 30, 2012 12:19 pm  

Some great pictures here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... graph.html

Some great pictures here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... graph.html

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed May 30, 2012 12:29 pm  

Dally wrote: Some great pictures here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... graph.html I never gave them permission, the gits

Dally wrote: Some great pictures here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... graph.html I never gave them permission, the gits

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed May 30, 2012 12:42 pm  

Standee wrote:

can buy better for less, imho.

Well, that IS good to know! Thanks!

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed May 30, 2012 1:33 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Well, that IS good to know! Thanks!

That was basically what I was asking lol
Also far too many fake Sandisk cards around for my liking.

Grabbed a couple of Lexar cards which seem to fit the bill nicely, might try some Trancend ones too seen as the Mrs has claimed my 400D and can fill a card in minutes.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed May 30, 2012 4:39 pm  

Panda Antics wrote:

Looking for some buying advice please.

I want a decent camera to take travelling. I'm quite interested in photography (as in I like looking at photos) but know nothing about it.

Main thing is it needs to be easily portable and fairly small, so can't be doing with big, multiple lenses.

I'd like something better than the average point and shoot from Comet but only have a budget of around £350.00, could stretch it if necessary.

Are there any cameras that have a one lens suits all to take decent scenic photos as well as close of ups of people etc?

Any models/manufacturers you'd recommend?

I've done a bit of reading about and a Compact System Camera seems to be mid way between a standard digital and a DSLR, which I think is what I'm looking for?

Apologies for the lack of jargon, I did say I know nothing about this!

I got quite excited when Compact System Cameras came out.
Now I'm less keen.
The "compactness" seems a bit overstated to me, you'd still need the same bagful of kit that you'd take with a DSLR, albeit slightly smaller.

There are some genuine compacts out there with image quality that the magazines rave about, with prices to match, mind.
Canon S95 comes to mind and, because the zoom is fairly limited, it fits in your pocket.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed May 30, 2012 5:10 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

That was basically what I was asking lol
Also far too many fake Sandisk cards around for my liking.

Grabbed a couple of Lexar cards which seem to fit the bill nicely, might try some Trancend ones too seen as the Mrs has claimed my 400D and can fill a card in minutes.

Where did you get them from and what spec? I buy cards reasonably regular and have stuck with 7dayshop as so far as I know it's all legit kit but if you have a kosher supplier who can beat their prices...

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed May 30, 2012 5:30 pm  

El Barbudo wrote:

Canon S95 comes to mind and, because the zoom is fairly limited, it fits in your pocket.

Only because your wallet is considerably slimmer...

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Where did you get them from and what spec? I buy cards reasonably regular and have stuck with 7dayshop as so far as I know it's all legit kit but if you have a kosher supplier who can beat their prices...

Lexars don't seem to be widely faked which helps but I got mine from the PC World clearance store on eBay.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed May 30, 2012 7:58 pm  

Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS

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I've been offered the above lens for £100, second hand but only been used a handful of times by a workmate of my husband's. Looking on eBay that would seem a pretty good price.

I'm not familiar with the lens so can anyone tell me anything about it please, what's it best used for. Already have at my disposal 55-250 and 70-300 aswell as kit lens, would this be a useful addition to my kit?

Thanks for any info.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed May 30, 2012 8:07 pm  

RoversTrace wrote:

Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS

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I've been offered the above lens for £100, second hand but only been used a handful of times by a workmate of my husband's. Looking on eBay that would seem a pretty good price.

I'm not familiar with the lens so can anyone tell me anything about it please, what's it best used for. Already have at my disposal 55-250 and 70-300 aswell as kit lens, would this be a useful addition to my kit?

Thanks for any info.

If you have the IS version of the kit lens then it is no upgrade and I'd pass, if you have the old non-is version then it is a decent all rounder.

The IS versions of the kit lens and the 55-250 are two great budget lenses that I only replaced when I could go for f2.8 lenses.