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My wife and I recently got a D500 each to pair with our Tamron 150-600 G1 lenses. My main hope was for an autofocus system that was consistent and accurate. 10 FPS is nice but not a big consideration for me so far as it's not how I tend to shoot. Perhaps that will change with BIF shots. I...

I currently have a D800, D7100 and Fuji X100T. My Nikon lenses are all FX, including, 105 Macro, 50mm 1.8, 70-200 F2.8, 24-120 F4, 16-35 F4, Tamron 150-600. I rarely print, albeit I would like to start hanging a few on the walls over the coming years if they are worthy. I am currently thinking...

This is a good reason for me to get this given the time it takes to fine tune manually. Just a pity it doesn't work at both ends of the lens.

My wife and I are just coming to the end of our holiday and we both only brought mirrorless compacts of sorts. I just brought my Fuji X100T and she brought her new RX100M3. We got the Sony a couple of weeks ago for her birthday as an alternative to DSLRs for travel. I went for the M3 rather...

A few photos from this weekend with the Tamron on my D7100. Overall I was quite please with the results. I believe this includes the last ever Vulcan / Red Arrows formation flypast.

My wife has said that she would like a decent compact for her birthday in a couple of weeks. On the plus side this means I haven't got to try and think what she might want, but I'm not sure which camera to get. She currently has a D7100 with everything from a 10.5 fisheye to the Tamron 150-600...

Firstly, I don't want to start a debate about pros and cons of filters as it's been done many times on many forums. I personally have clear protection filters on all my lenses except the Tamron 150-600, however I have often thought about what value they actually offer and what if any problems...

I'm off to Mallorca at the weekend for a week with my wife and mother for what will probably be a fairly relaxed affair with no agenda, particularly not around photography. I'm trying to decide whether to take a minimalist kit of my D800, 24-120, 105 Macro and Fuji X100T, or just take the X100T...

I haven't used my D800 for a while or played with the lights, so in the absence of something interesting to shoot I decided to do a selfie to update the intranet page at work. I setup the D800 and 70-200 2.8 on a tripod and manually focused on a light stand placed where I would be sitting. I...

I normally have my D800 or 7100 with the Tamron 150-600 or such like attached which I'm convinced looks good, however my grown up daughter thinks I'm a geek with it. Today we went out for a walk and I took my new Fuji X100T with me. At one point I got it out off the bag and passed it to her to...

I've been mulling over a few cameras to get for my birthday in Feb. I wanted something I could take anywhere and wasn't as bulky or intrusive as a DSLR but produced the same image quality. I've previously been disappointed by both the Nikon P7100 and the Panasonic TZ cameras to the point that I...

This question is not about the merits of protective UV/clear filters or not as I already put them on all my lenses, that is except for this one. My wife and I got one each and they are fantastic, however, given the size of the hood I decided I don't need more protection except maybe if I was...

I'm hoping to get a Fuji X100T next month, which gave me cause to look in my old camera bag for one of those screw in cable releases which I knew I had in there. This resulted in me also taking out my Pentax ME Super and Nikon F601 (N6006) which I have not used in a long time (Well over ten...

I'm seriously thinking about one of these for my 50th birthday in Feb. I have DSLRs and lenses to cover most requirements, however I want something that is small, unobtrusive and high image quality for the numerous times when a bulky DSLR is not appropriate. I have also looked at the XT1 and...

Ok so I'm 50 in Feb and then in August our son is having a big wedding. As a present to myself I've decided to get a bit fitter in order that my stomach is not the most prominent thing in my birthday pictures. I'm aiming to lose between 14-21lb. To help achieve this I've started a diet and...

I've tried to be good this week. I've been using ND grads to create better on camera images, I've been using my monopod and tripod. So far so good and I can definitely see the benefits of doing these things when I'm not being lazy. Then I got onto my 16-35 which should be pretty sharp and...

We went to the zoo today with the Tamron 150-600 and the Nikkor 70-200 2.8 vrii, along with the D7100 bodies. My wife took the same setup. We were both very happy with the results from both lenses and the D7100, especially when the ISO had to go up to maintain shutter speed. For subjects that...

Ok so I'm a bit lazy and modern technology doesn't punish enough for my sloppy behaviour. With my D800 I get reasonable pictures, but I often feel that I'm leaving something on the table. My main crimes are: 1. Auto white balance rather than using the grey card. I shoot raw and adjust to eye in...

Just when I thought my bag was full of everything I needed I somehow ended up reading about T&S lenses. Whilst I'm not too interested in the world of miniature effects, the perspective control and endless DOF looks pretty cool. I'm thinking of hiring one in a couple of weeks to see how I get on...

OK this is one for my US friends, There's a bit of a standing joke in the UK and probably Europe in general about US cars handling like oil tankers going round bends :p As we tend to mainly have bends with a few straight bits our cars are designed to handle differently. My drive through...