Recent content by Rob Bye

Speed skating with my Sigma 150-600 and Nikon D7100.

The winners, post race, at our local thoroughbred track.

This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but it's a nifty solution I looked at: How to use the Ultra Light Camera Covers from MindShiftGear - YouTube Even if this item doesn't suite you, MindShift offers a few other solutions.

Each winter, I provide photo coverage for the Manitoba Speed Skating Association. Their oval is an outdoor facility, usable only a few months a year. Yet, this humble oval has an enviable record for setting young long track skaters on the road to Olympic glory. More than a dozen skaters have...

Even the third party manufacturers have yet to get this figured out - the Df needs a retro styled battery grip, simulating the look of an old motor drive. Nobody wants this expensive little doodad, and nobody wants a modern styled battery grip. Retro styling is the whole point here!

It comes as a complete surprise, but I've actually warmed up to the D7100 as a sports camera! :livid: I originally bought this camera to back-up my D300, and to replace a tired D2x. Lately, I've found myself turning to the D7100 in preference to the D300. I shoot for a few snowmobile magazines...

This past Saturday, my Sigma 150-600mm and I joined members of the Club d’escalade de Saint-Boniface to record their day of ice climbing. There were much lighter lens choices available (to be sure!), but we had gloriously bright sunshine to work with, and I wanted the extreme reach...

I use a Genus Eclipse variable ND filter, which is among the best of that type, but it's not the product I'd like to recommend... Whichever type or brand you decide to use, I'd like to suggest you also get Xume filter adapters. These are magnetic rings which allow you to quickly pop filters on...

Yeah, those things are nasty. Here's a suggested tool for digging them up:

I haven't seen a photo of the lens with its hood yet, but here's what the hood looks like: