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I'm not someone who gets too hung up on dust on the sensor as most of my pictures visit Photoshop/Lightroom and it's very easy to remove them, however I think my D800 is now due for another clean. I have cleaned it before using a Rocket Blower and Visible Dust swabs / fluid which are OK. As I...

I'm going to Paris with my wife at the weekend and I'm trying to decide what to take as it's more of a mini break than a photography trip, albeit we are both keen photographers. On one hand we could go the DSLR route and I could take my D800, 24-120 and 16-35, whilst she was going to take her...

As the question comes up from time to time about this combo I thought I would post these images I took this morning. A few things to consider. Firstly it wasn't very bright so these are at ISO3200 on a D7100 body. Secondly the shutter speed was only 1/800 sec due to the first point which is...

Over the years I've always managed to convince myself and my wife that I NEED this or that for my photography and my bank balance has reflected this. Well today is my birthday and I said that I didn't want anything because I couldn't think of anything that I actually wanted/needed. I just...

I've posted this here as it's the flash that becomes the shutter speed for this type of shot. The lower the power the shorter the flash duration. Anyway it rained yesterday so I thought I would have a go at these. This tutorial gave me the idea.

Numerous Nikon DSLRs have a focus tracking with lock setting. On my D7100 it's custom setting A3. Historically I've left it at normal, but this weekend I turned it off. It effectively means that in continuous servo focussing it continues to track focus as long as you hold the shutter button...

I shoot raw 100% of the time (Have done since my D70) on my D800 and process in Lightroom, Photoshop and Nik. I'm happy with this approach as it works well, especially as the modern software and PCs handle raw almost as easily as jpg. However, my wife and I also have a couple of D7100s between...

Those who've been around DSLRs for a while will know that until recently noise came in badly at relatively low ISOs. My D70 was probably only good for 4-500 ISO and the D300 ISO 800-1600 at a push. Invariably you would end up under exposing to get a decent shutter speed and then bring up the...

It's fair to say that AF accuracy is something the drives me nuts and has done for years. I've tried numerous methods including angled rulers, keyboards, a toy cat and even the computer based Reiken Focal software of which I have the full pro version. During this time (and it has taken a lot of...

Further to my recent thread about my wife looking for a 400mm solution, this weekend we went to the zoo so she could try my Nikon 70-200 VRII + TC-20e III on her D7100. For this trip I used her Nikon 70-300VR on my D800, albeit I tried to keep it around 200mm as it does start to go soft at the...

I currently use a Black Rapid sport strap which works well except when I want to use my tripod. The Bos strap solves the problem by attaching a strap to the normal strap mount. Why can't I just put a sprung ring (Key ring type) onto the standard mounting point and attache the Black Rapid to...

I had a D300s as my main camera until my D800 came along. The D300s is now my backup camera, but having had it as a backup for over a year I've never picked it up in preference to the D800. This is because even in DX crop mode the D800 has more resolution plus the better DR and High ISO...

My wife currently has the 70-300 AF-S VR lens which is a great lens for the money. In reality I think it's regarded as great 70-200 and ok 200-300 although personally I think it's worth every penny given what it delivers. My wife has hankered after a bit more length for some time (I'm assuming...

My other hobby is flying these things, however I don't seem to get much time for it at the moment due to weather and photography. I decided to combine the two hobbies yesterday and take some photos as shown below (Higher resolution versions here ). The reason for doing it was partly for...

My wife bought a D7100 a couple of months ago as a replacement / upgrade to her D300. Primarily a more up to date sensor as the rest of D300 is pretty good. Whilst shooting some landscape shots on a tripod yesterday she asked me how to get the exposure meter up on the top LCD display like the...

I've been considering a couple of travel tripods for my wife and I. I looked at the Manfrotto Be Free, Velbon 43 / 53, models and the Benro 1692 travel angel. The Manfrotto underwhelmed me for the price, the Velbons we're not bad for the money and very small folded away. However, once we got...

We keep hearing this claim being made and for some scenarios I would agree that it could happen, however not for all by a long way. Last night my son and partner had their engagement party in a dimly lit and noisy room above a bar in Manchester. The younger people probably thought it was bright...

On my D800 this lens seems to suffer with some focus breathing. If I AF fine tune it for closer (2-3 m) indoor use it is wrong for longer distances. It's not always a problem but it's definitely there at wide apertures. If I use it on the D300s which has more DOF it's less of an issue. Don't...

Often people comment on the size of some DSLR bodies such as the D7100 or D600 and recommend a grip to resolve the problem, if it presents one. I then go and look at my old Pentax ME Super and Nikon 601 and the are small by comparison. How did people manage to hold these older film cameras?

I bought the Nik collection back in March and I'm very pleased with it. I was wondering if anybody has received updates as I haven't and I can't see any on their website.