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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...

Exactly what @BackdoorHippie said. I leave my D800 at home when I take the Tamron 150-600 out. The D7100 is a fantastic camera end of story. If I could only have one body I would keep the 7100 over the 800, even though that's also a great body. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

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...

I keep looking at this thread and then forgetting to upload anything. These are all with the Nikkor 70-200 VRII. The Heron is actually with the TC-20e III teleconvertor which I have now sold and replaced with the Tamron 150-600.

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...

Grandpaw, My bag wasn't specifically laid out for this arrangement and I'm busy at the minute so it's not quite as neat and square as it should be as I just chucked the stuff in for you photo request. Please don't judge my neatness by these photos, or the fact that I had to use my iphone to...

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...

I was just reading a lens review and it talked about the LATERAL (or transverse) and the LONGITUDINAL chromatic aberration. I know what CA looks like but couldn't name/identify different types. Here is a good explanation.

As posted last week, my wife and I picked up a couple of Tamron 150-600 lenses. This weekend we got out and took some pictures to see how they perform on our D7100s (I'll try the D800 next time). The assessment so far is that they seem to perform very well, with both producing very similar...

I've previously posted about people complaining that relatively light setups are too heavy to use and while I accept that some people may have medical reasons for finding this a problem, others are probably just wimps. Yesterday we went to the zoo to try the 150-600s on some captive subjects...

I got mine yesterday and I got to take a few shots to try it. My feeling so far is that I'm very happy with it and that comes from someone who is generally dissapointed when I first get something. I also got a Lowepro Lens Case (11 x 26cm ) which fits this lens. It's a very snug fit, but I can...

Over the last couple of years many have posted about the D800 needing a tripod for sharp images because of the 36mp resolution. I recently did a 3 week trip to the states and took a 30lb bag of gear plus a tripod. Very quickly I decided I was on holiday to visit and see places where I would...

I wouldn't judge by my results Mike as I'm far from expert in this type of photography (Or many others for that matter). The general thinking at the moment seems to be that the Tamron is the one to get however people do get great results with the Sigma which is a fair bit cheaper now. I've...

I've had one of these 150-600 lenses in mind since they were announced but I wasn't in a mad rush to get one and certainly didn't want to be in the first batch. So far in the UK they have been order only on a lengthy lead time so I couldn't get one if I tried. Today I was just curious if things...

Last night we stayed in Bishop CA on our way to Yosemite. We went to a Denny's for something to eat. In the US and several European countries , unlike the UK it is common to leave cash tips on the table or bar. In the UK you normally hand over cash or add it to the bill. So when I got up to pay...

As part of our US holiday we hired an RV for the first week. It was only a 25' standard class and I think I would get a 32' next time as the layout is much better. In the Uk a normal car licence allows you to drive up to a weight of either 7700lb or 16500lb depending on when you obtained it. For...

I was at Hoover Dam yesterday as part of our holiday. We are actually in Vegas for three days but we are leaving a day early as I really don't like the place as much as when we came ten years ago. But back to my story. I had my D800 and 16-35 F4 on my Black Rapid strap as I walked around the...