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A pre-emptive purchase (82mm)

Finally decided to go FX and spend some hard earned cash on a D750. However no torn between which lens to get from the following; Nikon 24-120 f/4 Sigma 24-105 f/4 Art lens Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 All three cover the focus ranges I most use in my photography daily needs (family etc) which makes...

Nikon have announced their Spring 2016 cashback deals. There's a hefty line up of FX lenses in there, usually its a good mix of DX/FX https://www.nikon.co.uk/sites/promotions/spring/index_uk.html Maximum cashback is £150, and not via a prepay credit card either - direct funds into your bank...

Just a heads up for UK members, The Photography Show 2016 comes to the NEC in March (19-22). Marketed as: The Photography Show is dedicated to everything photography, from inspiring enthusiasts, to providing professional photographers with access to exclusive networking and giving leading...

Title says it all really. Anyone in the UK looking for this combination can now get their hands on it for £1995. The next best price for this bundle is £2289, which puts it in at a massive £294 price difference. Separately this would set you back £2268 (1549 body + 719 lens), which is only a...

Just a heads up for UK members (or anyone else from further afield in the area at the time), The Photography Show 2015 comes to the NEC in March (21-24). Marketed as: "We’re The Photography Show, the event for anyone who loves taking photos. Whether you’re a professional, a complete beginner...

Interesting article from BBC here; BBC News - The most important cardboard box ever?

This may be of interest to UK buyers. Nikon's current cashback and freebie deals have two offers on; Grips for D7100 & D610 (Nikon), running from 30.10.14 - 04.02.15 AND Bodies/cameras, DX & FX lenses and speedlites (Nikon) running from 15.10.14 - 25.01.15 Suddenly the D7100 has massive...

Heads up courtesy of Robert Mitchell; Alien Skin Exposure 6 rocks. Exposure 7 is due out shortly and unlike most upgrades, this one is free if you purchase Exposure 6 before December 1, 2014. Win/win. Exposure | Film Emulation & Photo Effects | Alien Skin Software

Finally finished off my trigger happy buying :P For off camera flash use with all my flashes (though I must note that the SB-400 does not seem to work with these and the YN-622N-TX, but I'll cover that in another topic)

More wallet emptying today. Bought 24 of these little power 'things' :P Vapextech UK Ltd High Power Consumer Batteries & Chargers I have some from a few years ago still going strong, but needed more for flash and triggers. These are rated at 2500mAh and are LSD ones so a bonus to charge and...

Been a while but brushed the cobwebs off the money box and splashed out on;

My cousin is getting engaged in a few weeks and there's going to be a bit of a extended family get together for the ceremony. She's asked me to be her photographer for the engagement because she likes the pictures I take (even though by my very own admissions I'm still in the amateur leagues)...

My current body doesn't have a commander mode for the flash (D5100), so I've been looking into a Yongnuo YN-622N setup of sorts to do some off camera flash triggering. I'm looking at getting YN-622N x2 (for my SB-700s) YN-622N-TX x1 (as the commander) I think the above will work quite well...

Here's a story that not a lot of people outside of the UK will have heard of (I think), but I truly believe it is one that we can all take something away from BBC News - Cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton dies aged 19 Stephen Sutton was diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age of 15, and died...

First of all, a massive thank you to all those that participated, you're all winners in one way or another. Next, apologies for the late 'winning' post, it's been a hectic month here for me and my photography time has suffered :( So without further ado, here are this month's winners: 1st place...

HALLOWEEN This month's challenge can include (but not limited to) the annual traditions observed around this theme; Trick-or-treating, dressing up (costumes), decorating/carving of pumpkins, bonfires, or anything that gives the impression on being haunted. Assignments are designed to help...

New Nikon SB-300 Flash unveiled Nikon SB-300 AF Speedlight | Speedlight Flash for Nikon D-SLRs and Hot-Shoe Equipped COOLPIX Cameras Looks like it's a smaller lighter version of the SB-400, but with more tilt on the bounce than it's bigger brother. GN is lower too, so all in all, probably well...

Hope people more knowledgeable than me can help me out here. I know the D5100 doesn't have a flash commander mode built in, therefore you'd need something like a SB-700 on the camera to trigger another remote flash (SB-700). However, if I wanted to have both SB-700s off camera, what's the best...

So what do you think when you see this; overkill or what is he (or she) trying to achieve?