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  1. Tim Taylor

    Safari - 100-400mm II + TC or 150-600mm Sigma/Tammy

    Hi all. Going on a potentially dusty safari in October. I have the 100-400mm mkII and mkII converters. I'm wondering whether to get a 150-600mm to take instead for ease of use and fewer lens changes. All thoughts most welcome! Thanks. :t:
  2. Tim Taylor

    Advice on ND filters and holders please

    Hi All Just thinking I might have a go at landscape stuff and would like to use those slide in rectangular/square ND and graduated filters I see people using. Lee seem to do great stuff but at a high price. Anyone have any experience of similar but cheaper stuff? I would probably use my...
  3. Tim Taylor

    Canon macro lenses

    Hi All Currently I use the Sigma 150mm macro but not the OS version. I like to travel as light as poss when doing macro and I wonder if it would be much of an advantage to get the OS version of the same lens or to get the Canon 100mm IS. Any opinions welcome. Cheers, Tim
  4. Tim Taylor

    Topaz Plugins

    I have Lightroom and Photoshop CS6. A friend is talking about Topaz Denoise and In focus. there seem to be a huge number of Topaz products out there. I'd be interested to hear which if any people use. Thanks!
  5. Tim Taylor

    7D2 vs 1D4

    I have the 1D4 and I had the orginal 7D. Does anyone have the 1D4 and 7D2 and feel up to comparing AF and noise? The thing I hated above all else about the 7D was noise in dark areas which showed a lot if I tried boosting the exposure. The thing I like least about the 1D4 is the lack of...
  6. Tim Taylor

    What do you carry trekking in mountains?

    OK, here's your opportunity to say how fit you are. ;) I'm off to Morocco in a fortnight and can't decide whether to take the 1D MkIV and 300mm f2.8 + converters or to take the SX50 alone. 5+ hours of walking in the Atlas Mountains with a mule to carry the main luggage but no access to it...
  7. Tim Taylor

    Canon 7d mkII

    Latest on Canon Rumours on 2/4/2014: We’re told to finally expect some significant camera announcements from Canon in May. There will be a couple of PowerShot’s announced, most notably the SX60 IS and its 100x zoom, as well as a DSLR. The assumption on the DSLR is that it will be the...
  8. Tim Taylor

    Sony NEX-VG20 vs Panasonic HC-X920 vs Canon HF G30

    Hi all. Any opinions on which of these three camcorders would best suit needs? The Sony is in the lineup because with a converter it will take my lenses (I have Canon up to 600mm). The others are there because they appear on paper to be good in low light and have a reasonable reach. My...
  9. Tim Taylor

    Android/iPhone bird guide for China

    I have a 2 week hol in China coming up and wonder if anyone has come across any electronic bird field guides for the region? It's not really a birding holiday but I'll probably take my bins. Cheers, Tim B (:
  10. Tim Taylor

    Microphone to use with 1D MkIV

    I often shoot short clips of video when I'm out and about and would like to avoid hearing all the internal rumblings of the IS without turning the IS off. I ran into an adept of the dark side today who had a microphone mounted on his D4 hotshoe and he reckoned this solved the problem for him...
  11. Tim Taylor

    Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 with 2x converters

    Hi All I'm thinking about switching my 100-400mm Canon for the Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 OS as a walkabout lens. I rarely use the 100-400mm now most of the time choosing to lug around the 600mm +1.4mm on a big tripod/Wimberley setup. Most of the time locally I'm shooting at long range and I wonder...
  12. Tim Taylor

    1D MkIV video controls

    I'm struggling to work out how to turn off the video recording once I've started it using the FEL button. Can't figure it out from the manual and I'm hoping someone here knows! At the moment I'm actually turning the camera off to stop recording... Feel a bit of an idiot but hey ho! :-O
  13. Tim Taylor

    Wasp orchid? Collard Hill, Somerset

    I'm new to orchids. Anyone able to help me with this one please? Same plant from 2 angles. Cheers Tim
  14. Tim Taylor

    Best High ISO Canon Camera for Wildlife Photography

    Users of the Nikon D3 like Andy Rouse claim to hardly ever drop the ISO below 1000. I'd be interested to hear whether there are Canon users who feel they can do the same or similar with their cameras. With my 1D mkII I feel that noise gets noticeable above 200 and poor over 400. That's...
  15. Tim Taylor

    Who mentioned macro video?

    Might have been Jaff. Anyway, here's one with a 5D mkII and MP-E 65. I would hardly have believed it was possible with such a tiny DOF... Tim B (:
  16. Tim Taylor

    Canon Lens Production

    I stumbled across these videos and thought others might be interested: Canon lens production 1 Canon lens production 2 Canon lens assembly Helps to explain why they cost so much! Tim
  17. Tim Taylor

    Crawling through mud

    I'm often impressed by the lengths that people go to to get nice eye level shots of their subjects. Often I don't quite get the angle I want because of a reluctance to stretch out full length on the brown stuff. I don't have any intrinsic objection to mud but I don't like the idea of having to...
  18. Tim Taylor

    White vs Pied (again) UK

    Sorry, I know it's an old chestnut. I'm hoping this is a white wag but I've never been 100% confident at telling the difference. Taken at Stonehenge yesterday. Many thanks. Tim Edit: I've added a couple more shots in case it helps
  19. Tim Taylor

    Lightroom2, CS4 and Color Space

    Some quick fairly non-technical advice would be appreciated. I import into LR and convert to .dng from RAW in the process. LR is set up to export 16bit TIFF files to external applications in ProPhoto RGB which is recommended as the best way to preserve colour detail from LR. A problem I have...
  20. Tim Taylor

    Cormorant vs Shag - UK

    I know this is a common question but it still gets me confused. I've attached a pic of a juvenile shag and two pictures of what I assume to be an adult shag. However, although the beak is slim in the adult bird, it doesn't seem to have as steep a forehead as I'd expect and not as steep as the...
  21. Tim Taylor

    Eos-0

    Here's the alternative to serious discussion about camera features. I expect a lot of you will have seen it before. http://inphotos.org/tag/canon/ Tim ;)
  22. Tim Taylor

    Most stylish/favourite photography website

    I'd be interested to know what sort of photography/gallery websites people like to visit most? Do you have a favourite? I've just encountered this one by a French Canadian and was amazed by the stylish design. Another one, this time from Italy, is more on wildlife lines and with a wealth of...
  23. Tim Taylor

    Monitor opinions

    I've got an ADI microscan 19" TFT monitor with a native resolution of 1280x1024. I'd like something glossier with better colours and have looked at the Samsung Syncmaster T220 and Dell SP2208WFP. It was hard to assess them in PC World. They are both 1680x1050 22" screens and both get good...
  24. Tim Taylor

    Website/Java/IE7 problem

    Any programmers/developers out there? I've just spent a week or so rejigging my website. It works fine in Firefox, Chrome and Safari but not in IE7. There's a random image that appears top left on the homepage which just doesn't display in IE7. If anyone has any idea I'd be grateful for a...
  25. Tim Taylor

    ??Melitta tricincta, Somerset UK

    Another bee from the garden yesterday. I can't find any very good matches in books or on the net. Does anyone have any opinions on this one? Thanks Tim
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