Comments for Rosamundi's Photoblog

Comment on It’s like The Ascent of Man, but with megapixels! by Allie

Allie — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:30:46 +0000

Well, this is true. But on the other hand, it really does pay dividends to get the best lenses you can afford. It is also worth ensuring that you only buy the EF lenses rather than the EF-S ones. That way if you ever upgrade to a full frame camera you won’t need also to replace your lenses.

Comment on I’ve been walking again by Allie

Allie — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:27:41 +0000

My 300D does that, too. I find that I have more success if I place the cross points over the item I want focused than if I just ignore them when composing the shot. Also, your aperture will make a difference (apologies if that’s patronising).

Comment on I’ve been walking again by rosamundi

rosamundi — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:33:32 +0000

Walked 40 miles in three days and haven’t lost so much as an ounce. I am, quite frankly, livid.

I’ve got a bit to go before I fill up my external hard drive – 236GB, apparently.

Comment on I’ve been walking again by Steve

Steve — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:38:37 +0000

It’s good for the figure, all that walking
(Not, I hasten to add, that you had anything whatsoever to worry about on that score, but still…)

You’re not alone with focus woes – the vari-point focus mode on my d300 stitches me up frequently, especially as the adjustment button/dial is just under where I place my thumb for comfort…

1,300 shots in 3 days? Now do you see what I mean about needing a BIG hard disk?

Comment on It’s like The Ascent of Man, but with megapixels! by Steve

Steve — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:00:49 +0000

>>How does that work?

Rather too easily, unfortunately.

Think “Ooh, Shiny!”, but with MUCH larger price tags

Comment on It’s like The Ascent of Man, but with megapixels! by rosamundi

rosamundi — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:55:36 +0000

where your ‘I could really use that expensive lens’ thoughts keeps denting your bank balance,

Oh, don’t – I went into Camera World for a waterproof (more expensive than the waterproof I wear, but then, I won’t fwizzle and die when it rains), and a couple of lens cap leashes and somehow came out with a 50mm lens as well. How does that work?

Comment on It’s like The Ascent of Man, but with megapixels! by Penny

Penny — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:58:15 +0000

Hi Rosamundi

That last picture looks like it could belong on a blog about becoming a Lay member of the Order of Preachers .

Comment on It’s like The Ascent of Man, but with megapixels! by Steve

Steve — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:56:20 +0000

That phalaenopsis piccy is fab: when DxO optics has finished with the 400 I fired off at Hampton court today I’ll see if there’s anything quite as good as that. Probably not, but we cam hope. I seem to be in the -Decent of Man- phase at the moment…

Welcome to the world of DSLRs, where your ‘I could really use that expensive lens’ thoughts keeps denting your bank balance, your megapixel count keeps going up, and so does the back pain from lugging it all over the show ‘just in case’.
Oh, and word to the wise: get another BIG hard disk. Soon!