Carl Welsby

Wonderful pics - well done.

Just a quick message to Busch. Many thanks for sending the straps, which arrived today. The Aircell one is perfect - I can see the screen clearly as it's just the right length for my eyesight. I'm...

Thanks all. Hope to be active on here more and more as the weeks and months pass.

Steve - maybe the Tammy will get AF-D with a furture firmware upgrade ala 70-300...

Hey John, Sorry to hear of your family problems. Old age - Jeez... I'm a PC user (at the moment) might change if I feel I need to afford to reinvest in all my software, but doubt it. My bank...

Hi all I took delivery of an early 50thbirthday present to myself on Saturday last: A99, Tamron SP AF 28-75 F2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical IF Macro, Tamron 70-300mm F/4-5.6 USD and various other bits and...

Hi Busch,Thanks again. Can I ask you to send both? What i'll do is see which is a better fit and then return the other). Is that OK? I'll PM you my address.Thanks again!Guys - thanks for the...

Well hey Busch, that's very kind.In case it's not the right length for me could you give me some details - make and model, or just the max length from neck to camera.ThanksCarl

Hi guys,I've just taken delivery of the A99 (more later :-)) and find that with my aging eyes the neck strap isn't quite long enough to allow me to see the LCD screen clearly when hung by my waist....

This is all really useful. Thanks guys for taking the time - much appreciated!All the bestCarl

Looks like I have some reading! Thanks for your reply.

Hi guys,You'll have to cut me some slack here as I not really an expert on the subject of monitors and graphics cards etc.I currently have the following PC:Lenovo with i5-2320 CPU @3.00ghz with 8gb...

Thanks for the last two posts guys.To be honest I don't expect to be printing at home much at all. What bugged me was a) that colours were way out and b) I wanted to understand the process even if...

Hi guys,Well its a wet day here so i'm stuck at home rather out cleaning windows. This at least gives me a chance to bang my head against the desk again.In truth things are better. After speaking...

Thanks for the replies.Artistguy - I don't have any other profiles in the dropdown in Lightroom except: Adobe RGB (1998), eciRGBv, Epson sRGB, Epson Standard RGB Gamma 1.8, Epson IJ Printer 07,...

OK, before I start I want to thank you for taking the time to assist me. I have tried to understand colour profiles etc, but i'm kidding myself if I say I do. It's a complicated subject. Anyhow,...

Hi guys,Thanks for the replies.Earthquake - there are caveats about Sigma lenses on some Sony models, notably A77 and A65, so I discounted it (shame though). Are there any A99 users using this...

As the subject says i'm interested to know whta 50mm "nifty fifty" you are using on your A99. I'm not far away from buying my own A99 and am researching lens that can do the body justice. The Sony...

Keep posting! It's good to see pics from "home" (i'm from Poulton, my brother lives in Galgate and father in Knott End).Felicitations too to Mrs SirLataxe!

Thanks Kim