John Bean (UK)

Heavy. When I need a backpack I have a 16L Lowepro Hatchback that weighs all of 675g, and when using a shoulder bag (Crumpler Light Delight 4000) with camera (Sony A6500), three lenses (Sigma...

Repeat misinformation often enough and some people will actually start to believe it. It's been a standard tactic of propagandists forever and more popular than ever due maainly to the exponential...

... and Adobe's profit rocketed up as a result of their change of strategy. Doesn't look like nobody uses it to me.

Probably just depends what you're used to. I prefer twist locks and although I've never used a Gitzo the Amazon has better lock action than others I've used from Giottos and Sirui - all far more...

And I have no issues at all with the twist locks. I bought mine in 2012 (I just checked) so it's been around a while. The price has actually reduced since then making it an even better buy.

The X-4CE looks very similar to the Amazon Basics travel triood I bought some years ago. It's still available (see: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DHPCSA0 ) but now has a smaller (slightly...

Not to mention the human brain... or life in general for that matter.

Interesting that the lens says "50mm" and not "5cm" as seen on later models. I wonder when (or why, for that matter) they changed... and then changed back again.

I don't do video, I can see its value to those who do though.

The articulating screen is just an annoyance to me; unlike a tilt screen that I can flip up instantly with a single finger its...

Preferences differ; manufacturer's can't please everybody whatever they do.

I used to love Olympus cameras... until they lost the tilt screen and went the fully articulated route. So now I use a...

If you can't see normal white lens markings in available light then you also need a lens much faster than a f/2 Summicron to make meaningful images with it. Had the camera been mated to a Noctilux...

Tape5 said "people who do not really understand physics..." in a reply to me. I just thought I'd mention that although now retired my qualifications are in... physics. People who do not really...

'For something to be visible, the human eye must be capable of seeing "reflected" light from a thing, and not "emitted" light. '

Hmm. I often wondered whether the sun and stars were really visible...

Good luck making a phone call with it, or checking your email, or... Well, you get the drift.

The real argument in favour of the phone camera is that you always have it with you anyway, for many...

Unnecessary ad hominem attacks on the photographer or for that matter on his work; *you* might not like the pictures, others (like me) will find them interesting.

That said I'm getting tired of...

How about 'Unboxing Schrodinger's cat"? Ticks an extra box...

For power sources the amount of current delivered into a resistive load is directly proportional to the voltage applied (Ohm's law) so it's not true to say it's not the voltage that matters since...

True. I have a cheap Umidigi Z phone running plain Android 7 and a Samsung Tab S2 tablet running Samsung's Android 7. The cheap phone works perfectly, the much more expensive tablet is buggy, lacks...

If you want the your photo assistant to actually understand what you want I would suggest an alternative implant from Amazon or Google rather than Apple ;-)

Yep. I have an excellent 16-70 and a good 16-50 that took only three attempts to find - the first two were dire. Maybe it was just third-time lucky :-)

The 16-50 image quality is not really up...