David Franklin

Almost all of the advice you are getting here is very helpful and true. But some of this is more complicated than previously presented. First, it sounds like you are mostly concerned with shooting ...

I assume, but don't know for sure, that a design of a converter without a forward protruding element would be possible, but probably inferior optically. They would probably have to make it ...

What Steve Balcombe said is exactly right. Way too many neophytes don't understand this issue and wind up disappointed with their "diffuser" devices. With the exception of using those devices to ...

Nice photos. Looks like it was an enjoyable trip.

Please tell me that this is satire.

In my opinion, the use of physical dials, knobs, buttons and switches, until they become too small or close together or undifferentiated, in the given space, and if they "feel"  easily identified ...

As a person who repeatedly predicted that the R5 would be between $3,500 and under $4,000.00, when most here were sure that it would be at least $4,500.00 and likely over $5,000.00, I am placing ...

No one who has the least understanding of this topic thinks that the grip extends the life of each individual battery; that must remain almost exactly the same. What is extended is the period of ...

I have the EF 16-35 f/4.0 now. It is a spectacular performer: sharp into the corners, low distortion, Canon color, excellent build and comparatively small size and light weight, with a “moderate” ...

Well, FWIW, here is what I did, and my rationale for it, even if it might not fit your particular needs. I sold my EF 24-70 and bought the RF 24-70, for several reasons, all of which have been ...

If it makes you feel any better, I have been a working pro for 40 years, and I make money with the cameras that I buy. Yet, I still always feel sometimes heavy buyer’s remorse after purchasing ...

To this point, from a previous post I already made in this same thread: "This whole thread is like attempting to answer the age-old puzzle of "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin." If ...

A couple of things. As far as I know, USB-C and true Thunderbolt 3 cables are significantly different. I am, however, glad to hear your (and one previous poster's) experience that an "ordinary" ...

Forty years of professional photography is proof enough for me that the rough 1/3-2/3 rule for focus depth works well enough in actual and mostly critical work. Of course it is not always exactly ...

Basically, your are just repeating what I said with more specific technical information and jargon. That's why, for instance, I said that the 1/3-2/3 rule was a " rough rule of thumb" because to ...

A couple of your earlier shots looked considerably sharper to me than the last one you posted. I'm a little confused as to the connection between the marked infinity point on your lens barrel and ...

This whole thread is like attempting to answer the age-old puzzle of "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin." If someone wants to wait for some as yet undefined and unannounced future ...

To my way of thinking, better gear can help make it easier to properly record a great image that the photographer has already created in his "mind's eye" by he or she either recognizing light, ...

Of course. That's pretty much what I also already said in the post from which you're quoting. But, I also needed the extra 95mm from 105mm to 200mm. And, as I also said, the RF 70-200 at 70-105mm ...

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