David Lal

.. and mine seem to be very similar. I agree with your crop mark up. Incidentally, is that standing water on the road surface? If so, a very low camera angle might have revealed some interesting ...

That sounds like an exaggeration but maybe you are perfectly correct. As I said, I have no interest in video so not inclined to investigate your claim. Were it I, I would use the correct tool for ...

If it is not done extremely carefully and discreetly this is something that can instantly turn a decent image into something rather cheap and nasty. Nonetheless, I usually add month and year and I ...

I'm sorry but I have to be truthful and this will sound harsh but is not intended to be a personal insult. This is the kind of image I would just delete straightaway. To my eye there is ...

I was just about ready to buy a D500 but the missing popup flash was a deal breaker for me and therefore no replacement for my D300 which goes almost everywhere with me and I use flash a lot. The ...

All of these cameras are pretty darned good. Your staff will continue to miss shots or come home with mediocre/poor ones regardless of the kit. Train the staff or get better ones. Your kit is not ...

I love snow: I am a 70 year old child! Lots and lots of natural beauty from landscapes right down to macros of snow crystals. I think you just have to practice, practice, practice and then when ...

Have you been puffing about inside the camera with a 'Rocket blower' or similar? Débris up behind the focusing screen can be a typical consequence. Cushioned tweezers are not an absolute ...

Thank you for the correction and the info - I did not know this. I make and fabricate quite a lot of things and my favourite metal is stainless steel but usually I work exclusively with metric ...

The correct designation for the thread is 1/4 British Standard Whitworth which has a diameter of approximately 6mm. How strong the bolt is depends, of course on the material from which it is ...

.. killer creatures belonging to OTHER people but which come into MY garden to menace MY wildlife. Fortunately, I'm an excellent shot with half a house brick ...

I have, I admit, zero interest in videography but if I did, especially if it were paid work, I'd acquire the proper tool for the job. To me, video on a DSLR is not much short of sales gimmickry.

There are some snotty nosed individuals around who sneer at birds-on-bowls (feeders) images. I am not one of them - but I also don't agree that 500mm and 600mm primes are a sine qua non for bird ...

Of course you are right. Maybe John meant to write something slightly differently.

I never thought much of the AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 either but, by contrast, the 18-140mm seems to be get reasonable reports. As for myself, my secondhand Nik 16-85mm seems to be on the camera most of ...

Appreciated!

I'm not completely sure but I think the E2 product may have been abandoned - all that stuff about the tin coated sensors was just bunkum. You could ask the manufacturer: https://photosol.com/ Mine ...

See: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61711514

I bought my first bottle of Eclipse in 2004 and even now am only on my second bottle which is about 5 years old. It's more or less pure methanol and does not degrade - but can evaporate if the ...

Yes, I should have mentioned the SB300 too. As you say, not as good. My SB400 was GB£ 50 on Ebay and I am well-pleased with it.