philm5d

It doesn't mean the AF-S motor is about to fail although inevitably motors fail and any pre-fail squeak is assumed to be the harbinger of doom. It's most likely caused by dust  within the sliding ...

Absolutely agree. However I'm not keen to gamble £3.5K this time around. Let's hope your view on the rendering is proved correct then I may be tempted. The more I think on it it's a combination of ...

Thank you for your kind and considered advice.

Anyone have any thoughts on this please?

I love the colours I get from the D3/D3S series cameras. I gather the D4/D4S are similar although I've never been able to compare them personally. Now recently I photographed a wedding using my ...

Well my professional advice IS to fit a good quality protection filter (Nikon NC Hoya Pro1 etc etc) and for the 1% of pics where it might be a problem just remove and replace it. Nikon wouldn't ...

Bell bottom pants are dead????

Just wondered why Internet Explorer periodically forgets log-in details to dpreview and other sites? Dpreview actually remembers my name and password and only requires to press the login ...

Re. this image in the viewfinder stabilized (or not). I understand this behaviour can be altered with the Tamron Tap-in console so perhaps those who don't see in-viewfinder stabilization, have this ...

I bought three lenses from them and returned one (my fault I misread which 18-55mm model it was). I part-exchanged a Nikon D2XS and a 18-140mm VR. Slight quibble re the condition of the D2XS but ...

Tell that to Roy Castle, a british actor, Carry on Up the Khyber and other movies, and a lovely man (I met him). He died of lung cancer. A non smoker his cancer was attributed to a long career...

OK, don't keep us in suspense - let's see an image showing the problem.

These folk may be able to help, they convert cams to IR and used to have a stack of low pass filters left over.... and  http://www.protechrepairs.co.uk/infrared_conversion__prices.html

Enjoy your camera - I used one of these when I started as an apprentice press photographer in the early 70s. We also had an ancient Rollei T. I loved the quality of the images produced. Not much ...

Hi Rob, you have my sympathy. I owned a D700 and loved it - took it on many holidays and also on my honeymoon. We have a couple of cats and in an idle moment I spotted a cat hair inside the mirror ...

Congratulations on your D3, you will love it. I still have mine the only pro camera I bought brand new - I have D3S,D3X as well bought second hand lightly used. I baby my cameras but it's hard to ...

I owned the Sigma C version. Nice lens, happy with the image quality - but a major irritation the zooming direction is the OPPOSITE to every other Nikon zoom and lead to missed shots. I now have ...

Just persevere and you'll get there. I never look forward to swabbing a sensor but cleaning them every now again is a fact of life. Let us know how you get on!

Four drops is too many and will lead to the problems you describe. Just ONE drop is enough and even then wait a few seconds for it to soak in to the swab and even evaporate a little. I use this ...

I look forward to hearing your report! Best regards,  Phil