philm5d

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

I never had much luck with the Nikon 35 either. I bought the f1.4G new and it just didn't have any magic somehow. Competent, yes, but little Wow factor for the high price. I sold it and took quite ...

I don't think you can have got got the same survey as I did, - I'm a professional photographer.

Caught a Nikon owner survey email the other day, apparently sent to me after buying recent lenses and doubtless also due to my history of pro gear purchases registered on the Nikon website for ...

It's like changing lenses - you're advised to switch off the camera first but every so often it's likely you will forget to do this. I must have done this dozens of times with no ill effects. ...

It's possible the mount is distorted but I am sure you would have known if/when this might have happened??? Anyhow a new mount should not be expensive it's the time it takes to dismantle that is ...

Yes, looks like internal dust made to look worse than it actually is by internal reflections bouncing about between the lens elements - moral of the story is don't ever shine a flashlight through ...

Very possible a screw in the lens mount has backed off and is jamming the lens on the bayonet mount. This happened to me with a 300mm PF lens however I was JUST able to remove the lens in time. I ...

Traditionally, and especially in the days of film, school portrait images were supplied as a paper proof attached to an envelope/pricelist. Kids took home this proof kit and parents ordered ...

Right! Next question, do you want an assistant?

OK, now I'm starting to get real jealous, I mean that lens and those gals! More brilliant work and real pleasure to view - do you have your own make-up artiste and studio by the way? Best wishes, Phil

OK, will take your word for that since I've only needed glasses for any distance relatively recently. Not! My glasses are +1.5 and if I wear them and use the camera there is no problem except that ...

Many thanks for going to the trouble of publishing this. I had gathered from the B&H sales site that I would need a PLUS correction lens eventually. Anyone else notice a (slight) difference between ...

DIOPTRE comes up as the correct spelling here! I ignored the spell checker in deference to the abundantly American readership on Dpreview. We invented English years ago so naturally this is the ...

Yes you are correct, however as I am far-sighted do I need a Positive or Negative eyepiece? PS - I've just realised that our UK "dioptre" is actually a "dioptre" in the good all US of A, just ...

I am mildly far-sighted and only need weak glasses for reading relatively small print. Not too bad for 62 years old. I notice that my D810 dioptre control is almost up against the stops in the ...