Photo Pete

Who said it has been sitting on a shelf for two years? She could have been using it as a football for all you know. Personally I wouldn’t buy it without the opprtunity to inspect it first. My other ...

The glass that front elements are made from is usually extremely tough. Any marks tend to be damage to the more delicate multi-coatings rather than the glass.
The first thing I do whenever I buy a...

I’ve had both and used both on the 40-150 2.8 I sold the MC14 Very little difference in sharpness between them in the overlapping focal length range but a clear advantage to the MC20 for resolving ...

The beauty ring needs to be purchased separately, so if you got one with your used lens you got an even better bargain! No problem using with the studs exposed, just doesn’t feel as nice to handle ...

Looks fine to me given the lighting and the iso. I’m also a bit confused as to how this could be classed as ‘bragging’, particularly when the OP also owns the 300 f4. Perhaps more constructive ...

I chose m43 over full frame for the specific set of qualities the system offers which suit my requirements perfectly. Why would I want to take a step backwards and get even with full frame? ;-)

An alternative view.... Just don’t use it. It makes a relatively compact lens far too bulky. Most times you can shield a telephoto lens from direct light sources which are just out of frame by ...

Could act as a handy social distancing aid when it gets to 2m thick.

I bet the old care worker couldn’t believe his luck when he got a patient who looked like that :-)

Print them and put them in a photo album. The yellowed adhesive which keeps them stuck to the page and the now fragile cellophane sheet covers between the pages provide a ‘classic’ feel to the ...

The benefit of trying out multiple display models side by side. Taking photos to review, trying out the handling. Trying multiple copies of lenses in store to ensure you get a ‘good copy’ A real ...

That sounds great! I hate buying petrol only to see it advertised cheaper when I pass another garage further down the road. The local garages around here are also closing down because they are ...

If you change your user name another 111 times I’ll be convinced there’s something sinister going on :-)

I set up a members only forum for our photography society where the 100+ members who have an interest in photography can post, view and critique photos whenever they choose to login. They are not ...

A two week delay?... and people here are making out there is some hidden agenda?

Sounds perfectly plausible this is just the logistics of tackling the lockdown.

This is a perpetual dilemma which far preceded the invention of the smartphone camera. Back in the film days you had the choice of carrying a full dSLR kit or using a compact camera. The difference ...

I’ve tried several times but just can’t seem to profile moet to give the print quality I want. Maybe it’s the paper I’m using?

I would prefer the middle one of the two options ;-)

Despite the caption describing AI focus modes, the sample was taken with the EM1 mkiii, which doesn’t have AI focus modes. So the lack of sharpness is obviously a good example of why AI focus ...

Where did you manage to find such a tall model?