The Grumpy Snapper

You read some posts on here and have to wonder if the OP wouldn't be better off finding a new hobby.

I wouldn't be surprised if they had been discontinued. Tiffen have discontinued a lot of Domke products. It may be time to buy any gripper straps you can find for use in the future. They did used ...

Especially on these forums.

They've always been long term tools.

The main reason for using the anchors is having two, round, red things dangling from your camera shows that you're a real photographer.

With over four thousand posts I bow to your level of expertise. My decades of using quality ball heads is irrelevant.

The knob with the scale isn't a locking knob. It's to preset the tension (resistance) on the unlocked ball.

For my commercial work I use whichever format is appropriate. For my personal work my APS-C kit has been the most used in the past 6 months.

Uni-Loc have/had a North American distributor but I'm not sure if the company is still in business. I contacted the U.K. headquarters and after an initial response never heard anything since.

That would have been the first thing I checked.

I used my Formatt Hitech filters in a Cokin P holder for years before finding a deal on the aluminium Formatt Hitech filter holder. For use on an ultra wide angle lens you can hacksaw the outer ...

Weekend Wannabes prefer black because they think it makes them look more professional. Hipsters colour coordinate the body finish with the lens finish to their outfit that day. Real photographers ...

The heavier one makes a better paperweight.

Multiple replies from users with thousands of posts and no one has asked which 7-14 mm.

Alphabetically C is before N and R is before Z so obviously an Arca-Swiss with Zeiss lenses is better than either.

12 months ago I would have recommended WordPress but recently it's been very slow and flaky. I've seen quite a few complaints from other bloggers also with similar problems. Having spent a couple ...

The only "story" here is how much free publicity the news agency is getting.

They're an OP/TECH product. I  want to say they're called adapt-its or something similar.

The split rings allow a certain amount of movement/twist between the strap lug and the strap attachment.

It's not about the cost, it's about the size and weight. I carried both my 600mm f/5.6 lenses many miles. I never considered a 600mm f/4. I did consider an 800mm f/5.6 and borrowed one from the ...