Forum: Photography Talk

It's quite bewildering out there in the world of Camera bags, they come in all sizes and shapes for all different uses. There are shoulder bags, backpacks and cases for all from the enthusiast to the...

I'm sure that quite a few of you have bought a new piece of photographic kit recently, whether it is a new camera body, lens,flash or a new bag. As long as it is photographic... Please tell us...

In the light of Eifion's recent "Almost" arrest ;) and just when I thought the worls could not get any madder. ...

Whole raft of announcements this morning from Canon. Top of the list is the new 60D, 18mp APS-C all singing all dancing video and a swiveling articulated screen. I'm sure there'll be some...

Cities with glass buildings next to each other - when you get reflections of reflections in buildings, you've got a kaleidoscope of abstract opportunities. We saw some on Deansgate on Mark Scholey's...

This may be of interest to those of you who are looking for an affordable standard zoom lens with a fast aperture, Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro HSM This lens is in my opinion a bargain, it...

Whilst looking through various bits of photographic trivia i came across this bit of interesting information. If any of our members have recently bought one of these lenses please check the serial...

Looking for someone who is using/or has used both the Canon Speedlite 430EX II Flash and Canon 580EX II Speedlite Flash I'm looking to buy a new flash but money is playing apart in my choice. ...

Just came across this article on how to 'Super Charge your Canon Powershot' by allowing you to shoot in RAW. I thought it might be useful for someone on here using a Canon Powershot. I dont have one...

Can anyone give me any advice about polariser filters? I've not really used them before, I've been asked to take photos of a brewery, apart from the place been made of glass I'm also having to...

A very interesting and informative blog here by Karen Strunks http://www.karenstrunks.com/blog/photographer-or-terroist-authority-2-0-debate-on-section-44-of-terrorism-act/

Some of you may find this interesting. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/07/gene_hunt_stop43/ It was sent to me via Nia Roberts. The lady who can to talk to Welshot Photographic Academy...

Clause 43 removed from final Digital Economy Bill Photographers can claim a victory after the House of Commons removed the controversial Clause 43 from the Digital Economy Bill ...

The National Trust are having an open weekend with free access to many of their sites. You just need to print of some vouchers from here and find somewhere that's open. I know the NT can be a bit...

Canon have released a new firmware for the 5Dii. Seems to mainly involve some tweaks to the video settings. If anyone wants a play there are full instructions listed at ...

Following on from Chris's mini review of the 7D and Eifion's suggestion that we share our thoughts on new toys I thought I'd write a few words about my little panny lx-3. This is essentially the same...

For those who are interested in Painting with Light as demonstrated recently by Simon Plant I have acquired a 1 million candle power torch from Argos. Testing so far is giving excellent results and...

What lenses do i need ? well that really depends on the type of photography that you do. Digital SLR cameras these days can be fitted with a bewildering range of lenses so here is a guide of what...

As I'm sure many of you will be aware the Police have for some time been routinely abusing the powers granted to them under section 44 of the terrorism act 2000. There have been countless tales for...

When you are outdoors this time of year with your camera, give your camera time to acclimatise to the temperature before using it, the lens especially will fog up for a while. If it is still snowing...

ISO stands for International Organisation for Standardization. This is a standard for film speed in film cameras, or Sensitivity to light in digital cameras. The lower the number ,the less...

I have recently read an article saying that Fuji are to stop making XD memory cards, they are the small black cards which are about the size of your thumbnail. Fuji are to make all their cameras...

What is noise ?? Noise is the digital equivelent of film grain. It looks like ugly speckles on your photographs. The reasons for noise are: Sensors in cameras generate different...

This will be of interest to all Sony Camera owners . When you need to use the camera in say a studio situation, we normally fire the light's with a remote trigger from the camera's hotshoe, Sony...

I have just bought some lamps from Wilkinsons in Holyhead,priced at £4.50 each. They are similar to the ones that Chris Noble used on one of our Wednesday night Academy modules with his table top...

Another good academy evening at Anglesey Arms last night, and several people will now be listing items on ebay, I guess, following the session on product photography with Chris and Eifion. The...

Most of us now use zoom lenses of some discription for our photography these days, but for Portraiture have you thought of using the old 50mm 1.8 lens that we used to get as standard with our cameras...

We have all heard that good old tungsten bulbs will be no langer available when present stock in the shops has run out. That will leave us, with Photographic Studio Lights with a bit of a problem,...

We all now use Memory cards of one type or another in our Cameras to store our images, but , there are lots of different speeds of card that we can now buy. Why so many and what type do i really...

Has anyone any experience with the Cannon Converters, e.g. 2x and the 1.4x. I know that with one you will lose one stop of light ,and 2 stops with the other, its the quality that i am more...

The place I love the most is Liverpool. Evertime I go there I see a different Workshop... Urban / Cityscape / Dereliction / Architechture / Seascape / Urban Portraiture and Fashion. I...

I can see that you have been doing some homework looking through what is available for what you want. And I've read what Rob has said to you, he is on the same wavelength as me. I still think...

If the weather holds up I'll probably head down to copperfest over the weekend with camera. Any tips for gig photogrpahy? I'm thinking I'll take the 70-200 and crank up the ISO a bit to keep the...

Snappy has just got back from the "V" festival. Watch out for the images that will be apearing with Lynsey Hackett..... Snappy is about to go to France and beyond with Les.... Maybe he will...