With my recent purchase of a Nikon D200 I commented in a previous post, Cheap Chinese Made Photo Equipment, about my intention to buy some cheap Chinese accessories for it - after baulking at the price of the Nikon equivalents! After cruising on eBay I put in a order for a Remote Shutter Release and [...]

Over the weekend I finally made the decision to upgrade my Nikon D70 to a brand spanking new D200 (see Time For A Camera Upgrade) which should be on its way to me right now. Thanks to those readers who confirmed from personal experience that I was making the right decision - you really helped [...]

I’ve finally unpacked my new light tent and shot my first image using it. This shot nicely illustrates how easy it is to get a clean white background with this set up.

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For the white background I didn’t have to use any backlighting, just a white card propped up [...]

I think I’ve said before that I’m not really an equipment junkie. In truth I spend relatively little on gear and I’m certainly not a “serial upgrader” and just have to get the newest “latest and greatest”. I don’t think anyone who knows me would call me particularly parsimonious or that awful euphemism “careful” with [...]

OK, as you might have read in yesterday’s post, after deciding that I wanted a longer zoom lens I purchased a 70-300 f4-5.6 ED Nikkor. Before deciding on the purchase I performed my “due diligence” and checked out some online reviews of the lens along with the other contenders. To nobody’s surprise, I guess, the [...]

For those who read about my agonising over a new lens purchase in my recent post, Plastic Or Metal?, the hot off the press news is that I finally made a decision! Scouring eBay for likely candidates I came across a mint condition 70-300 f4-5.6 ED Nikkor. The price was right and I had to [...]

A category of lens I’m beginning to miss a bit is a longer zoom. I used to own (and loved) one of the older 80-200 f2.8 Nikkors which saw much service coupled with my old F4. It was a hefty old thing though and had some flaws, most notably no tripod ring. Not that I [...]

I’ve recently semi-retired my aging but rock solid Manfrotto Pro 055 tripod and replaced it with a smaller and more lightweight Giottos model. The Manfrotto has always been a bit bigger and heavier than I’ve needed. As I don’t need the size and heft of one of the heavier brutes of the tripod world I [...]

Please bear with me while I burden you with my domestic woes, I promise you that there will be a point to be made that relates to photography!
Last night my gas oven stopped working. It turns out that this is due to a small part known as an FFD (Flame Failure Device). The job of [...]

I think I’ve said before that I’m not particularly subject to technolust and any equipment I buy has to earn its keep - in other words enable me to do something that I just couldn’t do without it. With that in mind, here are two bits of gear that I have found myself lusting after [...]