Nice. Seems like you're doing just fine.

Anyone heard of a [url=http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_1&products_id=111805&PHPSESSID=d4mur1orfeqv3g0vc27r406lq1 Steadepod?[/url

Was looking through 7dayshops tripod sale (some decent bargains to be had) and came across this, at £13.49 delivered I have ordered one as it seems in principle like a bloody good idea for various uses where use of a tripod is just too boring

I'm after a decent HD camcorder which also takes good stills, anyone know of any?

cheers

Portrait of a Herring Gull:



Red-legged partridge (taken from driver's seat of car!):

Fuji cameras take reasonable video footage, the S1850 I used for a basic video shot in the mountains and the sound was excellent and even though I had a crummy low speed card the video footage was more than acceptable, not grainy/jerky at all. They take pretty decent stills as well


I'm sure many other companies pro-sumer type cameras do the same thing, many well under £200, even under £150 in some cases.

Sigma or Tamron 70-300mm as a first telephoto lens for a beginner to DSLR?

Quote OoOGazOoO="OoOGazOoO"Sigma or Tamron 70-300mm as a first telephoto lens for a beginner to DSLR?'" I'm 100% Sigma at the moment, really good value lenses when you step up to F2.8, for a beginner though I like the Canon 55-250mm IS, plenty of reach, good image stabilization, holds its resale value really well too. At around £100 it is a steal bit.ly/Ic5kXA

Quote OoOGazOoO="OoOGazOoO"Sigma or Tamron 70-300mm as a first telephoto lens for a beginner to DSLR?'" I'm 100% Sigma at the moment, really good value lenses when you step up to F2.8, for a beginner though I like the Canon 55-250mm IS, plenty of reach, good image stabilization, holds its resale value really well too. At around £100 it is a steal bit.ly/Ic5kXA

Quote Big Graeme="Big Graeme"I'm 100% Sigma at the moment, really good value lenses when you step up to F2.8, for a beginner though I like the Canon 55-250mm IS, plenty of reach, good image stabilization, holds its resale value really well too. At around £100 it is a steal bit.ly/Ic5kXA'" Thanks Graeme, needs to be Nikon fit though, should have said in my original post. I have just got a D3100, but looking for a 'first' telephoto lens, for beginner purposes, etc... Was looking at the Sigma or the Tamron. Thanks again!

Quote Big Graeme="Big Graeme"I'm 100% Sigma at the moment, really good value lenses when you step up to F2.8, for a beginner though I like the Canon 55-250mm IS, plenty of reach, good image stabilization, holds its resale value really well too. At around £100 it is a steal bit.ly/Ic5kXA'" Thanks Graeme, needs to be Nikon fit though, should have said in my original post. I have just got a D3100, but looking for a 'first' telephoto lens, for beginner purposes, etc... Was looking at the Sigma or the Tamron. Thanks again!

Ah, Sigma all the way then.

Thanks mate!

In terms of what the Yanks call "bang per buck' then I absolutely agree.

The Nikon lenses sometimes have the edge with image quality but it's not necessarily a given.

The only problem I've ever had with a Sigma lens is with my 150-500. This a great vfm lens and fast enough to shoot rugby in good light at ISO400-800, but although it worked perfectly with my late, lamented D200, I'm told it needs to be "re-engineered" (WTF that means) in order to work with my D300s.