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January 17, 2014 at 12:58 pm

I agree with all of the above comments. A cheap and lightweight tripod wont break the bank but it will break your heart and potentially your camera in the event of a strong wind

Like Shutterbug said Manfrotto, Slik, and Giotto tripods are not too expensive and they are trustworthy.

In the long run investing in a good tripod will pay for iteself

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December 23, 2013 at 11:34 pm

Hi George UV filters are a must just to help protect your lenses.
If your thinking of a new lens try the 50mm f1.8. Its a great lens that wont break the bank.
THe quality of the images you get from hte 50mm will be better than those from your kit lens,
plus further down the line should you decide to upgrade the 50mm will fit not only your camera but also full frame canon cameras.
Best of luck with your photography and merry christmas.

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December 6, 2013 at 7:51 pm

Hi Snapper

Firstly you need to look at the eqiptment you have already as any EFs lenses you already have will not fit onto a full frame camera. If you have invested a lot of money in glass already you may not want to upgrade to a full frame camera and leave your other lenses gathering dust.
You will need to think about what camera you have vs the camera you want.

Would it really make that much of a diffence to what you want to photograph or would better glass improve the quality of the images you are taking.

The downside to a full frame camera is that the body isnt the only expensive part as all the L series lenses are also quite expensive.
So investing in a new (Full Frame) body will also involve doubling (if not more) up on the cost of additional glass. So take this into account before thinking of going full frame.

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December 6, 2013 at 7:43 pm

Hi Cormac
Shooting RAW has its advantages as the file records more detail, contrast, tones and in the event of colour casts or a incorrect white balance it makes it a lot easier to amend.
If you have ever photographed a landsacape and wondered where your clouds in the sky had dissappered to, RAW would be a solution to helping you recapure details like these.
However you cannot print a RAW file and as mentioned already RAW files look flat until they are edited so all RAW files require editng.
Until you have an understading of RAW Id suggest shooting JPG and RAW so you have your JPG files ready to go and a little further down the line when you have learned a bit more about RAW you can return back to your archived RAW files to rediscover your images.

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February 13, 2013 at 12:51 pm

can you post an image if you have one of the equipment might be interested.

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July 10, 2012 at 4:06 pm

very dramatic

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May 15, 2012 at 12:02 am

i agree, great colors but something to fill the foreground.

well done

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May 14, 2012 at 11:59 pm

v cool:)

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May 10, 2012 at 1:46 pm

a little dogdeing and burning would do wonders, but great shot all the same.

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May 10, 2012 at 1:42 pm

looks great

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May 10, 2012 at 1:42 pm

great set

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May 10, 2012 at 1:39 pm

defo works better without the car

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April 9, 2012 at 11:56 pm

Buceph wrote:

You could try http://www.tineye.com/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

You link it to an image or upload one, and it searches for images that match it. How it does it, I don’t know. I think it’s some form of black magic involving sacrificing Zeiss glass.

lol:)

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April 8, 2012 at 1:21 pm

i remember a while ago a search engine, where you could upload the meta data of a shot and it would seek the image, but was an asian website. and i presume it only works if the image had not been stripped of its data, or processed using a program that omits the data.

hope this helps

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April 8, 2012 at 1:19 pm

lol