Sorry to revive this old thread, but I have decided to go for a remote and have been doing some searches. Came across this link

So in addition to all the other links that have been posted in this thread I was wondering whether anyone has used this one too or have any thoughts about this.

I guess I am quite inclined to go for a RF remote rather than IR, the only thing that is still bugging me a little is what I read in the forum regarding the fact that to use the RF remote one has to open the side hatch and that breaks the weatherproofing on the camera body.

I am stil split between the Seculine Twin1 R3 link and one that is an RF, the advantage with the Seculine is I get both, the IR and cable on the same unit so I have both options, but as an advantage the RF is much better in my view as even when the camera shuts down after a few minutes the RF remote wakes it up.

Any thoughts or further advice about this please?

When were you in Kenya Richard? If it was in the 70s then it must have been pretty good time.

I was born and in Mozambique, in a cosy little place called Inhambane link just about 300 miles from the South African border with Mozambique. Lived there through the first few years of civil war then was forced out of the country after been given just 24 hours to leave along with parents and siblings. I was 13 then. And the reason? Haa, because dad had decided we wanted to stick with our birth citizenship, portuguese. So new communist party decided to chuck away everyone who was born in the country but holding foreign passports .

Well, long story after that, after a few travels around some asian and european countries through teenage years here I am, good old London, this is home now for the past 18 years and feeling more and more like this is where I always belonged.

And now Forest of Dean kind of locations are becoming tempting, I guess you can take a jungle boy out of the woods but you cant take the woods out of the jungle boy ha . I miss the open fields and the closeness with the nature.

You better stop it, or else you might end up with an extra member in the community.

Let me comb down the aspects here: "Prices for houses are very reasonable around here, A very Beautiful area between the river Wye and the Severn, lots of trees, millions of them"
just what the doctor perscribed

"plenty of wildlife, my garden backs into the forest, I am trying to get some shots of the Goshawks that I sometimes see and many other birds of prey" Just what the keen learner in photography in me wants ha

"but not much in the way of work" I run my own business and work from home. I travel to West London once in a blue moon to meet clients or supervise work that my staff does, but other than that I spend time at home (I run a multiscreen desktop here and since the arrival of my K20D and the discovery of this great forum one of my screen has permanently the forum site on ) so you must have noticed me constantly around the forum .

And lastly and perhaps the most important even the wife might love the idea. I love the country site and miss the greens of Africa where my infancy and childhood time was spent hehehe Forest of Dean you are a temptress hehe,

Oh and if local people around there are friendly and welcoming like you, reserve me a spot, who knows ... hehehhe

Paving the way for a cold dinner tonight Richard, are you? , information comes to them through strange and unexplainable means, so watch out .

Stunning images you have on your profile, some absolutely great shots. I wonder how many grey hairs I will have to have had in order to take some shots to come even close to those ones.

How is the property prices around your side Richard :wink Worth considering moving nearby so I can start dropping by with the bunch of enthusiasts in your local camera club?

That's wisdom talking and the voice of experience

And signs of a good many warm dinners rather than cold sandwiches eaten lonely in front of the telly ha

Took a couple of minutes for the bulb to come on but that was good. It was followed by a wide grin the moment the bulb went on.

Same feeling yesterday when I was messing about with the Sigma flash and trying to have it work as slave on wireless, and when I finally succeeded it I knew I could make full use of it.

Talking about making full use of it I wish the road conditions were a bit better so I could pursuade wife to go shopping so I could have the house all for myself again and play around and fiddle with the camera .

A bit risky to let her drive with these icy conditions,

Richard,

That's a very kind thought, thank you very much. If I were nearby definitely would love to join you people and acquire some skills in the field.

Regarding books and manuals, I go through them always. I am a firm believer that one should read instructions and manuals times and times again until the controls are well mastered. I refer to the manual of the K20D times and times again and have read it a couple of times inclusive. But being fairly new to the field many terms are still strange for me.

But I am getting there. In a month I have become familiarised with a few terminology and still learning. Well that's the joy of it, keeping on learning.

Yesterday I concentrated on the Sigma flash I had and in my opinion it has one of the worse UI, this I think has been mentioned before by one of the forum members somewhere here but I experienced it first hand, but after tackling it for a while and keeping my K20D book next to me I ended managing to familiarise with the controls of it too. .

But mastering the controls in my view is one thing and putting in in practice and how to apply it while taking the shots is way another matter. That's why I keep bugging you people who have been extremely patient with me. I hope I am not pushing my luck or else I might end up being told off .

Thanks again

Amin

The hand book has been constantly next to me on my desk and bedside table . And yes, I constantly refer to it. May be I am just too slow to pick it up , but before I ask a question around here I tend to go to the book first, and sometimes only when I need some more clarification or explanation regarding an issue or subject I throw in a question for help here.

magic lantern book yup, its on order, thanks to some great suggestions and advice from the forum too.

Thanks

Amin

Hefty,

I think my mental bulb just went on , you mean Av mode, choose the aperture and the ISO and let it choose the shutter value for me ha,
that's what it means isn't it?

Because the only other mode in order to choose all three would be on the M mode, right?

Thanks

Amin

My Av mode doesn't allow me to change the shutter values. Am I missing something here? Is there some kind of setting I need to do or change in the C menu to do this? I might be missing something here. Help again

Amin