The garden wrens are usually too timid to photograph, hiding in vegetation and only appearing in full view for a couple of seconds before disappearing again. But this one decided to launch into full-throated song from a prominent perch about 15ft above ground while I was working in the garden. It even had the decency to sing long enough for me to rush indoors, grab the camera (K3 with DA300mm + 1.4TC attached currently always on standby!) and get a couple of quick shots. After the second shot, it stopped singing and flew off.

It really was a matter of "f5.6 and be there!" (not enough time to change to f8...:wink. Good light, good perch, and enough time to get the camera - I doubt if it will happen again in the garden.

Thoughts, comments etc. welcome as always.




Steve

So it's clearly working OK. Any different from what you'd expect from, say, the original K3 with the same lenses in the same light?

Nice pictures, irrespective of the camera!

Steve

Don't forget US sales tax. I used to travel to the USA a lot on business, my memory is that it was added at point of sale. The rate varies from state to state, but is 4.5% in New York, which would bring the sterling equivalent to very close to the UK price including VAT.

And on a cheerier note - Who's a lucky womble, then??

Stev e

Now that's what I call customer service!

If Chris can't come up with a replacement, the dimensions would be useful. A precision engineering company should be able to make one from aluminium. Worth trying SRB Griturn who make and sell a lot of adapters and other photographic things. Their photographic equipment webshop is https://www.srb-photographic.co.uk/, their company website is https://www.srb-griturn.co.uk/ .

Worth noting that the ring flash not only comes with a set of screw-in adapters but also a tube-like macro adapter which the manual says is "for D-FA macro lens" (presumably the D-FA 100mm macro, although it isn't specific). This one attaches to the bayonet fitting usually used to attach the lens hood, not the screw thread used by the others.

Good luck.

Steve

Pity about the pupae. Yes, it was the orange tip I had in mind. No set of 'decaying pupa' pictures, then?

As do many things...

Steve

Beauty in the familiar, there to see of only one looks... And you do.

Nicely seen, nicely photographed. The symmetry in the second is striking.

Steve
PS: Did the pupa die?

So you missed the chance to have a second 'teenage' rebellion after Lockdown 1?

Steve

Surely too early for spring to be sprung up north. Got married near Rotherham in last half of April (a long time ago...). A very cold day, hardly any sign of spring. Wedding photos show no sign of leaves on trees and a single daffodil in flower.

Steve

[quote:3496ace15f="Jonathan-Mac"]The below link is for a little £7 gadget to attach a phone to the hotshoe and if the camera has wifi to allow the phone to be used for live-view then this essentially solves the problem: ]https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ulanzi-ST-06-Phone-Holder-Tripod-Mount-Camera-Hot-Sho...
Perfect! You'll simultaneously be able to take a selfie of you taking a photo with the real camera.

Steve

Answer: You can't. I've always understood that holding the camera against your face (i.e. looking through the viewfinder) contributed to stability. But... with shake reduction, holding a camera steady may not be as important as it used to be. And for video, monitoring on a screen seems to be the norm.

As for risking camera and phone, make that £3K for camera + lens and £1K for phone. And the lady in the picture is going against at least 2 and a half points in the Met police advice re protecting against criminals on bikes and mopeds:
- Look out for anyone on a bike or a moped near you. Look up, look out.
- Stand away from the roadside, close to a building or wall, so no one can come up behind you.
- Don't text while you're walking – you won't notice what's going on around you. (The Met advice clearly needs updating here to include using DSLR with phone, but the principle is the same.)
But when it's your camera, your phone, your money, you're entitled to take the risk - just as long as you don't expect sympathy if someone rides off with it!

Steve