It's a cracker, the boat is perfectly placed.

Another vote for the Tamron! I have tried the 21mm and it wasn't for me. There are a lot of cheap 24mm primes out there which can indulge a fondness for primes more cost effectively without the annoyance of a pancake design.

Superb captures! I think Bath is a good spot for this sort of thing as every other person seems to be wielding a DSLR

Whatever the contamination is, it seems to be invisible to begin with but causes a gradual failure of the adhesive between the filter and the sensor, creating those little 'bubbles'.

It's not great optically, but it's 'ok' - and a cheap weather sealed lens is a rare thing. Better to get a shot with a mediocre lens than not at all.

On the other hand 35mm creates an immersive effect, taking you into the macro world. It's also a versatile focal length for non-macro, so it's a good walkabout prime.

That's a hell of a close up you start the video with, Don! Congrats on the views.

Nice - I like the simple 'empty' composition of no.1, no.2 - it's nice but the composition lacks... something. It seems to pull my eye to the left.

No matter how good little sensors get, they'll always be a bit behind bigger ones (and they'll never allow the same dof control)... same probably goes with lenses. I think 'roughly DSLR sized' cameras are probably here to stay... whether they have a mirror or not. They're just the 'right' size if you want to use certain big fast lenses. Big cameras also still seem to have a cache with people who consider themselves 'serious' or 'pro' photographers. Big lenses - even more so!




Ever gone a bit too far shaving your sideburns?

Nice POV Manuel! What ISO was this shot at, out of interest?

It's funny how the goalposts move isn't it!