The button is quite sensitive, you'll soon get used to it though

simon

The last of the shots I managed on my Snowdonia mountain hike...

All C&C appreciated

Simon

I echo others comments really - as cash is a little tight give the 18-55 a good try-out & see how you like it, decent lens considering its price.

The 50mm 1.7 is a good suggestion too, I bought one off ebay myself for very little cash, it's manual focus but great for portraits etc

Main thing is get out there & get used to the camera, be warned though you will probably end up wanting to spend more cash on expensive lenses !!

simon

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the detailed reply, always good to get useful feedback.

This isn't the first time I've taken this shot & to be honest every other time I've deleted the resulting image as I agree with you completely that it's a scene that's very difficult to do justice to.

For me whilst I like the cascading water, there's a bit too much detail around it (forground rocks etc) & the mountains appear quite small in the background.

This is the first time I'll be saving this location shot though as for me, the snow on the distant peaks just gives it a little something extra, at least enough that I'm not completely unhappy with it - I agree that it doesn't have the impact/strength of some other shots I've taken, on the other hand I've taken many more much worse than this one !!!

thanks again

simon

Another from my Snowdonia hike. This is probably the most photographed waterfall in North Wales, if not the whole of Wales - it's located about 200yds from the main carpark/rangers station !!

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Thanks all for the replies/feedback..

The portrait version is my favourite too as I like the way it leads the eye from the bottom of the falls to the mountains backdrop. I'll be keeping both though as the landscape version does have some appeal too

simon

A couple of shots taken yesterday whilst hiking around the Snowdonia mountains. I'd appreciate feedback on which version you prefer ?

thanks

Simon

With the snow still around the Snowdonia peaks I couldn't resist a hike along the Glyderau today, caught a few shots too...

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Simon

I recently did a similar comparison of the Tamron / Sigma variants, eventually sold my Tamron & kept the Sigma

There's lots of us awaiting the arrival of the Pentax 55-300 however, having been slightly disappointed by both the Tamron & Sigma 70-300s, fingers crossed as initial impressions look promising

simon

Every now & again I routinely check my GX10 sensor for dust and after 8 months of ownership & some lens changing I've not encountered anything significant - I've performed a quick blast with the rocket blower only once.

The conclusion I draw from this is that the dust prevention must be reasonably effective

simon