Bought any photography stuff today?

[David Martin]

Birthday present: The Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman. Interesting reading.

[Charlotte]

Full Creative Cloud membership.

Better than that, the office is paying and I can legitimately run it on my office laptop and my Mac at home - happy days!

[Tewdric]

Full Creative Cloud membership.

Better than that, the office is paying and I can legitimately run it on my office laptop and my Mac at home - happy days!

 

[Maverick]

Not bought, but received as birthday present from my other half - Lee Filters DSLR starter kit and a couple of adapters.

[andrew_s]

Went into the local LCE to look at the RX100 that wasn't in the window any more, and came out with it on ex-demo price, £100 off (£200 net)

[geraldc]

PC World/Currys are knocking out the 3D, super slow, Panasonic F12, 12.5mm (65mm equivalent) lens out for 74 quid, 100 off RRP, so I ordered one.

http://uk.pcmag.com/panasonic-lumix-125mm-f12-3d-g-lens-h-ft012/21569/review/panasonic-lumix-125mm-f12-3d-g-lens-h-ft012

Lets see how this thing works at weddings...

[paul851]

A rollei digibase c-41 kit as I seem to have quite a few colour films rolling about in my camera bag that need developing.


Paul

[Wombat]

A Sigma 150-500 zoom... and Park cameras didn't have any filters in stock big enough!  Its 86mm!  I was wary about its size and balance for hand holding, but its fine, beautifully balanced with my Sony A77, was taking pics inside the shop whilst trying it, no problem.  Now, where have all those birdies got to?  Next stop, mission "get a picture of a hare", now that'll be a challenge.

[andrewc]

A USB charger for the N95's my Fuji X100 takes.  Hopefully the combination of dynohub, battery pack & mains charger will keep me topped up on tour.

[cycleman]

Yesterday ,a canon sx270hs .it has good review s for a compact camera so I hope to take some good pictures with it 

[T42]

Couple of UV filters. Last of the big spenders, me.

[Wombat]

Just one UV filter for me.... but, it was for my new Sigma 150-500 zoom.  An 86mm filter, I could eat my dinner off that, its big enough!  Sixty five bleeding quid fer a bit of flat glass....

[T42]

It's flat what costs. Oh, and a few other long words.

My two cost a quarter of your one, and 49mm x 2 = 98 so I'm winning.

[clarion]

I seem to have had a lot of lenses which take 49mm.

[David Martin]

It's flat what costs. Oh, and a few other long words.

My two cost a quarter of your one, and 49mm x 2 = 98 so I'm winning.

Should be 49 squared x2 compared to 86 squared. Surface area, not diameter..

[T42]

It's flat what costs. Oh, and a few other long words.

My two cost a quarter of your one, and 49mm x 2 = 98 so I'm winning.

Should be 49 squared x2 compared to 86 squared. Surface area, not diameter..

Well obviously. That's why I wasn't saying it.

[Wombat]

And I was not muttering "bastard" under my breath at T42. Honest, I really wasn't   

I used to have Pentaxes with 49's, and then Olympuseseses with similar, but thing modern seem to have gone a bit big on the "hole in the front" stakes.  Current wear is a 17-70 with a 72mm, which I felt obliged to have a circular polariser for, a 10-20 with 77, ditto re: polariser, and the 150-500 with 86, and there's no way on God's good earth that it will get a polarising filter!  Not much point with a long tele, anyway.  Good news is that the Sigma filter for the big lad, came in a proper filter case, with a separate lid, not those stupid highly sprung square things that Hoya filters now come in.  One of those catapulted my 72 onto a gravel beach last week.

[Ham]

OMD EM10 with the kit lens

First impression are:

1) Wow it's small
2) IQ appears excellent
3) Don't like the kit lens power zoom
4) Flexibility is impressive
5) WHY have Olympus moved away from the "access all areas" menu screen? Combined with the lack of a printed manual, this means a steep learning curve. I don't want to find out how to add all those clever effects to a picture, I want to get to things like flash synch etc without having to delve through menus. Grrrrrr. Big retrograde step, however combine with the programability of buttons, I'm confident that can be worked around.
6) My Oly flash works perfectly with it
7) Must go buy a 4/3-> micro 4/3 adapter (done - clone ordered for £25, along with a OM -> micro 4/3 for £12)
8 ) Wow it's small

Must get out and use it

MUST RESIST the Kodak Brownie conversion http://www.digitalrev.com/product/olympus-m-zuiko-digital-ed/MTAwMTUxNA_A_A?googlebase=1&country=GB&gclid=CPPPq-r8sMACFfMZtAod-U4AXQ - it is more tempting than it ought to be.

[Ham]

Oops. Just had an airport slippage in the matter of the 17 mm (35 equiv) pancake lens

[billplumtree]

Should you happen to undergo another similar accident, I can recommend the Olympus 45mm f1.8.  It's a cracker. 

[Ham]

...and now a wrist strap http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cordy-Classic-Paracord-Camera-Wrist-Strap-Handmade-UK-Cordweaver-/251557150821?pt=UK_Photography_Straps_Hand_Grips&hash=item3a91f98065

Should you happen to undergo another similar accident, I can recommend the Olympus 45mm f1.8.  It's a cracker. 

Fortunately I have the 50mm/f2 - admittedly slightly larger than the micro 4/3 but optically amongst the very best so I can resist.

Oh yes, and a few lens cap keepers.

I may have a new bag style accident in a few moments has happened, eyeing up the lowepro passport sling iii ii at this very moment

[Ham]

OMD EM10 with the kit lens

First impression are:

1) Wow it's small
2) IQ appears excellent
3) Don't like the kit lens power zoom
4) Flexibility is impressive
5) WHY have Olympus moved away from the "access all areas" menu screen? Combined with the lack of a printed manual, this means a steep learning curve. I don't want to find out how to add all those clever effects to a picture, I want to get to things like flash synch etc without having to delve through menus. Grrrrrr. Big retrograde step, however combine with the programability of buttons, I'm confident that can be worked around.
6) My Oly flash works perfectly with it
7) Must go buy a 4/3-> micro 4/3 adapter (done - clone ordered for £25, along with a OM -> micro 4/3 for £12)
8 ) Wow it's small

Mea culpa. Done a bit of RTFM. Not only is it there still, but it has been enhanced.

[fuaran]

...and now a wrist strap http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cordy-Classic-Paracord-Camera-Wrist-Strap-Handmade-UK-Cordweaver-/251557150821?pt=UK_Photography_Straps_Hand_Grips&hash=item3a91f98065

That's looks quite nice, I wonder how hard it would be to make one? I've already got a few bits of paracord.

[Ham]

...and now a wrist strap http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cordy-Classic-Paracord-Camera-Wrist-Strap-Handmade-UK-Cordweaver-/251557150821?pt=UK_Photography_Straps_Hand_Grips&hash=item3a91f98065

That's looks quite nice, I wonder how hard it would be to make one? I've already got a few bits of paracord.

Probably not hard - I even have a (free) kindle book on paracord knots, but (1) I wanted it defore I'm off to India on Sun, and I have no time (2) feels good supporting someone's enterprise.

OK, mostly (1)

[Ham]

...and now a wrist strap http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cordy-Classic-Paracord-Camera-Wrist-Strap-Handmade-UK-Cordweaver-/251557150821?pt=UK_Photography_Straps_Hand_Grips&hash=item3a91f98065

That's looks quite nice, I wonder how hard it would be to make one? I've already got a few bits of paracord.

Probably not hard - I even have a (free) kindle book on paracord knots, but (1) I wanted it defore I'm off to India on Sun, and I have no time (2) feels good supporting someone's enterprise.

OK, mostly (1)

OK - it's really good. Wide and comfortable, as strong as ****