Advice on camera

[Jules]

The other tip is tell people that your photographic interest is in escaping fish and their tails. That explains a lot of mine. As Tim says the trick is pre-emt the fish .. as I understand it full time auto focus uses a lot of battery life.

[sch]

alternatively don't take photos of fish - hence all my photos of wrecks, crabs and cuttlefish

[Jon Tunstall]

Dont get me wrong the fuji410 takes great photos as long as your not trying to photo stuff thats moving, the shutter lag just annoys the hell out of me. (It probably wouldn't bother other people) but it is the main reason why I am trying to change.
Unfortuantely the fiance doesnt like the look of the Olympus and has a thing for fuji's which is why I've just started looking at the likes of the f810. What ever happens I need to get sorted by the 1stweek of Jan as were off to Sharm (makes up for having to work christmas eve and christmas day night. again).
Mind you I think I've probably got a good collection of blurry fish buts on film

Think it might be time to go and hassle the teenagers working behind the counters at dixons/currys etc then go and buy one somewhere decent instead.

[Tim Ingmire]

Originally Posted by sch

One of those digital strobe adaptors so I can use my old TTL strobes

Will post a report/review when I've had a chance to play with it - will say that the guy in Germany is amazing, ordered and paid for Monday lunchtime and in my grubby mitts this morning, along with a bag of german jelly sweeties

You got the new version 2 jobbie? I have the original and it works really well WHEN its aligned with the hot-shoe piece - I need to find a better way to fix it.

The mark 2 looks a lot less bulky I'd really like to see the results.

I did post a series of shots when I tested mine onto DD.net but since deleted the pictures from my photobucket account.

I didn't get a bag of jellies tho. But then did get it at a cracking price as I was the first to test it with an Inon strobe.

[Tim Ingmire]

Originally Posted by Jon Tunstall

Unfortuantely the fiance doesnt like the look of the Olympus ...

What can I say that won't get me into trouble? Um, you could tell her it has big boot space? Or that you can get some nice sexy housings for them so that you won't see the camera?

[sch]

Originally Posted by Tim Ingmire

You got the new version 2 jobbie? I have the original and it works really well WHEN its aligned with the hot-shoe piece - I need to find a better way to fix it.

The mark 2 looks a lot less bulky I'd really like to see the results.

yup, with the bracket and a blanking plug since it'll probably end up permanently attached to the housing. For some reason its smaller than I expected - even though I wasn't expecting it to be huge.

I did post a series of shots when I tested mine onto DD.net but since deleted the pictures from my photobucket account.

Yes, saw the original pics which was one of the reasons I've been wanting to get one. I've just sold all my Nikonos bits so decided to get at least one bit of camera kit to remember my beloved orange buddy with

I didn't get a bag of jellies tho. But then did get it at a cracking price as I was the first to test it with an Inon strobe.

Not sure which would have been best, but they were tasty

will make a post when I've had a chance to try it all out

Simon

[J.D.]

Have a read of some of the threads at www.wetpixel.com and www.digitaldiver.net. A few people on those forums have the f810 and from what ive heard they rate it - apparently shutter lag is close to dSLR standards.

[Jon Tunstall]

Cheers for the info on that. been looking at prices for the 810 and have got it down to £259 and £120 for the housing. Time to see if I can get a go of one of them.

[Jon Tunstall]

allright sellin everything - i like the C8080 big and fancy
trying to get the dosh together for it.

[Jon Tunstall]

MMMMMMM BIG AND FANCY!!!!! and dear, Dont tell Chez