| OT: Digital photography tip of the day #356 [message #780564] |
Sun, 16 July 2006 12:48 |
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Remember to put the sun hood on the lens using the correct
orientation...........
......... otherwise you'll get a nice decorative border on your wide
angle shots :-/
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Andy Hewitt
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| Re: OT: Digital photography tip of the day #356 [message #780631 ] |
Sun, 16 July 2006 18:56 |
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Andy Hewitt wrote:
> Remember to put the sun hood on the lens using the correct
> orientation...........
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> ........ otherwise you'll get a nice decorative border on your wide
> angle shots :-/
What type of wide angle lense do you have? What's the cost too? I'm on
the hunt, atm, but need to see what's out there...
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| Re: OT: Digital photography tip of the day #356 [message #780635 ] |
Sun, 16 July 2006 19:21 |
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Cab <my_email_address_is_in_my_sig [at] privacy.net> wrote:
> Andy Hewitt wrote:
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> > Remember to put the sun hood on the lens using the correct
> > orientation...........
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> > ........ otherwise you'll get a nice decorative border on your wide
> > angle shots :-/
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> What type of wide angle lense do you have? What's the cost too? I'm on
> the hunt, atm, but need to see what's out there...
I'm using a Panasonic Lumix FZ7. It does the equivalent of 36-432mm of
zoom. It also has an adapter tube which allows the fitting of standard
52mm filters (or anything that fits standard 52mm thread size), and also
another (optional) adapter for fitting Macro and wider angle (0.7x)
lenses too.
I got it for about £240.
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Andy Hewitt
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| Re: OT: Digital photography tip of the day #356 [message #780715 ] |
Sun, 16 July 2006 22:35 |
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Andy Hewitt wrote:
> > What type of wide angle lense do you have? What's the cost too? I'm
> > on the hunt, atm, but need to see what's out there...
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> I'm using a Panasonic Lumix FZ7. It does the equivalent of 36-432mm of
> zoom. It also has an adapter tube which allows the fitting of standard
> 52mm filters (or anything that fits standard 52mm thread size), and
> also another (optional) adapter for fitting Macro and wider angle
> (0.7x) lenses too.
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> I got it for about £240.
Nice. The cheapest I've been quoted for my D70S was about $900.
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Cab :^) - argue's like a girl
GSX 1400
UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1
email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org
http://www.rosbif.org
The gingeometer: http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm/gingeometer/
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| Re: OT: Digital photography tip of the day #356 [message #780733 ] |
Sun, 16 July 2006 22:59 |
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Cab <my_email_address_is_in_my_sig [at] privacy.net> wrote:
> Andy Hewitt wrote:
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> > > What type of wide angle lense do you have? What's the cost too? I'm
> > > on the hunt, atm, but need to see what's out there...
> >
> > I'm using a Panasonic Lumix FZ7. It does the equivalent of 36-432mm of
> > zoom. It also has an adapter tube which allows the fitting of standard
> > 52mm filters (or anything that fits standard 52mm thread size), and
> > also another (optional) adapter for fitting Macro and wider angle
> > (0.7x) lenses too.
> >
> > I got it for about £240.
>
> Nice.
Yeah, not bad, I was looking at the FZ30, but the extra £100 didn't
justify the features it was offering over what I needed - they both have
the same Leica IS lens.
> The cheapest I've been quoted for my D70S was about $900.
They're £699.99 here (which is where I got my FZ7).:
http://www.buyacamera.co.uk/
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Andy Hewitt
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| Re: OT: Digital photography tip of the day #356 [message #786865 ] |
Mon, 17 July 2006 10:07 |
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Andy Hewitt wrote:
> > The cheapest I've been quoted for my D70S was about $900.
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> They're £699.99 here (which is where I got my FZ7).:
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> http://www.buyacamera.co.uk/
Hmm, nice site. Bookmarked for future reference.
I may be better off waiting until I go to NY in October, as I still may
save a few quid. Mind you, there's not much in it, lens-price wise. But
flashes are 2/3 the price of what I've found in France.
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Cab :^) - argue's like a girl
GSX 1400
UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1
email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org
http://www.rosbif.org
The gingeometer: http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm/gingeometer/
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| Re: OT: Digital photography tip of the day #356 [message #786912 ] |
Mon, 17 July 2006 12:02 |
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Cab <my_email_address_is_in_my_sig [at] privacy.net> wrote:
> Andy Hewitt wrote:
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> > > The cheapest I've been quoted for my D70S was about $900.
> >
> > They're £699.99 here (which is where I got my FZ7).:
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> > http://www.buyacamera.co.uk/
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> Hmm, nice site. Bookmarked for future reference.
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> I may be better off waiting until I go to NY in October, as I still may
> save a few quid. Mind you, there's not much in it, lens-price wise. But
> flashes are 2/3 the price of what I've found in France.
Just watch getting caught for import tax and VAT, I recently bought a
Phono pre-amp from the US, it started off cheap, but they added VAT at
POS, and then Customs added import duty on it as well. It wasn't so
cheap in the end.
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Andy Hewitt
<http://www.thehewitts.eclipse.co.uk/Home.html>
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| Re: OT: Digital photography tip of the day #356 [message #786961 ] |
Mon, 17 July 2006 13:46 |
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Andy Hewitt wrote:
> Remember to put the sun hood on the lens using the correct
> orientation...........
Digital photography tip of the day #357
Don't photograph your own feet :
http://www.tbt.com/tampabay/news/article22000.ece
HTH
Paul.
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| Re: OT: Digital photography tip of the day #356 [message #786967 ] |
Mon, 17 July 2006 14:00 |
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Andy Hewitt wrote:
> Just watch getting caught for import tax and VAT, I recently bought a
> Phono pre-amp from the US, it started off cheap, but they added VAT at
> POS, and then Customs added import duty on it as well. It wasn't so
> cheap in the end.
*ding*
It's only worth buying stateside if you include their sales tax. If the
price+sales tax is significantly less than in the UK/EU, then buy it,
stick the receipts in an envelope to home and bin all the boxes (or
mail them home flatpacked). Then carry the lenses/flash/whatever home
in your luggage like it's a normal part of your kit.
If you intend to claim back the tax on leaving US (you'd have to
present the receipts and goods in perfect condition) - you almost
certainly will get pulled for VAT and Duty on arrival into the EU.
Have you guys looked at onestopdigital? Based out of hongKong with some
very keen pricing - and they state whether the item will have
International warranty, or not, so you can be sure you won't fall foul
of manufacturers bad habits - particularly Canon it seems.
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Dnc
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| Re: OT: Digital photography tip of the day #356 [message #787003 ] |
Mon, 17 July 2006 15:38 |
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DoetNietComputeren wrote:
> > Just watch getting caught for import tax and VAT, I recently bought
> > a Phono pre-amp from the US, it started off cheap, but they added
> > VAT at POS, and then Customs added import duty on it as well. It
> > wasn't so cheap in the end.
>
> ding
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> It's only worth buying stateside if you include their sales tax. If
> the price+sales tax is significantly less than in the UK/EU, then buy
> it, stick the receipts in an envelope to home and bin all the boxes
> (or mail them home flatpacked). Then carry the lenses/flash/whatever
> home in your luggage like it's a normal part of your kit.
That's exactly what I did the last time. And will probably do the next
time. :-)
> If you intend to claim back the tax on leaving US (you'd have to
> present the receipts and goods in perfect condition) - you almost
> certainly will get pulled for VAT and Duty on arrival into the EU.
I'll try not to do this.
> Have you guys looked at onestopdigital? Based out of hongKong with
> some very keen pricing - and they state whether the item will have
> International warranty, or not, so you can be sure you won't fall foul
> of manufacturers bad habits - particularly Canon it seems.
Cheers fer that. I'll have a butchers.
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Cab :^) - argue's like a girl
GSX 1400
UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1
email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org
http://www.rosbif.org
The gingeometer: http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm/gingeometer/
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| Re: OT: Digital photography tip of the day #356 [message #787015 ] |
Mon, 17 July 2006 16:09 |
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<zymurgy [at] technologist.com> wrote:
> Andy Hewitt wrote:
> > Remember to put the sun hood on the lens using the correct
> > orientation...........
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> Digital photography tip of the day #357
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> Don't photograph your own feet :
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> http://www.tbt.com/tampabay/news/article22000.ece
LOL, nice one.
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Andy Hewitt
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