So - did I buy an R7?

Wey aye - course I did! | 5/2/2023 | Comments: 4
For years, I've told anyone that would listen (and some who just wouldn't!) that I much prefer "pro" or battery-gripped camera bodies - I've got literal sausage fingers, and need as much real estate for my indelicate digits ... Read More
Categories Gear, Trips

More about R5 AF stuff

Cracked it..? | 20/11/2021
I wrote yesterday about the fact that my new R5 was demonstrating a very worrying characteristic - it would not acquire focus on anything even remotely lacking in contrast. And indeed, even when there was more than enough to be getting ... Read More
Categories Gear

My new canon R5

Yeah, it had to happen, I suppose... | 19/11/2021
New gear motivates me. I'm not ashamed to admit it, either: but for all that, I don't chuck money at kit haphazardly - there's always a reason, a rationale, behind any significant new purchase. And so it is with my new R5.  Much ... Read More
Categories Gear

Hope springs eternal

Time to get out with the camera again? | 12/2/2021
Although I grudgingly accept that wildlife photography isn't considered "exercise" under the current lockdown rules (even though, as I can attest from personal experience, it involves a great deal more physical effort than does ... Read More