Canon 5D MkII – Body Number 5!

Reference the earlier article on the problems experienced with black dots on the sensors of new Canon 5D MkII bodies, I took delivery of body number 5 today.  At last, I have a camera (a very expensive camera!) with an acceptably clean sensor. When viewing an image on the PC at ‘fit-to-screen’ size, there is [...]

New Canon 5D Mk II Bodies – Black Dots on Sensors

Ten days ago, after pondering for weeks I upgraded from my 5D to the 5D MkII. Initially I used it with my 24-105 and 100-400mm lenses and was mighty pleased with the performance and extra features. However (you just knew a however was coming…), when I tried-out my new 100mm f2.8 Macro on a subject [...]

The Hawk Conservancy Trust

As previously written, I bought my Canon EOS 5D body from T4 Cameras, their Swindon branch being quite local to me.  In conjunction with Canon, T4 laid on an Open Day at the Hawk Conservancy near Andover on Sunday (22nd) for which I obtained an  invitation. 
I had no preconceived idea of what to expect from the [...]

Spring has Sprung

The first day of Spring!  After the beautiful, warm long periods of sunshine this week, the English countryside has burst into bloom with a vengeance.  Much as I have enjoyed quite widespread foreign travel over the years, the English countryside in early Spring still takes some beating.  Of course, it is impossible to resist the [...]

Old-Fashioned Winter!

Well, this winter is turning out to be a bit of a ‘blast from the past’.  All those frosts in December and January, followed now by substantial (in UK terms) snowfall.  The trouble is of course, that as a nation we just seem to be incapable of coping.  ’Elf & Safety runs riot, schools close [...]

Macro Photography – Beasties

During our sojourn on the island of Rügen (on Germany’s Baltic coast), our caravan awning was visited by a variety of insects, the most common being various types of hoverfly. I found these to be quite interesting and entertaining little beasties, so set to with my Canon 20D and EF-S 60mm macro lens to capture [...]

Tour of Spain – Report & Photo Album

Recently I managed to finally complete the write-up of our tour of Spain and also to upload photographs to the album Spain Spring 08 in my Gallery. Hopefully the report and photos might whet the appetite of fellow caravanners etc who have not yet explored those particular areas of Spain.
Given the downturn in the [...]

Canon 5D in Spain

Amazingly, in our first ten days or so in Spain, I have managed to clock up 5.5Gb of photos (RAW + large jpg), even after weeding out.  Compared with my 20D, the file sizes are substantially larger and I will either have to buy a stack of DVD’s to transfer the RAW files or consider [...]

Spring Tour of Spain (2)

We are now almost two weeks into our tour and currently in Granada. After the blizzards and low temperatures experienced in the first week, the move south from El Escorial to Granada (via a couple of days in Toledo) has seen us make the sudden transition to mid-twenties deg C, lots of blossom on the [...]

Sailing to Bilbao

Earlier this week we took the ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao, a very brave (or foolhardy) move on my part as I usually turn green on anything other than a millpond. Just prior to our late evening sailing, the Captain announced that the forecast was for Gale Force 8 or Severe Gale Force 9 winds [...]

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