Search results

As for your sharpness query, Eddie, most fast 50’s stuggle with sharpness. You’d need the 50mm F1.2L to have anything near sharp for a 50 at wider apertures really. So I wouldn’t dwell on it too much, just give it a bit of sharpening in Lightroom. You might want to see if it’s focussing...

I couldn’t vouch for your lenses holding their value, but I’m guessing that they will hold quite a bit of value providing they’re in good condition. As for the Sigma 24-70, I wouldn’t go for a 24-70 on a crop sensor, 24mm on crop is a strange focal length, not wide enough, but not long enough...

I made a slight adjustment to the last shot, so I’ve re-uploaded it Perch Rock by Niall97, on Flickr

Put it on the car and try pulling it (not hard obviously) and see if it feels sturdy. I have another action camera on a non official mount and it’s fine, I’ve used it many times.

First try out of the 24-70 yesterday, I’m going to Liverpool at night sometime in the next week to do some stuff around the docks etc Is it a bird, is it a...no it's definitely a bird, and quite a few of them by Niall97, on Flickr Perch Rock by Niall97, on Flickr

From reviews I've seen it's said to be a great lens, but I wouldn't replace a 50mm F1.8 with one really.

I saw this pair at Oulton Park earlier in the year, awesome cars. The video is a cool insight into it all too. This is one of one of them from August at Oulton Park- Time Attack Skyline by Niall97, on Flickr

Merry Christmas, all! Anybody get anything photo related for Christmas? I'm loving the new L lens, hopefully I'll have some Landscape stuff coming up soon in the new year :)

Well I’d put the camera in shutter priority (or manual depending on wether you’re accustom with manual settings), and select a shutter speed that is fast enough to keep things sharp, yet slow enough to blur the wheels and the background, so maybe 1/100th or 1/160th.

Cheers! :) I thought his return had been long awaited ;)

Two festive feeling photos from me. And a return for test cat- Christmas Comfort by Niall97, on Flickr Hot Chocolate by Niall97, on Flickr

I found this for a family member who wanted a cheap compact, very good for the money, the images are surprisingly good for what is a £70 camera. Some interesting effects and things if you’re into all that, and a 720p HD video mode too. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0074JZXU2/?tag=cliospnet01-21...

Probably down to it being the only don't below comic sans ;)

ENTRY Architectural Reflections by Niall97, on Flickr

Have a look at these Sans Serif ones on DaFont, there’s a huge selection, so one should fit the bill, then you simply download the font :) http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=501

Yep, at the fair at Santa Pod :)

One I just found on my Flickr photostream from earlier in the year, I need to do some more night time stuff. Waltzers by Niall97, on Flickr

Another one I liked from Oulton Park, starring a bloody quick Civic lol. The noise of this thing was immense, there wasn’t a head that didn’t whip round when this came onto the pit straight - Civic Turbo Lodge Corner by Niall97, on Flickr

Yep, JamesBryan’s 182.

Good starter camera. As ever with starting, have a read on the internet, but most importantly, have a play around with the settings :)

I wanted to make an effort over the usual mundane trackday photos you see. I revieved an email afterwards from a guy I sold photos to on the day saying how they were the best photos he’s had done of his car and that he was chuffed with them, so I has happy with the positive response :)

In all honesty I can’t think of one off the top of my head, but I’m sure somebody will be able to help me out. I’ve seen such pages on my newsfeed before, they usually post random things from all sorts of areas, posting stuff like ’25 amazing views’ and suchlike. It could be good for traffic on...

Another great re-creation in Lego, Tom! Once you’ve done a few more it might be worth seeing if some large blogs or Facebook pages want to do a feature on your work showing certain scenes etc recreated in Lego! It’d definitely be something that those sorts of pages would like to post with it...

I shot a trackday as the Official Photographer on Saturday, so here is one of the photos from the day- E92 M3 by Niall97, on Flickr

So I’m nearing full capacity on the Hard Drive in my Macbook (250GB), so I’ll be needing to purchase an external hard drive. I need a hard drive that will be the easy to use and is compatible with my Macbook to make using it as smooth as possible. I will also need it to be of a fairly large...

Cheers, Ben. I’ll look forward to seeing the stuff from the USA, there are some awesome photos to be had over there!

Love the one of the shelter, Aaron. I got a similar one in Llandudno a while back :)

Fair enough. It's obvious that I'm fighting the tide with this one. I'll leave it at PERSONALLY I prefer gear that I can rely to get me the shot I want. Don't misconstrue this for laziness, it's just purely having the means to express your creativity rather than unnecessary fuss :)

But back to the original question... To answer the original question in simple terms: No, some of the photos do not require the best gear, but some require better gear to archived that level of quality such as Riad's work where the action requires good lenses and bodies with good AF etc.

That’s all fair enough. It all depends what you’re comfortable shooting with, there’s no point in using a terrible camera to prove a point, just use whatever gets you the image you want, it really is as simple as that.