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Just got back from our 10 day trip to Switzerland - had an absolutely great time. :D Perfect travel arrangements and Hotel accommodation with wonderful food and wine. Now I have a lot of work to do with the hundreds of RAW photos I took. I shot RAW+JPG so that I could view the day's shots on my old ...

It is all a bit of a lottery, sod's law when you need something quickly there is a problem. Anyway it finally turned up at 14:02. The poor driver had an impossible schedule of early deliveries to make, since they closed the local Glenrothes depot and centralised in Edinburgh, however that is Busines...

Warning RANT I ordered a filter from the Digital Camera Company (who it turns out are in the IOM). This was late on Tuesday afternoon. I specifically asked for before 10:30 am delivery. (Dearer option than just Royal Mail Special Delivery). I phoned Wednesday and was advised no problem, all in hand,...

Thanks David. I'll have to live with the slimline Hoya Pro1 Digital C-POL (which should arrive tomorrow). I realise it will clip very slightly at 16mm, but as I generally don't use a polariser on extremely wide angle shots because of the variation in sky darkening, it shouldn't be too much of a prob...

I measured the thickness of the 62mm filters I tried -

4mm - fine
5mm - just about OK but visible
8mm - obvious problems

Oh - and thanks for the test page David.

Nowadays. Provia 100 is, in my humble opinion, a better choice. Don't hesitate to bring the Dynax 5!hiccup! in that case, take the 28 - 70D Yes, but... yes, but... he probably couldn't shoot the Provia for old time's sake. Provia may be a better choice but the Kodachrome is certainly not a bad one....

Hi, I don't know how hard can be flying from UK, but her in the States doesn't look that difficult to bring your photographic equipment. I went to Costa Ricalast January (from NYC) and brougth a backpack full of equipment: no problem at all having it with me in the cabin. In the UK we now have tigh...

Thanks Ed!

I needed one very quickly for a trip and had to pay the full (UK) whack to get a Hoya 62mm SHMC Pro1 Digital Circular Polarising Filter - I hope it is the right thing. If I had given myself more time I could have saved a fortune and got one from HongKong on Ebay as I normally do.

I'm having the same problems

I have just confirmed that at 16mm I get extra corner darkening with a standard 62mm pol filter and also with a 62/67mm step-up ring with a standard 67mm pol filter attached.
The step up ring on its own causes no effect. A thin 62mm UV filter is also fine.

The 90mm Leica lightweight lens was known as the 'mountain Elmar' because this focal length was thought perfect for Alpine views - wide-angles make mountains look small, longer lenses make them look much more impressive, but the average Alpine view happened to suit the 90mm on full frame. Thanks, t...

I'm going on a holiday to the Bernese Oberland and will be taking my A100 with me. Due to the current draconian restrictions on size and weight of carry-on hand luggage I have to decide what lenses to take and what to leave behind. I anticipate taking landscapes, perhaps some alpine flowers, people,...