Images of items I have purchased.
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Man of Honour
I've come to the conclusion that the possible things that make your images so pleasing is:
Custom White Balance (Although this would depend on the lighting surely)
Custom Camera Settings
Lighting
Your images look soft which makes me think you tone down the clarity but I'm not so sure... Hmmm..
By soft you mean the out of focus bits? That's all down to my lens. The look of colours is my custom Lightroom preset that all photos have applied. It's subtle enough to look pleasing but pushes back the shadows into the midtones giving a soft colour look like you'd find on 70s film cameras which I've always been a fan of
Indoor shots have bounced flash as well.
Soldato
NAD D 3020 + free Chord optical cable worth £51 which I'll sell and get a cheap Tesco one as that connection I'll be using for games consoles only
Even if you were using that connection for something other than games consoles it's not like it would matter, it's optical, all cables will give the same result.
Man of Honour
Indeed. I mean in terms of longevity and build quality. A digital cable is a digital cable. I didn't see the point in keeping a £51 cable for the ps3 even if it was free when I can get £40 for it!
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Holy image size batman
It's the 4-5.6 Nikon fit. It's apparently a bit hit and miss as to whether you get a good lens and for me it was miss, it's going back to be replaced with the Tokina 11-16mm
Soldato
Ah. Any reason you didn't go for the f3.5 model?
Got any pics of the lens in action, perhaps in the New Gear thread in the Photography sub-forum? Just wondered what the IQ problems are like.
Caporegime
7ft Nordmann fir 
£45
£45
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Soldato
By soft you mean the out of focus bits? That's all down to my lens. The look of colours is my custom Lightroom preset that all photos have applied. It's subtle enough to look pleasing but pushes back the shadows into the midtones giving a soft colour look like you'd find on 70s film cameras which I've always been a fan of
Indoor shots have bounced flash as well.
Yep that's what I meant
Thanks 
Soldato
New phone (Sony xperia SP) sat ontop of Sony xperia Z tablet (strong fanboy )
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Nexus 7 2013 16GB
Top choice! Running 2012 model and a nexus 5. Love them to bits
Associate
No idea - never ran it more than half way though
Soldato
My old NAD C325 Bee which I've had since 2008 was picked up by its new owner last night, today I picked this up:
NAD D 3020 + free Chord optical cable worth £51 which I'll sell and get a cheap Tesco one as that connection I'll be using for games consoles only
The internals were designed by the same man who created the original 3020 back in the 70s. I read he rejected many versions of it and only signed it off once he was happy with the performance.
Amazing how times have changed, from analogue amps as big as old school VCRs to this which is the size of a Wii yet still outputs comparable or better sound with all the modern features thrown in.
I hear the 3020 is for speakers mostly, and the 1050 is the one I want if I'm driving purely headphones? (Like a HD650 and so on)
Man of Honour
That's correct yes
Soldato
I'm going to struggle eating him
I definitely need a flash though... Pop up really is WAY WAY WAY too harsh.
Soldato
By soft you mean the out of focus bits? That's all down to my lens. The look of colours is my custom Lightroom preset that all photos have applied. It's subtle enough to look pleasing but pushes back the shadows into the midtones giving a soft colour look like you'd find on 70s film cameras which I've always been a fan of
Indoor shots have bounced flash as well.
What lens you using?
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