Wildlife Photography across the Water: Purchasing Equipment

Monday, 15 June 2009

Purchasing Equipment

Its always good to hear when people are treated well with their equipment, both before and after sales service is very important, I had a letter from Nikon a couple of weeks ago about the possibilities of the 200-400 case being faulty and if there wasn't a 'T' on the base to fill in the on line details and they would replace the bag-well i filled the form in before my trip to Colorado and when i returned there was a prepaid box waiting for me, I sent it off on Tuesday and the new case arrived Friday-Top work from Nikon-very impressed
On the other hand i had a conversation with a Friend over the weekend who purchased a camera from Simply Electronics thinking that they were UK based,The camera took forever to arrive and then after taking some shots the images very extremely grainy(green grain on faces) in auto mode (compact camera) she had many conversations with the company via mail and they will not take the camera back-it seems that they are actually based in Hong Kong and she is now fighting with the credit card company to get the issue resolved-looks like she will be lumbered with a dodgy camera-so take note-only buy from a reputable company and steer well clear of this one-named and shamed

Dave

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.