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My other half is great when it comes to camera stuff. Usually! She has let me invest in everything in my signature without question so far. However, I dropped into conversation that I might like to get a flash soon (I've been eyeing up the SB-700). Her response this time was "How much?"...

Looking at it closely I'm not sure! heres the one I'm on about anyway - pg 50/51 January edition

Me and the future Mrs are off to Turkey later in the year for 11 days. When we went to Fuerteventura last year - we took the P&S as I didn't want to risk taking the 5100. However, I regret that decision!! I really want to take the 5100 with me to Turkey, but would definitely only take it...

Entry #3 "Gotta make it!!"

Entry #2 "You gonna take me?"

Entry #1 "Hmmmm. If I scratch this, will I get caught?"

As promised! He's such a soppy bugger! Getting on a bit now - we've had him since he was 2 and he's the grand old age of 15 now. Would have liked to get some outdoor pics of him but I didn't get there in time for daylight.

When I was first contemplating a dSLR purchase, my researched suggested the D5100 was the best I could get for the budget I had by quite some way compared to Canon, and I think Nikon just look better and feel better quality than the equivalent Canon models. Also the increased compatibility of...

Sleepy Cat (also called Suki!) - Next letter T

Hi All, I notice a lot of you on here have websites. I have been building my own since my subscription to Photoshop comes with one. I'd be interested in getting some feedback since clearly I am biased :rolleyes: If possible, a score out of 10 for the following would be great!: Overall...

So apologies in advance - but here is what I have done as an example in LR... This is the graduated filter in LR - you can see the three white lines? These are adjustable and show where the filter reaches 0%, 50% and 100% effect. Below you can see the comparison between the original and the...

So recently I've started playing around with LR5 which I got with the photographer bundle on Adobe (still the same offer available that was supposedly expiring beginning of December and then again December 31st!) and one thing I have noticed is that when I'm zooming in to 100% - I can see noise...

I'm considering an SB-700 for my next purchase to go with my D5100 and increase the versatility of my 18-55mm. the reason being, a decent f/2.8 lens with a wide to mid tele range is about 4x more than the flash! my only concern is that I don't know much about flash and reading about it seems...

So having used it now on a few occasions - the minor irritations that were previously there are no longer bothering me. The movement in the ball is pretty fluid, if a bit stiff at times, so might be off-putting for slighter/not-so-strong people. Other than that it's a pretty good head (in my...

Just thinking today about whether it would be possible to (or whether anyone has ever) gone "pro" on the cheap. By pro, I mean earning enough (and making enough profit) to make a living. Have you? or do you know anyone that has? Then it got me thinking of a challenge - you want to start a...