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    Normal lens /filter cleaning

    What system do you recommend,is it microfibre cloth after a blower brush or something else. mike
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    Automatic sensor cleaning

    Cant decide if i should set it to clean when switched on and off or if i should do it every time i use it,what do you do. mike
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    Sigma 120-400

    Thought i would chart my progress or not ;) this is from this morning i still have a long way to go in learning to get the best from it but if you look at the exif its a decent start 1/40th 400mm hand held .
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    Bempton cliffs North yorkshire (UK)

    If you live any where near some great picture chances gannets and puffins are there now. Thursday 16th May 2013, Puffins & More! - Bempton Cliffs - Bempton Cliffs - The RSPB Community
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    Help with pictures i want to post

    I have posted pictures on various forums over the last 10 years but never on a photo forum so was wondering if my technique could be improved,in the past i have just used save for web in an early version of photo shop elements but apart from losing all data i wondered if it didn't retain the...
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    Too much money now LOL

    Not really but enough to make my previous questions outdated,i had intended to spend up to £200 on a 55-300 zoom via ebay but thought of a way to go to £300,my wife has just been to visit her mother who has sent me £300 towards a lens,so now ime looking in the £600 range obviously ime so close...
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    Would you

    Buy from an ebay dealer in these circumstance,first lets say its a financial and moral dilemma as ime in favour of supporting my local dealer and have been for a long time,money is short after buying the D5100 and ime on holliday in june and would like a lens with 300mm reach. My local Nikon...
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    I can be a bit slow at times

    Been playing with my old sigma 135-400 on the D5100 today and didn't enjoy it because of the lack of compatibility,to be honest the main thing was no autofocus,this set me thinking the sigma was used a lot at 400mm on the D70 so say 6million pixels if i used the complete image. I am giving...
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    Your first camera and when

    All right my posts are a bit nosey but just trying to get the feel of things and find a bit out about my fellow members.my first camera was a VP twin dont still have it as i swapped it for a fishing rod but still have some prints from it fogged around the edges. It was the late 50s
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    Battery pack

    Just received my after market battery pack,i didnt need it for extra battery power but i did find the D5100 a little small to hold,it does this job nicely a bit more to get my hands round there is no perceivable weight addition not that i would have minded if there was and its a snug fit on the...
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    What do you enjoy the most (longterm)

    Thought i would pose this question in all honesty what gives you the most pleasure,all the preparation to take a picture or the picture itself,there must be enjoyment in both parts so is it 50/50 with me i think i enjoy both parts one as much as the other. mike
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    From a few years ago

    Nikon D70 Sigma 135-400 400iso
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    Zoom for D5100

    Looking for a zoom to go with the 18-55 kit lens i would like to see some 300mm shots from the two lenses below if any one can post them or supply a link please,especially any wild life shots Thanks mike 55-300 f4.5-5.6g ed af-s vr dx nikkor 70-300 f4.5-5.6g af-s vr if ed
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    em-140dg sigma ring flash

    I have one of these which i use on my D70 after a google search it would seam it will work with the D5100 its a few years old now can any one confirm it will work TTL on my new nikon,i was just concerned the newer ones may have been updated. mike
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    New D5100

    Nipped out today between the rain and grabbed a few shots on the new camera,what do you think about the colour is it too strong. D5100 18-55 vr taken at 55mm 200iso 640th sec F8 setting at vivid sharpened in camera +1
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    New here

    A brief hello from myself and the UK,been interested in photography for over 40years now, 35mm, roll film and the last 10 years digital,my overriding interest was always natural history but then about 5 years ago i just stopped taking pictures, last year i had a sudden rush of blood and bought a...
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