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Just to put in my two pennyworth be carefull when buying ND Grads, IMO you do really need the longer length of filter you get with the better quality ranges.

I've said it before and I will say it again Sony are doing a Walkman exercise with their cameras, lots of little innovations and improvements. in fifteen years with the Walkman they released over 200 models.

And the winner is .... Manfrotto 190XB with 484RC2 ballhead and 200PL quick release plate. Carries 5Kg, the head 4Kg. Good choice Bossel I've just upgraded to the same tripod but with a Junior geared head, Tripod great, Junior Geared head seems like a mistake qiute heavy, So I bought myself a Gitzo ...

Well I've tried close up macro shots, and the O Flash is next to useless anything less than 500mm gets no light at all, in fact closest usable distance is probalby 1200 to 1500mm to get full coverage, then it's very even, that's OK by me because thats what I bought it for. Javelins' comment about th...

Probably most of you have heard of the Orbis ring flash on sale for around £150, well I think I've found an improvement on the Orbis for around £28 it's called the O Flash and I purchased it on E Bay over the weekend and it arrived today all the way from Hong Kong. The big advantage over the Orbis i...

My 200 2.8 APO HS is the best lens I've ever owned or used, I also have a 70-200 2.8 Sony but at 200 it doesn't come close to the Minolta JUST KEEP IT and save up for a 70-300G
Pongo

Please don't do what I did, purchased a book on E Bay for £1 plus £5.50 postage, the title, Fundamentals of Optic Design. It wasn't until I recieved the book that I found it to be about spirit dispensers.


PongoAlpha.

Nice one Harvey lovely to see Vulcan XH558 flying, it is still touch and go if she will be in the air next year due to financial constraints

Perhaps Grand Caliph is right about Sony having it right, IMO serious photgraphers like us make up less than 1% of Sonys' customers base, whereas with Nikon & Canon it is probably 5% or more. So the more Sony make their SLR's handle like P&S compacts the more customers Sony will get, don't u...

Hi, Im Paul from Wisbech, England. I am NOW a retired mechanical design engineer and have been seriously into photography since the 60's. I own many Minolta SLR's and a Sony A700 together with a host of lenses. Favourite camera Probably my Dynax 7 film camera Favourite digital camera Dynax D7. Best ...

I currently use 2 5600 flash guns wireless control with my Alpha700 with no problems, however I was on the Sony stand at Focus on Imaging in Birmingham (England) there I tried my 5600 fash guns with the Alpha 900 and the guns did not work at all wirelessly (is that spelt right) Sonys' tech guys said...

You can bet your cotton socks that within 5 years Sony will have the best digital stills camera range on the market. They are masters at innovation, just ask yourselves why are all portable cassette players called Walkmans because Walkmans never stood still from 1979 to 1999 over 450 different model...