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I think the OP’s question is perfectly legitimate. I don’t see any sneaky hidden agendas here which may have prompted it. To those who do, maybe you’re reading too many John Le Carré novels and seeing non-existent conspiracies … And I’m not convinced there’s a strong link between the frequency of us...

ImNoAnsel: Alas, I can’t give a seasoned A850 user’s reaction to your question - but as a new A850 user I can share my initial feelings/findings about the step up (or across, if you prefer) from the A700 and you can see if some of them tally with yours. Size and weight : difference isn’t dramatic bu...

I’m getting to know my new A850, though I find there is actually very little new to learn for a user of the A700. As far as I can see, only the top LCP mini=panel, arrangement of the top-plate buttons, micro-focus adjust, setting the APC size capt, menu item, the workings of the Intelligent Preview ...

Wes; well done, you - enjoy it! I now don’t feel so bad about the daylight robbery at Jessops! Bakubo: Alas I don’t (yet) have much of a web presence, for a number of reasons. I do have a hotchpotch of photos up on pBase: I think if you do a search for pbase and oldrenard you should arrive at the ga...

Thanks David for this and for the Duncan McEwan tip. I don’t know if I will still be in Scotland by then but it sounds like anyone attending will be inspired and will learn a lot from his talk. Most of my own photography has tended to be of African countries: Cameroon, Mali and now Malawi, and not o...

Thank you to all members who have welcomed me aboard and wished me well with my bargain buy (A850 with 28-75 Sony lens for GBP999 at Jessops Glasgow). I have to say, this is one friendly forum! Coming here from the DPReview forum is like landing in some tranquil Hebridean harbour after bodyswerving ...

Well, Mr Alphaomega: I can’t decide whether I should be thanking you profusely or ... cursing you! Your post about the A850 with 28-75 lens going for GBP1300 at Jessops Glasgow sent me feverishly into call-in-the debts mode and this morning I took possession of an item I had been lusting after for a...